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Contract of Indemnity:
19
Bailee’s particular lien
22
Rights of Bailor
• Duties:
1. Duty to find true owner
2. Duty to take reasonable care of the goods as a bailee
• Rights:
1. Right to retain possession of the goods until true owner is found
2. Right of lien over the goods for expenses
3. Right to sue for reward
4. Right of sale
a) when the goods are in danger of perishing
b) when lawful charges of finder exceeds two-thirds of its value
surplus if any belongs to the true owner.
Pledge
35
Creation of Agency
• 1. By Express Agreement
• 2. By Implied Agreement
Agency by Implied
Agreement
• 1. Agency by estoppel
• 2. Agency by holding
out
• 3. Agency by necessity
• 4. Agency by
ratification
Agency by necessity:
39
Essentials of a valid
ratification(confirm/accept an
agreement made in one’s
name)
• 1. The agent must purport to act as agent for a
principal who is in contemplation.
• 2. There should be an act capable of ratification.
• 3. The principal must be in existence.
• 4. The principal must be competent to contract.
• 5. The principal must have full knowledge of material
facts.
• 6. Whole transaction must be ratified.
• 7. Ratification must be done within a reasonable
time.
• 8. Ratification must not injure a third person.
Extent of Agent’s Authority
Sub-Agent:
42
Delegation of Agent’s Authority
“delegatus nonpotest delegare”
meaning
“delegate cannot further redelegate”
44
Substituted Agent:
“When an agent has an express or
implied authority of his principal to
name another person to act for the
principal and the agent names
another person accordingly, such
person is not a sub-agent but a
substituted agent of the principal”
45
Duties of Agent
– 1. By mutual agreement.