Principle A seller of goods cannot transfer better rights than he himself possesses in the goods nbs...........

Legal Reasoning Others

Principle: A seller of goods cannot transfer better rights than he himself possesses in the goods sold to the buyer.

Facts: Komal leaves his watch by mistake on a seat in the park. Sonal finds that watch and immediately sells the same for good price to Monal who without inquiring whether Sonal is its owner or not. Komal later on claims that watch from Monal. Decide whether Komal can succeed?

Komal cannot succeed as Monal has paid good price of the watch.

Komal cannot succeed as Monal is unaware of the fact that Sonal is not its owner.

Komal can not succeed as it was his carelessness and nothing else which enabled Sonal to sell the watch to Monal.

Komal can not succeed as Sonal is merely finder of the watch and, therefore, cannot transfer ownership rights thereon to Monal.

Explanation:

All the options state that Komal cannot succeed. But, if we read option "4" as "Komal can succeed...." then it would be closest to the principle because Komal was the owner of the watch. Since Sonal did not had the ownership of the watch and mere possession, she could not have transferred ownership to anyone including Monal. But if we go by the question the answer can be 2.