California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 7 — Carriage, Chapter 5 — Common Carriers, Article 3 — Common Carriers of Property, Section 2194
Unless the consignor accompanies the freight and retains exclusive control thereof, an inland common carrier of property is liable, from the time that he accepts until he relieves himself from liability pursuant to Sections 2118 to 2122, for the loss or injury thereof from any cause whatever, except:
1. An inherent defect, vice, or weakness, or a spontaneous action, of the property itself;
2. The act of a public enemy of the United States, or of this State;
3. The act of the law; or,
4. Any irresistible superhuman cause.
Notes
Requires an inland common carrier of property, unless the consignor accompanies and exclusively controls the freight, to answer for loss or injury from acceptance until statutory release from liability. Exempts loss caused by the property's inherent defect or spontaneous action, a public enemy, an act of law, or an irresistible superhuman cause.
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