FORWARDING MERCHANT, or FOR
Categories: Torts
Definition (1910 Edition)
WARDER. One who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensation from the owners, having no concern in the vessels or wagons by which they are transported, and no interest in the freight, and not being deemed a common carrier, but & mere warehouseman and agent. Story, Bailm. $§ 502, 509. Schloss v. Wood, 11 Colo. 287, 17 Pac. 910; Ackley v. Kellogg, 8 Cow. (N. ¥.) 224; Place v. Union Exp. Co., 2 Iiilt. (N. Y.) 19; Bush’v. Miller, 138 Barb. (N. Y.) 488.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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