The Indian Contract Act
72Liability of person to whom money is paid, or thing delivered, by mistake or under coercion
A person to whom money has been paid, or anything delivered, by mistake or under coercion, must repay or return it.
Illustrations
(a) A and B jointly owe 100 rupees to C, A alone pays the amount to C, and B, not knowing this fact, pays 100 rupees over again to C. C is bound to repay the amount to B.
(b) A railway company refuses to deliver up certain goods to the consignee, except upon the payment of an illegal charge for carriage. The consignee pays the sum charged in order to obtain the goods. He is entitled to recover so much of the charge as was illegally excessive.
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OF CERTAIN RELATIONS RESEMBLING THOSE CREATED BY CONTRACT
- 68 Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account
- 69 Reimbursement of person paying money due by another, in payment of which he is interested
- 70 Obligation of person enjoying benefit of non-gratuitous act
- 71 Responsibility of finder of goods
- 72 Liability of person to whom money is paid, or thing delivered, by mistake or under coercion