Practice question
Cargo is temporarily unloaded into the carrier’s transit warehouse. No stoppage in transitu is exercised. The carrier claims extraordinary diligence ended merely because the truck stopped. Which is correct?
- Article 1737 preserves the duty during temporary unloading or transit storage
- Any unloading automatically ends all responsibility
- Only road movement is covered
- The carrier owes no duty indoors
- The shipper must personally guard all transit cargo
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Articles 1733, 1735–1738 and 1755–1760
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