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A, a tradesman, leaves goods at B’s house by mistake. B treats the goods as his own and is bound to pay…

This is the illustration to section 70: goods left by a tradesman at another person’s house by mistake are treated by the recipient as his own, creating an obligation to pay…

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A, a tradesman, leaves goods at B’s house by mistake. B treats the goods as his own and is bound to pay A for them:

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This is the illustration to section 70: goods left by a tradesman at another person’s house by mistake are treated by the recipient as his own, creating an obligation to pay for the benefit. Section 69 concerns payment of another’s legal obligation; section 68 concerns necessaries supplied to an incapable person; section 72 generally concerns money paid or a thing delivered by mistake. The precise illustration here is section 70.

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