confusion of goods

confusion of goods
An intermingling or intermixture of goods owned by different persons to such extent that the property of each person can no longer be distinguished. 1 Am J2d Access § 1. A confusion may be the result of a wilful and fraudulent intermixture, but may arise also from a mixture made by the consent of the owners, or by mistake, inevitable accident, or vis major. 1 Am J2d Access § 1. The doctrine of confusion is that where an owner of goods wilfully and tortiously mixes and confuses his goods with the goods of another so that they are indistinguishable and not susceptible of division according to the rights of each owner, the one who mixed the goods must bear the whole loss, and the innocent party will take the whole property. 1 Am J2d Access § 15.

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