Section 140 Contract Act
140. Rights of surety on payment or performance. Where a guaranteed debt has become due, or default of the principal debtor to perform a guaranteedRead More →
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140. Rights of surety on payment or performance. Where a guaranteed debt has become due, or default of the principal debtor to perform a guaranteedRead More →
141. Surety’s right to benefit of creditor’s securities. A surety is entitled to the benefit of every security which the creditor has against the principalRead More →
142. Guarantee obtained by misrepresentation, invalid. Any guarantee which has been obtained by means of misrepresentation made by the creditor, or with his knowledge andRead More →
143. Guarantee obtained by concealment, invalid. Any guarantee which the creditor has obtained by means of keeping silence as to material circumstances, is invalid. Illustrations-Read More →
144. Guarantee on contract that creditor shall not act on it until co-surety joins. Where a person gives a guarantee upon a contract that theRead More →
145. Implied promise to indemnify surety. In every contract of guarantee there is an implied promise by the principal debtor to indemnify the surety, andRead More →
146. Co-sureties liable to contribute equally. Where two or more persons are co-sureties for the same debt or duty, either jointly or severally, and whetherRead More →
147. Liability of co-sureties bound in different sums. Co-sureties who are bound in different sums are liable to pay equally as far as the limitsRead More →
148. “Bailment”, “bailor” and “bailee” defined. A “bailment” is the delivery of goods by one person to another for some purpose, upon a contract thatRead More →
149. Delivery to bailee how made. The delivery to be bailee may be made by doing anything which has the effect of putting the goodsRead More →
150. Bailor’s duty to disclose faults in goods bailed. The bailor is bound to disclose to the bailee faults in the goods bailed, of whichRead More →
151. Care to be taken by bailee. In all cases of bailment the bailee is bound to take as much care of the goods bailedRead More →
152. Bailee when not liable for loss, etc, of thing bailed. The bailee, in the absence of any special contract, is not responsible for theRead More →
153. Termination of bailment by bailee’s act inconsistent with conditions. A contract of bailment is voidable at the option of the bailor, if the baileeRead More →
154. Liability of bailee making unauthorised use of goods bailed. If the bailee makes any use of the goods bailed which is not according toRead More →
155. Effect of mixture with bailor’s consent, of his goods with bailee’s. If the bailee, with the consent of the bailor, mixes the goods ofRead More →
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