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IF I PAY FOR 2 SEATS IN A TAXI, CAN I BE FORCED TO SHARE MY SPACE? .



📸: Daily Monitor.

Travelling to the village in Apedi is always a nightmare for Opari. There are always 15 people stuffed into Toyota Ipsum, so there is no breathing space or a chance to scratch yourself once you are. This time around, he promised himself that he would travel in style and paid for the whole co-driver’s seat so he would not ‘suffer’ like the rest. Halfway through the journey, it started raining, and the driver refused to let anyone take the front seat with Opari. The back passengers started calling him a selfish man who wanted people to remain stranded on the road. In the end, the driver stopped the car and promised to refund some of Opari’s money, but he would put someone in the seat with Opari. 

Can Opari be forced to give his extra seat away?
 
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?

When two people agree on something, and they start doing that thing, the law does not allow one of them to back out in such a way that they inconvenience the other person without consequences. For example, if you agree with someone that each of you will sell land and combine money for something then the other person changes their mind after you sell your land, it is not enough to say sorry to that person. The law will impose a fine called damages on that person so that you are compensated for the loss and inconvenience you suffered from that person breaking their promise to you. These 'damages can end up being worth more than what the person would have spent by keeping their promise to you. 

Even in something as simple as Opari paying for the two spaces in the car so that he can use them alone, it is not enough to say that he will be refunded for one of the two seats, which is not what he wanted. Since Opari has paid for both seats, he is entitled to use them both. The driver agreed and received Opari’s money which means that there is a contract between the two of them. By law, Opari cannot be forced to share his space when he paid for the seats and the money was accepted by the driver. 

Source: BarefootLawyers 

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