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A bailor with no right to bail must compensate the bailee for:Read the answer and worked solution →Joint owners bail goods. The bailee may return them to:Read the answer and worked solution →A bailee in good faith returns goods to a bailor lacking title. He is:Read the answer and worked solution →A third person claiming the bailed goods may ask the Court to:Read the answer and worked solution →A finder who voluntarily spends on preserving lost goods cannot:Read the answer and worked solution →Owner offers a specific reward for lost goods. The finder may:Read the answer and worked solution →A finder may sell a lost thing commonly on sale if it is in danger of:Read the answer and worked solution →A finder may sell a lost article commonly on sale once his lawful charges amount to what share of its value?Read the answer and worked solution →A bailee who did work needing labour or skill on the goods may retain them until paid. This is a:Read the answer and worked solution →B, a jeweller, cuts and polishes A's diamond. Until paid, B may:Read the answer and worked solution →A tailor gave three months' credit on a coat. May he retain it?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these has no right to a general lien over bailed goods without an express contract?Read the answer and worked solution →Bailment of goods as security for payment of a debt or performance of a promise is termed:Read the answer and worked solution →In a pledge, the person who delivers the goods as security is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →A pawnee may retain the pledged goods for the debt, its interest and:Read the answer and worked solution →For later advances by the pawnee, a contract to retain is:Read the answer and worked solution →The pawnee may recover which preservation expenses from the pawnor?Read the answer and worked solution →On pawnor's default, the pawnee may sell after giving the pawnor:Read the answer and worked solution →Sale proceeds of pledged goods are less than the debt. The pawnor is:Read the answer and worked solution →If a pawnee's sale brings more than the amount due, the surplus goes to:Read the answer and worked solution →A defaulting pawnor may redeem the goods up to the time of:Read the answer and worked solution →A defaulting pawnor who redeems after default must also pay:Read the answer and worked solution →A mercantile agent's pledge binds the owner if the pawnee:Read the answer and worked solution →Goods got under a voidable contract are pledged before rescission. The pawnee gets good title if:Read the answer and worked solution →A pledge of goods in which the pledgor has a limited interest is valid:Read the answer and worked solution →A third party wrongfully deprives a bailee of goods. Who may sue?Read the answer and worked solution →Relief won from a wrong-doer is shared by bailor and bailee:Read the answer and worked solution →A bailment differs from a sale or gift because it transfers only:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1703 case Coggs v Bernard established that a bailment:Read the answer and worked solution →A friend keeps your jewellery free of charge while you are abroad. This bailment is for the sole benefit of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A bailor with no right to bail must compensate the bailee for:

  1. No loss, risk was known
  2. Only fees he would earn
  3. Any loss caused thereby
  4. Only third party loss
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Correct answer: C. Any loss caused thereby

Section 164 makes the bailor responsible for any loss the bailee suffers because the bailor was not entitled to bail or give directions.

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Joint owners bail goods. The bailee may return them to:

  1. All owners together only
  2. The eldest owner only
  3. A court appointed officer
  4. Any one joint owner
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Correct answer: D. Any one joint owner

Section 165 allows delivery back to, or on the directions of, one joint owner without the consent of the rest.

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A bailee in good faith returns goods to a bailor lacking title. He is:

  1. Not liable to the owner
  2. Liable for full value
  3. Liable for half value
  4. Liable if bailor won't pay
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Correct answer: A. Not liable to the owner

Section 166 protects a bailee who in good faith redelivers to the bailor, even when the bailor lacked title.

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