Indian Contract Act, 1872
Indian Contract Act, 1872
IX · Section 180

Suit by bailor or bailee against wrong-doer.

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

Suits by bailees or bailors against wrong-doers

If a third person wrongfully deprives the bailee

of the use or possession of the goods bailed, or does them any injury, the bailee is entitled to use such

remedies as the owner might have used in the like case if no bailment had been made; and either the

bailor or the bailee may bring a suit against a third person for such deprivation or injury.

Judgments on Section 180