TITLE XIV

WAREHOUSING

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 770.- A warehouseman is a person who, in the usual course of his business, undertakes the storage and custody of goods for remuneration.

 

Section 771.- The provisionsof this Code concerning Deposit apply to Warehousing in so far as they are not contrary to the provisions of this Title.

 

Section 772.-  The provisions of Sections 616, 619, 623, 625, 630, 631 and 632 Concerning Carriage apply to Warehousing mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 773.- The warehouseman is bound to allow the holder of the warehouse receipt or the holder of the warrant to inspect the goods and to take samples at any reasonable time during business hours.

 

Section 774.- The warehouseman cannot demand the removal of the goods by the depositor before the expiration of the period agreed upon. If no time for the return of the goods was fixed, the warehouseman may return them only on giving one month’s previous notice to the depositor, provided that the latter shall not be compelled to remove the goods before two months have elapsed since the delivery.

CHAPTER II

WAREHOUSE RECEIPT AND WARRANT

 

Section 775.- If required by the depositor, the warehouseman must deliver to him a document taken out from a special counterfoil Register and including a warehouse receipt and a warrant.

 

Section 776.- The warehouse receipt entitles the depositor to transfer the ownership of the goods to another person by endorsement.

 

Section 777.- The warrant entitles the depositor to pledge the goods mentioned in it by endorsement and deliver the former to the endorsee.

Provided that when the depositor wants to pledge the goods, he must separate the warrant from the warehouse receipt and deliver the former to the endorsee.