Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(1930)
PRESENTATION BY:
ABHA PILLAI ANJALI SINGH
KALYANI PATEL
INDRANI DUTTA
ANNPURNA VERMA
TOPICS COVERED……….
Formation of contract of sales and its
element
Difference between sale and
Agreement to sell
Classification of goods
Conditions and warranties
Rule of Caveat Emptor
Unpaid seller
Auction sale
THE HISTORY OF SALES OF GOODS ACT
Goods
Price
Agreement to sell
Sale
In case of breach of a In case of breach of a
contract, seller can sue for contract, seller can sue only
the price of the goods . for damages not for the
The seller is only entitled to price.
the ratable dividend of the
price due if the buyer The seller may refuse to
becomes insolvent. sell the goods to the buyer
The buyer is entitled to w/o payments if the buyer
recover the specific becomes insolvent.
property from the assignee Buyer can claim only
if the seller becomes ratable dividend for the
insolvent. money paid.
TOPIC 3
Classification
of
goods
Classification
FUTURE
EXISTING CONTINGENT
Topic 4
Conditions
and
warranties
[sec 12]
Terms……….
Representation: Statement made by the seller
before entering into a contract.
Rule
of
Caveat Emptor
CAVEAT EMPTOR
Let the ‘Buyer Beware’
The maxim Caveat Emptor does not apply
& the contract will be subject to the
implied conditions under the following
circumstances :
1. Sale under fitness for buyers purpose
2. Sale under merchantable quality
3. Sale under usage of trade
4. Consent by Fraud
Exceptions……
Fitness for buyer’s purpose.
Sale under a patent or trade
name.
Merchantable quality
Usage of trade
Consent by fraud
Topic 6
Unpaid Seller(sec
45)
Unpaid Seller (Sec.45)
A seller of goods is deemed to
be an unpaid seller when:-
The whole of the price has not been paid or tendered;
Auction sale
(sec 24(a))
Auction sale [Sec 24(a)]
Auction sale is a public sale to any person
bidding the highest upon the terms and
conditions already mentioned for the goods
to be sold.in an auction anyone can be a buyer
and even the seller does not know what price
he will get for his goods.
An auction is a process of buying and
selling goods or services by offering them up
for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item
to the highest bidder.
Auction sale - Rules
In the case of sale by auction-
1. where goods are put up for sale in lots, each lot is prima facie
deemed to be the subject of separate contract of sale.