sale of goods - what title a buyer gets Flashcards
s149 ccla
nemo dat
- a buyer will only recieve good title if the seller had good title to give
two expection to nemo dat
both involve bona fide buyers
s153 - seller in poessions after sale sells to a third party
s297 - merchantile agnet
s153 - seller in poessions after sale sells to a third party
sale and no delievry and then another sale of same stuff to another buyer and the other buyer receives in good faith and had no notice of the first sale, c gets good title
mitchell v jones
b sold horse to mitchell, whothen leased the horse back to b, b then re selles the horse to jones, who acted in good faith and without notice of first sale
lease agt is a diffent tranaction so jones is not protected when b re sells the horse
s297 - merchantile agnet
agent who has authority to sell goods, they are in posseison of the good with the owners consent, sale to another, sale is in teh ocob as merchantiel agent, buyer acts in good faith, buyer doesnt have notice of ma lack of authority
ron mcdonald v jim boyd
car was in possessioon of a&j motors who on sold it despite not having ownershiop, since they were in buiness of selling cars they were merchantile agnet and their sale valid under s297
alternate remedies - s135
if the buyer does not recieve a good title, they will have perosnal remedies against the seller on the form of breach of contarct
- can contract out of this condition too