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A leaves a cow in the custody of B to be taken care of. The cow has a calf. Under the Indian Contract…

Under section 163 of the Contract Act, in the absence of any contract to the contrary, the bailee is bound to deliver to the bailor any increase or profit which has accrued…

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A leaves a cow in the custody of B to be taken care of. The cow has a calf. Under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, in the absence of any contract to the contrary:

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Under section 163 of the Contract Act, in the absence of any contract to the contrary, the bailee is bound to deliver to the bailor any increase or profit which has accrued from the goods bailed; the section's own illustration is a cow left in custody that has a calf. Therefore "B is bound to deliver the calf as well as the cow to A", and he cannot demand any part of the calf's price as a condition of returning it.

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