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A delivers a rough diamond to B, a jeweller, to be cut and polished, which is done. A demands the stone…

Illustration (a) to section 170 holds that "B is entitled to retain the stone till he is paid for the services he has rendered". Section 170 gives a bailee who has exercised…

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A delivers a rough diamond to B, a jeweller, to be cut and polished, which is done. A demands the stone without paying B's charges. What is B's right?

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Illustration (a) to section 170 holds that "B is entitled to retain the stone till he is paid for the services he has rendered". Section 170 gives a bailee who has exercised "labour or skill" on the goods a particular lien for his remuneration. The lien is only a right to retain for that work, not a right to sell the stone or to hold it for other debts.

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