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A, a trader, leaves goods at B's house by mistake, B treats the goods as his own and consumes them.…

Under s.70 ICA "B would be liable to compensate A as A had not delivered the goods intending to do so gratuitously and B had enjoyed the benefit thereof"; the liability…

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A, a trader, leaves goods at B's house by mistake, B treats the goods as his own and consumes them. Which one of the following propositions would govern their relationship?

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Under s.70 ICA "B would be liable to compensate A as A had not delivered the goods intending to do so gratuitously and B had enjoyed the benefit thereof"; the liability arises by law, not from any contract between them.

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