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CA Foundation Sale of Goods — Transfer of Ownership and Delivery — practice questions

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At an auction, the auctioneer's hammer damages an antique just before the bid is accepted. The loss falls on the:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Section 19, in a sale of specific or ascertained goods, the property passes:Read the answer and worked solution →The maxim 'Nemo dat quod non habet' (Section 27) means:Read the answer and worked solution →B buys stolen goods in good faith from A, who is not the owner. As a general rule:Read the answer and worked solution →Where the true owner, by his conduct, is precluded from denying the seller's authority to sell, the buyer gets a good title by:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Section 2(2), 'delivery' of goods means:Read the answer and worked solution →When does property in unascertained goods pass to the buyer?Read the answer and worked solution →How is the parties' intention on passing of property found?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sections give rules on when property passes, unless a different intention appears?Read the answer and worked solution →An unconditional sale of a ready specific painting. Property passes when?Read the answer and worked solution →A seller must first repair a specific machine. Property passes when?Read the answer and worked solution →Appropriation of unascertained goods needs whose assent?Read the answer and worked solution →Appropriation under section 23 applies to which kind of contract?Read the answer and worked solution →Goods are sent on approval. When does property pass?Read the answer and worked solution →Sale or return goods kept past the fixed date. Property passes when?Read the answer and worked solution →What does a reserved right of disposal let a seller do?Read the answer and worked solution →Goods go by rail to the seller's order. What is presumed?Read the answer and worked solution →Buyer dishonours the bill but keeps the railway receipt. Result?Read the answer and worked solution →Unless agreed otherwise, until property passes, whose risk are the goods at?Read the answer and worked solution →Property has passed, delivery pending. Whose risk are the goods?Read the answer and worked solution →Delay in delivery, caused by one party's fault, leads to a loss. Who bears it?Read the answer and worked solution →A non-owner sells goods. What title does the buyer generally get?Read the answer and worked solution →A non-owner's sale passes good title if the owner is precluded from denying authority by what?Read the answer and worked solution →A mercantile agent with owner's consent sells. When is it valid?Read the answer and worked solution →A joint owner in sole possession sells. When does the buyer get property?Read the answer and worked solution →Goods held under a voidable contract are resold. Sub-buyer's title?Read the answer and worked solution →A seller who kept possession resells to an innocent buyer. Effect?Read the answer and worked solution →A buyer in possession resells to an innocent person. What of the seller's lien?Read the answer and worked solution →How does the Sale of Goods Act define delivery?Read the answer and worked solution →Goods are deliverable when the buyer is, under the contract, what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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At an auction, the auctioneer's hammer damages an antique just before the bid is accepted. The loss falls on the:

  1. Bidders jointly
  2. Buyer
  3. Seller, since ownership had not yet passed
  4. Auctioneer personally
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Correct answer: C. Seller, since ownership had not yet passed

Property had not passed (the bid was not yet accepted), so the seller, as owner, bears the loss under the rule that risk follows ownership.

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Under Section 19, in a sale of specific or ascertained goods, the property passes:

  1. Immediately in every case
  2. At the time the parties to the contract intend it to pass
  3. Only on full payment
  4. Only on physical delivery
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Correct answer: B. At the time the parties to the contract intend it to pass

Section 19 makes the passing of property in specific/ascertained goods turn on the intention of the parties, judged from the terms, conduct and circumstances.

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The maxim 'Nemo dat quod non habet' (Section 27) means:

  1. Risk follows ownership
  2. Possession is title
  3. The buyer always beware
  4. No one can give a better title than he himself has
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Correct answer: D. No one can give a better title than he himself has

Section 27 embodies nemo dat quod non habet: a seller cannot pass a better title than he has so a buyer from a non-owner generally gets no title.

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