UNIVERSITY OF SCHOOL
SCHOOL OF LAW
L200: COMMERCIAL LAW
(UNIT4 : SALE OF GOODS)
1. What are the rules governing the passing of title to the goods from the seller to
the purchaser?
2. Why is it important to know the exact time when the property in the goods passes
from a seller to a buyer?
3. “Risk prima facie passes with ownership” – Comment. State the exceptions to
this rule, if any.
4. Explain the rule that “no one can give a better title than he himself or herself
possesses”. Also state the exceptions to this rule, if any.
5. State the respective duties of the seller and the buyer in the performance of
contract of sale.
6. State the buyer’s duty to accept the goods and pay the price. What is the liability
of the buyer if he refuses to take the delivery of the goods?
7. Who is unpaid seller? What are his or her rights against the buyer personally,
and against the goods?
8. What are the rights of unpaid seller?
9. State the comparison between unpaid seller’s right of lien and stoppage in
transit. When can unpaid seller resell the goods?
10. State the seller’s remedies against the buyer in case of breach of contract of
sale.
11. State the buyer’s remedies against the seller in case of the breach of the
contract.
12. When is a seller entitled to sue for the buyer for the price in the goods? Can such
a suit be brought before the property in the goods has passed to the buyer?
13. Define the term condition. Explain and illustrate the implied condition in a
contract of sale as provided in the Sale of Goods Act 1893.
14. Discuss the provisions of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 relating to the implied
conditions in a contract of sale by sample.
15. Define the term ‘warranty’. Explain and illustrate the implied warranties in a
contract of sale as provided by the Sale of Goods Act 1893.
16. Explain the rule of caveat emptor. Discuss the cases in which the rule of caveat
emptor does not apply.