Legal Term: WAREHOUSEMAN.

Definition: A warehouseman is a person who receives goods and merchandise to be stored in his warehouse for hire.

2. He is bound to use ordinary care in preserving such goods and merchan-dise, and his neglect to do so will render him liable to the owner. Peake, R. 114, 1 Esp. R. 315, Story, Bailm. ,444, Jones Bailm. 49, 96, 97, 7 Cowens R. 497, 12 John. Rep. 232, 2 Wend. R. 593, 9 Wend. R. 268, 1 Stew. Rep. 284. The warehousemans liability commences as soon as the goods arrive, and the crane of the warehouse is applied to raise them into the warehouse. 4 Esp. R. 262.

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