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A consigns provisions to B at Calcutta, with directions to send them immediately to C at Cuttack. The…

Section 189 lets an agent, in an emergency, do what a person of ordinary prudence would do in his own case to protect his principal from loss. Illustration (b) to section…

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A consigns provisions to B at Calcutta, with directions to send them immediately to C at Cuttack. The provisions will not bear the journey to Cuttack without spoiling. What may B lawfully do?

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Section 189 lets an agent, in an emergency, do what a person of ordinary prudence would do in his own case to protect his principal from loss. Illustration (b) to section 189 holds that B "may sell the provisions at Calcutta" if they will not bear the journey without spoiling. Sending perishable goods on to certain ruin would be obedience without prudence, which the section does not require.

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