One who officiously, and without the consent of the real or apparent owner of a thing, takes it into his possession for the purpose of rendering a service about it, must complete such service, and use ordinary care, diligence, and reasonable skill about the same. He is not entitled to any compensation for his service or expenses, except that he may deduct actual and necessary expenses incurred by him about such service from any profits which his service has caused the thing to acquire for its owner, and must account to the owner for the residue.
Article 1General Definitions
Section § 2078
This law talks about someone who takes care of another person's property without being asked, just to help out. If they decide to fix or improve it, they have to finish what they started and do a good job. They can't charge the owner for their work, unless the work caused the property to make money. In that case, they can subtract any reasonable costs they had from the profit that the property made. They must then give the rest of the profit back to the owner.
officious services property possession without consent complete service ordinary care reasonable skill no compensation deduct expenses profits from service account to owner
Section § 2110
This section defines terms related to the transportation of goods. 'Freight' refers to the goods being transported. 'Freightage' is the payment for transporting these goods. The 'consignor' is the person who hands the goods over for transport, and the 'consignee' is the person who receives the goods.
Property carried is called freight; the reward, if any, to be paid for its carriage is called freightage; the person who delivers the freight to the carrier is called the consignor; and the person to whom it is to be delivered is called the consignee.
freight freightage consignor consignee goods transportation transport payment property carriage delivery carrier shipment terms
