Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. A. R. Harper Piano Co.

Citations

• 63 Fla. 264

Syllabus

<p>1. The liability of a warehouseman for the loss of goods is different from that of a common carrier.</p> <p>2. Where a judgment is obtained against a railroad company as a common carrier for the loss of goods and the evidence shows that the goods were held by the railroad company not as a common carrier but as a warehouseman, and liability as warehouseman was not proven, the judgment will be reversed.</p> <p>3. Where the consignee who holds the bill of lading does not refuse to tafce the goods but directs the carrier to hold them at destination pending negotiations between the consignee and consignor as to the goods, and this holding is in effect acquiesced in by the consignor, if the goods are lost while being so held, the liability of the railroad company is that of warehouseman and not of common carrier.</p>