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CHAPTER IX OF BAILMENT · Suits by bailees or bailors against wrong-doers

Section 181: Apportionment of relief or compensation obtained by such suits

The Indian Contract Act, 1872

Whatever is obtained by way of relief or compensation in any such suit shall, as between the bailor and the bailee, be dealt with according to their respective interests.

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  1. 1. Where the bailor or the bailee sues a third person who has wrongfully deprived the bailee of the goods bailed or injured them, Section 181 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 provides that whatever is obtained by way of relief or compensation shall, as between the bailor and the bailee, be:

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