Under the ordinary rule in section 26 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, absent a contrary agreement and…
Section26 ordinarily places risk with the buyer after property passes, whether delivery has occurred or not. A contrary agreement can separate risk from property. The…
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Under the ordinary rule in section 26 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, absent a contrary agreement and apart from its proviso cases, once property passes the goods are at the buyer’s risk:
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Section26 ordinarily places risk with the buyer after property passes, whether delivery has occurred or not. A contrary agreement can separate risk from property. The provisos also preserve fault-based delayed-delivery consequences and bailment duties. Delivery alone is therefore not the universal trigger or a complete statement of risk allocation.
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