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Sarita contracts to deliver ordinary goods to Babita on a specified day for ₹20,000, then dies. No…

Promises bind representatives after death unless a contrary intention appears from the contract. For an ordinary goods-delivery promise, the representatives deliver and the…

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Sarita contracts to deliver ordinary goods to Babita on a specified day for ₹20,000, then dies. No contrary intention or personal-performance requirement appears from the contract. Under section 37 of the Indian Contract Act, what follows?

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Promises bind representatives after death unless a contrary intention appears from the contract. For an ordinary goods-delivery promise, the representatives deliver and the buyer pays them the agreed ₹20,000. Personal-skill promises may differ, but that is not this scenario. See section 37 and illustration (a) of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.

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Option A

For the ordinary delivery promise, representatives perform and receive payment absent contrary contractual intention.

Option B

Death alone does not discharge an ordinary nonpersonal promise.

Option C

Delivery cannot be categorically excused while the reciprocal price is demanded on these facts.

Option D

Section 37 supplies the reciprocal performance rule.

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