Gold v. Caddo Transfer & Warehouse Co.

OPINION

A warehouseman’s liability for the care of goods stored with him is fixed in this state by statute.

Section 21 of Act No. 221 of 1908, which is an act to make uniform the laws of Louisiana with the laws of other states governing warehouse receipts, defining the duties of warehousemen, etc., reads as follows:

“A warehouseman shall be liable for any loss or injury to the goods caused by his failure to exercise such care in regard to them as a reasonably careful owner of similar goods Would exercise, but he shall not be liable, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, for any loss or…