X, the seller, contracts with Y to sell an identified, specific stock of 600 tonnes of sugarcane.…
Section 7 makes a sale contract for specific goods void if, without the seller's knowledge, the goods had perished when it was made. This concerns identified specific goods,…
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X, the seller, contracts with Y to sell an identified, specific stock of 600 tonnes of sugarcane. Unknown to X, that stock had been entirely destroyed by fire following an earthquake one week before the contract. Under section 7 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, the contract is:
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
Section 7 makes a sale contract for specific goods void if, without the seller's knowledge, the goods had perished when it was made. This concerns identified specific goods, not an unrestricted promise to supply generic goods.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 7 makes this contract void where specific goods had already perished without seller knowledge.
Option B
The specific identified stock had already perished at contract formation.
Option C
The statute says void, not merely voidable by the seller.
Option D
The statute says void, not voidable at buyer election.
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