The Satisfaction Academy

1. . Legal Principle: Contractual liability is completely irrelevant to the existence of liability in tort (Civil wrong). Facts: X purchased a bottle of ginger-beer from a retailer. As she consumed more than ¾ of the contents of the bottle, she found decomposed remains of a snail in the bottle. After seeing the remains of a snail, she fell sick at the thought of what she consumed. She sued the manufacturer of the beer for negligence, though there is no contractual duty on the part of the manufacturer. a. X cannot sue the manufacturer for negligence in the absence of a contract b. X can sue the retailer from whom she purchased the beer c. X cannot sue the retailer d. X can sue the manufacturer as he had a duty to take care to see that bottles did not contain any other substance than the beer and hence liable to have broken that duty. 2. Legal Principle: Any person who has received any unjust benefit, he/she must return it to the rightful owner. Facts: A and B...

1) 1) If a person commits an act by which death is caused to another person and the act is done with the intention of causing death, that person is liable for murder. 2) A person has a right of self defense to the extent of causing death to another provided he apprehends death by the act of the latter. Facts Anuj went to a hardware shop owned by Akhil. Bargaining on some item led to altercation between the two and Anuj picked up a sharp object and hit at Akhil. When Akhil started bleeding, his wife Mridula intervened and she was also hit by Anuj and she became unconscious. Finding himself totally cornered, Akhil delivered a severe blow to Anuj with a sharp object. Anuj died instantly. Possible decisions a) Akhil murdered Anuj. b) Akhil killed Anuj with the intention of killing to save himself and his wife C) Akhil killed Anuj without any intention to do so just to save himself And his wife. D) Akhil was acting in self defense and that is beyond reasonable doub...