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A voluntarily puts out a fire in B’s warehouse and incurs medical expenses from injuries sustained…

Section 25(2) makes a subsequent promise to compensate for something already done voluntarily for the promisor enforceable. B’s promise to reimburse A’s medical expenses…

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A voluntarily puts out a fire in B’s warehouse and incurs medical expenses from injuries sustained while doing so. B later promises to reimburse those expenses. What is the effect of B’s promise under the Indian Contract Act, 1872?

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Section 25(2) makes a subsequent promise to compensate for something already done voluntarily for the promisor enforceable. B’s promise to reimburse A’s medical expenses falls within that exception.

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Option A

Section 25(2) applies to a voluntary act already done for the promisor.

Option B

The fact that the act preceded the promise is consistent with the statutory exception.

Option C

Volunteering supplies no ground for avoiding the promise here.

Option D

The act protected B’s property and B subsequently promised to compensate A.

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