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BORROWING FROMNEIGHBORSIt’s common for neighborsto borrow sugar, milk, flour,or similar goods from eachother. These situationsillustrate a mutuum. Whyis a mutuum different froma bailment?next day after grocery shopping. The loan of the sugar was amutuum because the parties did not intend that the identical granulesof sugar that were borrowed would be returned.Main Types of BailmentsThere are three types of bailments: bailments for the sole benefit ofthe bailor; bailments for the sole benefit of the bailee; and mutualbenefitbailments. In the first two types, called gratuitous bailments ,property is transferred to another person without either party giving orasking for payment. Gratuitous bailments are usually considered favors.In reality, however, definite legal responsibilities are placed upon boththe bailor and bailee.Bailments for Sole Benefit of BailorWhen a personal possession is transferred to another person forpurposes that will benefit only the bailor, a bailment for the sole benefitof the bailor results.Example 7. Your friend asks you to look after her car while sheis away for a week. You agree to keep your friend’s car in yourgarage. This bailment will be a bailment for the sole benefit ofthe bailor. Your friend is the only person benefiting from thearrangement.In a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailor, the bailee owes aduty to use only slight care, as the bailee is receiving no benefit fromChapter 17: Personal Property and Bailments 369