Question

Where the bailee mixes the goods bailed with his own goods, with the bailor's consent, both of them shall have interest in _______.

• A. Proportion to their shares in the mixture produced
• B. Proportion to 40:60 in the mixture produced
• C. Proportion to 60:40 in the mixture produced
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Proportion to their shares in the mixture produced

Section 155 of the Indian Contract Law, 1872, "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 of the bailor with his own goods, the bailor and the bailee shall have an interest, in proportion to their respective shares, in the mixture thus produced."