Is a carrier entitled to charge a warehouse charge if goods are deposited in the warehouse of a person not connected with the carriers?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wiley v. Smith, 1876 CanLII 3 (ON CA):
In Dodson v. Wentworth, 4 M. & G. 1080, the goods had been deposited in the warehouse of a person unconnected with the carriers, who had been accustomed to put into his warehouse goods arriving at this particular landing place for the purchaser, without making any warehouse charges, and to deliver them to the purchaser, or upon his order, without any further communication with the carriers.
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