Rothschild v. Michigan Central Railroad

Citations

• 69 Ill. 164

Syllabus

<p>Common cabbieb—when liability of ceases, and that of warehouseman attaches. Where goods have reached their destination either in the night time or on a Sunday, or where, for any other reason, the consignee is not ready to receive them on their arrival, and the carrier puts them in store, or in the charge of competent and careful servants, ready to he delivered when called for, the carrier’s liability as insurer ceases, and he will thereafter be liable only as warehouseman, and if the goods are destroyed by fire without fault on his part, he will not be responsible.</p>