Practice question
A carrier negligently delays transporting goods. During that delay, a storm destroys them. The carrier relies solely on the storm to claim automatic exemption. The facts establish the carrier's negligent transportation delay. Which answer follows Article 1740?
- Every storm automatically frees the carrier regardless of delay.
- The shipper must abandon every claim merely because weather was involved.
- The storm necessarily proves extraordinary diligence.
- A carrier may create any delay without consequence.
- The natural disaster does not free a carrier that negligently incurred the transportation delay.
Legal references
- Civil Code, RA 386, Articles 1733–1747, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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