law: Transfer of Property Act, 1882
  46. Transfer for consideration by persons having distinct
  
  interests
  Where immovable property is transferred for consideration by
  
  persons having distinct interests therein, the transferors are, in the absence
  
  of a contract to the contrary, entitled to share in the consideration equally,
  
  where their interests in the property were of equal value, and, where such
  
  interests were of unequal value, proportionately to the value of their
  
  respective interests.
  Illustrations
  (a) A, owning a moiety, and B and C, each a quarter share, of
  
  mauza Sultanpur, exchange an eighth share of that mauza for a quarter share of
  
  mauza Lalpura. There being no agreement to the contrary, A is entitled to an
  
  eighth share in Lalpura, and B and C each to a sixteenth share in the mauza.
  (b) A, being entitled to a life-interest in mauza Atrali and B
  
  and C to the reversion, sell the mauza for Rs. 1,000. A's life-interest is
  
  ascertained to be worth Rs. 600, the reversion Rs. 400. A is entitled to
  
  receive Rs. 600 out of the purchase-money, B and C to receive Rs. 400.