Section 7: Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell.

Sale of Goods Act 1979 · 1979 c.54

Part II: Formation of the Contract

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Where there is an agreement to sell specific goods and subsequently the goods, without any fault on the part of the seller or buyer, perish before the risk passes to the buyer, the agreement is avoided.

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