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A trader accidentally leaves goods at B’s house. B treats the goods as B’s own. Which provision of the…

The example is illustration (a) to section 70 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. B’s treatment of the goods as B’s own is the point that connects the facts to compensation…

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A trader accidentally leaves goods at B’s house. B treats the goods as B’s own. Which provision of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 gives this example to illustrate B’s duty to pay for them?

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The example is illustration (a) to section 70 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. B’s treatment of the goods as B’s own is the point that connects the facts to compensation for an enjoyed non-gratuitous benefit.

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Option A

Section 69 reimburses an interested person who pays money another person is legally bound to pay. The trader did not pay B’s debt.

Option B

Illustration (a) to section 70 gives these facts and states that B must pay for the goods.

Option C

Section 72 deals with repaying or returning what was received by mistake or coercion. The example about paying for goods treated as one’s own appears in section 70.

Option D

Section 68 concerns reimbursement from the property of a person incapable of contracting for necessaries supplied. Those facts are absent.

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