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

The example appears in illustration (a) to section 70. B’s use of the goods as B’s own makes B liable to pay for the benefit. Section 72 separately requires repayment or…

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A trader mistakenly leaves goods at B’s house. B treats the goods as B’s own. Which provision of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 illustrates B’s obligation to pay for them?

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The example appears in illustration (a) to section 70. B’s use of the goods as B’s own makes B liable to pay for the benefit. Section 72 separately requires repayment or return where money or goods were received by mistake or under coercion.

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Option A

Section 69 deals with reimbursement where someone interested in payment pays a sum another is legally bound to pay.

Option B

The facts are the example in illustration (a) to section 70. B uses the goods as B’s own and must pay for them.

Option C

Section 72 requires repayment or return after mistaken or coerced delivery. Section 70 contains the example requiring payment for using the goods.

Option D

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

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