Davis v. Adams

(after stating the facts as above). The carrier is here seeking to recover from the shipper charges for storing merchandise for a period of more than six months after the transportation ended, claiming that the storage was a mere incident to the transportation. No doubt storage is or may be a mere incident to transportation, but as soon as the transportation is at an end the carrier holds the merchandise as a mere, bailee or warehouseman. He may hold it in that capacity for the shipper until his charges are paid, or until the merchandise can be sold to satisfy the charges against it, or he…