165: Bailment by several joint owners
The Contract Act · Federal Acts · Chapter IX · in_force
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If several joint owners of goods bail them, the bailee may deliver them back to, or according to the directions of, one joint owner without the consent of all, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary.
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164: Bailor’s responsibility to bailee166: Bailee not responsible on re-delivery to bailor without title163: Bailor entitled to increase or profit from goods bailed167: Right of third person claiming goods bailed162: Termination of gratuitous bailment by death168: Right of finder of goods; may sue for specific reward offered
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