Indian Contract Act : Suit by bailor or bailee against wrong-doer Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Contract Act,1872

Act No : 9

Section : Suit by bailor or bailee against wrong-doer

180.Suit by bailor or bailee against wrong-doer.-If a thirdperson wrongfully deprives the bailee of the use or possession of thegoods bailed, or does them any injury, the bailee is entitled to usesuch remedies as the owner might have used in the like case if nobailment had been made; and either the bailor or the bailee may bringa suit against a third person for such deprivation or injury.--------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 For limitation. see the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (9 of1908), Sch. 1, Article 145. 2 Ss. 178 and 178A were subs. by Act 4 of 1930, s. 2, for theoriginal s. 178.---------------------------------------------------------------------63