Washington Shoe Manufacturing Co. v. Dodwell Dock & Warehouse Co.

Citations

• 95 Wash. 621
• 164 P. 252
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 866

Syllabus

<p>Warehousemen — Loss op Goods by Eire — Liability—Contract— Construction. Where a warehouseman, receiving a deposit of goods, issued a receipt, using a blank railroad bill of lading, printed matter in small type on the back of the bill of lading, intended for the purpose of changing the liability of the carrier of goods to that of a warehouseman forty-eight hours after the goods reach their destination and notice of arrival, is so foreign to, and inconsistent with, the relationship of warehouseman and depositor as to completely negative the claim that it was assented to for the purpose of constituting a special contract whereby the warehouseman was to assume the extraordinary liabilities of an insurer of the goods against fire.</p>