Landmark case · Law of Contract – II · Semester 2
Folkes v. King
[1923] 1 KB 282 · Court of Appeal (England)
A mercantile agent in possession with the owner's consent can pass a good title to a buyer in good faith.
From topic
Transfer of property and risk; nemo dat quod non habet — Unit IV, Law of Contract – II.
Related sections:
- Sale of Goods Act, 1930, 18–20 — Property in unascertained goods; goods in a deliverable state
- Sale of Goods Act, 1930, 26 — Risk prima facie passes with property
- Sale of Goods Act, 1930, 27–30 — Sale by person not the owner and exceptions to nemo dat