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Legal Concepts Law of Torts

X went to Y’s house and forgot his bag which contained 1 kg sweets. Y’s children consumed the sweets. Decide the liability of Y.

Y is bound to pay the price of sweets to X

Y is not bound to pay anything

Y is bound to pay half the price of sweets.

Y would not have to pay anything because X loves Y’s children.

Explanation:

Law does not take account of trifle and trival acts.
If Y’s children consumed 1 kg. of sweets, no offence is made out on part of Mr. Y hence he cannot be held liable in law.
Quasi contract: A quasi-contract is a fictional contract recognised by a court. The notion of a quasi-contract can be traced to Roman law and is still a concept
used in some modern legal systems.