Category: Nigeria


  • Section 23 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 23 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Sale under voidable title. It provides as follows: When the seller of goods has a voidable title thereto, but his title has not been avoided at the time of the sale, the buyer acquires a good title to the…

  • Section 22 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 22 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Market overt. It provides as follows: (1) Where goods are sold in market overt, according to the usage of the market, the buyer acquires a good title to the goods, provided he buys them in good faith and without…

  • Section 21 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 21 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Sale by person not the owner. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where goods are sold by a person who is not the owner thereof, and who does not sell them under the…

  • Section 20 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 20 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Risk prima facie passes with property. It provides as follows: Unless otherwise agreed, the goods remain at the seller’s risk until the property therein is transferred to the buyer, but when the property therein is transferred to the buyer,…

  • Section 19 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 19 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Reservation of right of disposal. It provides as follows: (1) Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods or where goods are subsequently appropriated to the contract, the seller may, by the terms of the contract…

  • Section 18 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 18 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Rules for ascertaining intention. It provides as follows: Unless a different intention appears, the following are rules for ascertaining the intention of the parties as to the time at which the property in the goods is to pass to…

  • Section 17 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 17 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Property passes when intended to pass. It provides as follows: (1) Where there is a contract for the sale of specific or ascertained goods the property in them is transferred to the buyer at such time as the…

  • Section 16 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 16 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Goods must be ascertained. It provides as follows: Where there is a contract for the sale of unascertained goods no property in the goods is transferred to the buyer unless and until the goods are ascertained.

  • Section 15 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Sale by sample. It provides as follows: (1) A contract of sale is a contract for sale by sample Sale by where there is a term in the contract, express or implied, to samplethat effect. (2) In the case…

  • Section 14 Sale of Goods Act 1893 Section 14 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Implied conditions as to quality or fitness. It provides as follows: Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any statute in that behalf, there is no implied warranty or condition as to the quality or fitness for…