alleryStart learning →Delivery is at the seller's risk at a distant place. Who bears transit deterioration?
AThe buyer bears it
BThe seller bears it
CThe insurer bears it
DThe carrier bears it
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The buyer bears it
Section 40 makes the buyer take the risk of deterioration necessarily incident to the course of transit even where delivery is at the seller's risk.
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