X enters into a contract with Y for sale of hoop iron to be shipped from Mumbai to London. When the…
Where goods such as hoop iron are sound when shipped and merely deteriorate by natural causes inherent in a sea transit, the seller is not liable and the buyer bears such…
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X enters into a contract with Y for sale of hoop iron to be shipped from Mumbai to London. When the iron was shipped it was clean and bright but it naturally rusted to an extent in the course of transit Is X responsible for the deterioration of the quality of iron?
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Where goods such as hoop iron are sound when shipped and merely deteriorate by natural causes inherent in a sea transit, the seller is not liable and the buyer bears such ordinary deterioration, so "No, he is not".
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