Commissioners For The Port Of Calcutta vs General Trading Corporation Ltd. And ... on 19 September
Section 72 , Railways Act, 1890, makes the railway administration liable as bailees Under Sections 151 , 152 and 161 , Contract Act, 1872. Section 151 , Contract ... requires a bailee to take as much care of the goods bailed to him as a man of ordinary prudence would under similar circumstances take
distinction, no doubt, is that the carrier of goods is a bailee of the goods which he carries, whereas a carrier of passengers ... bailee of his passengers. Both classes of carriers however, are subject to the obligations which arise from their exercising a public profession which requires them
person to whom. they are delivered is called the 'bailee'.
Explanation: If a person already in possession of the goods of another contracts ... hold them as a bailee, he thereby becomes bailee and the owner becomes the bailor, of such goods although they may not have been delivered
Indian Contract Act "provides that it is the duty of the bailee; to return or deliver according to the : bailor's directions ... been accomplished. Section 161 provides that if, to the default of the bailee, the goods are not returned, delivered or tendered at the proper time
godown of the railway, the sellers were in the position of bailees and they had all the liabilities of a bailee and if they cannot ... which defines the expressions, bailment", "bailor" or "bailee" and on the explanation appended to that section which is as follows
repairer, whose legal position is that of a bailee, and this position was expressly acknowledged in Ex. A (4). In these circumstances, though the failure ... Contract Act is attracted, and the Garage, as a bailee, becomes liable to take as much care of the goods baile as is required
Knitters (supra) with regard to
existence of a relationship of bailor and bailee between the
consignee and the Port Trust authority instead of the
Steamer ... deterioration of the goods of which it has
taken charge as a bailee under Ss. 151, 152 and 161 of the
Indian Contract Act . Section
subject to the other provisions of this Act, be that of a bailee under Ss 151, 152 and 161 of the Indian Contract ... Contract Act is as follows-
"In all cases of bailment the bailee is bound to take as much care of the goods bailed
liability of a common carrier to that of a mere gratuitous bailee; and, moreover, if the defendants are right, the law, as it stands ... Contract Act is as follows: "In all cases of bailment the bailee is bound to take as much care of the goods bailed