Legal Principles:
I. The tort of conversion is an act, of willful interference, without lawful justification, with any chattel (goods) in a manner inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that other is deprived of the use and possession of it.
II. Whoever intending to take any moveable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property out of his or her possession, is said to commit theft.
Factual Situation: A loads his perishable goods on a ship (owned by B) for transit from London to Kolkata. For many months, nothing was heard of the ship and it was presumed to be wrecked. However, it was later discovered that the ship had developed some problems and had got lost in high seas and finally reached a port in India and the goods were unloaded in B’s warehouse in Chennai. B did not care to inform A about it and over the period of time, the goods perished.
What is B liable for?
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