Indian Contract Act : Bailee not responsible on re-delivery to bailor withouttitle Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Contract Act,1872

Act No : 9

Section : Bailee not responsible on re-delivery to bailor withouttitle

166.Bailee not responsible on re-delivery to bailor withouttitle.-If the bailor has no title to the goods, and the bailee, ingood faith, delivers them back to, or according to the directions of,the--------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 S. 161 has been declared to apply to the responsibility of theTrustees of the Port of Madras as to goods in their possession, seethe Madras Port Trust Act, 1905 (Mad. 2 of 1905). 2 As to railway contracts, see the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9of 1890), s. 72.---------------------------------------------------------------------60bailor, the bailee is not responsible to the owner in respect of suchdelivery1*.