Fisher v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Citations

• 49 Wash. 258
• 94 P. 1073
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 560

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Carriage of Goods — Storage—Loss Pending Delivery —Liability—Warehousemen. A railroad company is liable, as a carrier, for goods unloaded into its warehouse and destroyed by fire, where it appears that the consignee appeared for the goods at noon on the day of their arrival, but was informed that they could probably not be delivered until the way bills were made out the next day, and they were destroyed by fire that night; since the carrier’s liability does not become that of a warehouseman until the consignee has had a reasonable opportunity to remove the goods.</p>