If a package is shipped to you but contains an invoice and items for someone else, are you legally obligated to return items to seller?
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If a package is shipped to you but contains an invoice and items for someone else, are you legally obligated to return items to seller?
Asked on March 31, 2015 under Business Law, Indiana
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
Yes, but at their cost (e.g. you contact them and they provide a shipping label or the like to use). If you keep the items, you, at best, now owe them the money for them--since to allow you to keep the items without paying for them is "unjust enrichment," which creates an obligation to pay for the value of what you received--and may even be criminal--a form of theft: taking something you know belongs to another.
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