Section 164 Contract Act — Bailor’s responsibility to bailee

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Official PDF page 41

164. Bailor’s responsibility to bailee.—The bailor is responsible to the bailee for any loss which the bailee may sustain by reason that the bailor was not entitled to make the bailment, or to receive back the goods, or to give directions respecting them.

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