BARNES v. AMEEN SANGARI AND CO. [1967] GLR 749-776

Sale of goods—Hire-purchase—Motor vehicle—Recovery of possession by owner—Breach of terms of agreement by hirer—Vehicle taken in execution—Hirer not in possession— Seventy-five percent of purchase price paid—Rights of owner and hirer—Whether owner barred from recovering possession by section 12 (1) of the Hire-Purchase Act, 1958—Meaning of "enforce any right to recover possession of the goods from the hirer" in section 12 (1)—Effect where owner recovers possession of hired goods without due court process—Hire-Purchase Act, 1958 (No. 55 of 1958), ss. 3 (1), 4 (2), 12 (1), (2) and 13 (5) and (8).

