Warehouseman

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A person who receives goods and merchandise to be stored in his warehouse for hire.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One who, for hire, receives goods for storage, and whose duty is that of custody rather than carriage. See 24 Am. Dec. 145, note.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A person who receives goods and merchandise to be stored in his warehouse for hire. He is not a guarantor of the title of property placed In his custody, although his receipts therefor are by statute negotiable; Mechanics’ & T. Ins. Co. v. Kiger, 103 U. S. 352, 26 L. Ed. 433. He is bound to use ordinary care in preserving such goods and merchandise, and his neglect to do so will render him liable to the owner; 1 Esp. 315; Story, Bailm. § 444; Backus v. Start, 13 Fed. 69; Nichols v. Smith, 115 Mass. 332; Buckingham v. Fisher, 70

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The owner of a warehouse; one who, as a business, and for hire, keeps and stores the goods of others.