S.K. Roy vs Addl. Member, Board Of Revenue on 25 April, 1966
54. Dr. Pal, however, contends that there was a delivery to the B. N. Ry., the purchaser, as soon as the goods were loaded in Railway wagons at the colliery sheds of the Assessee at Bhowrah in Bihar, inasmuch as delivery to a common carrier is delivery to the buyer. In support of this contention. Dr. Pal relies on decisions of the Madras and Andhra High Courts, such as Md. Ishok v. State of Madras,
and Associated Cement Co. v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1962 Andh-Pra 522, which, again, are founded on the provision in Section 39(1) of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930. We are, however, unable to agree with these decisions for a number of reasons and it would suffice to indicate these reasons in brief: