BBG E231 Lecture 25: BBG E231 - Class 25
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Transfer of title by non-owners i) transfer of property in specific or ascertained goods: transfer of property in unascertained and future goods. This means transfer of ownership of the goods. Transfer of property in specific or ascertained goods. The general rule relating to the transfer of title on sale is that the seller cannot transfer to the buyer of goods a better title than he himself has. This rule is expressed by the maxim, nemo det quod no habet, which means that no one can give what he has not got. The mercantile agent having authority to sell goods coveys a good title to the buyer: transfer of title by estoppels. When an unpaid seller, who has exercised his right of lien or stoppage in transit, resells the goods (of which ownership has passed to the buyer), the subsequent. The following takes place in the performance of this contract.
