Sale of Goods Act Section 28 — Sale by one of joint owners

CHAPTER III EFFECTS OF THE CONTRACT — Transfer of title

Commercial / Corporate

Summary

If one of several joint owners of goods is the only one holding them, and the other co-owners have allowed that person to have sole possession, then a buyer who purchases the goods from that joint owner in good faith will get ownership of the goods. This applies as long as the buyer, at the time of making the contract of sale, has no notice that the seller lacks the authority to sell.

Official Text

If one of several joint owners of goods has the sole possession of them by permission of the co-owners, the property in the goods is transferred to any person who buys them of such joint owner in good faith and has not at the time of the contract of sale notice that the seller has not authority to sell.