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Which doctrine did the English Court of Common Pleas apply in Adamson v Jarvis (1827)?

An auctioneer sold goods in good faith on Jarvis’s instructions and incurred liability to the true owner. The court allowed the auctioneer to recover an implied indemnity…

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Which doctrine did the English Court of Common Pleas apply in Adamson v Jarvis (1827)?

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An auctioneer sold goods in good faith on Jarvis’s instructions and incurred liability to the true owner. The court allowed the auctioneer to recover an implied indemnity from Jarvis.

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Option A

The action was for reimbursement after a wrongful sale carried out on the defendant’s instructions. It did not turn on custody and redelivery under a bailment.

Option B

The auctioneer recovered an indemnity from the person whose instructions he had followed in good faith.

Option C

The defendant’s obligation was to indemnify his own agent. He had not undertaken to answer to a creditor for another debtor’s default.

Option D

The goods were sold at auction. They had not been delivered as security for a debt.

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