Section 165 Contract Act — Bailment by several joint owners

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165.Bailment by several joint owners .—If several joint owners of goods bail them, the bailee may deliver them back to, or according to the directions of, one joint ow ner without the consent of all in the absence of any agreement to the contrary.

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