- § 44-12-60 - "Hiring" Defined
The term "hiring" means a contract by which one person grants to another either the enjoyment of a thing or the use of the...
- § 44-12-61 - Qualified Ownership and Rights of Hirer
The hirer of things acquires a qualified ownership of them for the time specified, which qualified ownership entitles him to all their increase and...
- § 44-12-62 - Duties of Hirer; Liability for Acts of Bailor's Agents
(a) The duties of the hirer of things are: (1) To put the thing to no other use than that for which it is...
- § 44-12-63 - Obligations of Bailor
The obligations of the bailor of things are: (1) To do no act to deprive the hirer of the use and enjoyment of the...
- § 44-12-64 - Duty to Return Property; Assumption of Risks; Time of Return
The contract of hire may call for the return of the thing or of like property of the same kind and quality. If the...
- § 44-12-65 - Effect of Breach of Contract; Action for Conversion by Bailor
If either party violates the terms of the hiring, the other party may abandon the contract. If the hirer puts the thing to a...
- § 44-12-66 - Effect of Loss or Destruction of Thing Hired; Liability of Hirer
The loss or destruction of the thing hired without fault on the part of the hirer puts an end to the bailment, and the...
- § 44-12-67 - When Hirer May Relet; Effect of Reletting Without Consent of Bailor
No hirer of a thing has a right to hire out the thing bailed to him to another person except with the consent, express...
- § 44-12-68 - Consent Required for Removal of Hired Thing From State or Hazardous Use
No hirer of things has a right to remove such things beyond the jurisdiction of this state except by consent of the bailor nor...
- § 44-12-69 - Rights of Action of Hirer and Bailor
For an interference with the possession of the thing hired, the right of action is in the hirer; for an injury to the property...
- § 44-12-70 - Liability of Thing Hired to Execution and Levy; Forthcoming Bond
When the period of the hiring does not exceed one year, the thing hired shall not be subject to sale under a judgment against...
- § 44-12-71 - Hire of Labor or Services -- Standard of Care
The hire of labor or services is the essence of every bailment in which goods are delivered to another and compensation is paid for...
- § 44-12-72 - Hire of Labor or Services -- Title to Article on Which Labor Bestowed
In cases of hire of labor or services, if the identical article, though materially changed by the labor bestowed, is to be returned, the...
- § 44-12-73 - Hire of Labor or Services -- Right to Possession
The bailee for hire of labor and services is entitled to the possession of the thing bailed during the bailment.
- § 44-12-74 - Hire of Labor or Services -- Loss or Destruction of Property; Right of Bailee to Compensation
If the thing bailed for labor and services is destroyed without fault on the part of the bailee, the loss falls upon the bailor;...
- § 44-12-75 - Exercise of Discretion by Factor; Diligence
Since peculiar confidence is reposed in a factor, he may, in the absence of instructions, exercise his discretion according to the general usages of...
- § 44-12-76 - Keeper of Livery Stable; Diligence
The keeper of a livery stable is a depository for hire and is bound to use the same diligence as an innkeeper.
- § 44-12-77 - Garage Owner; Diligence
The relationship of the owner of an automobile and the owner of the garage in which the automobile is stored is that of bailor...
- § 44-12-78 - Keeper of Wharf; Liability
One who keeps a wharf is a depository for hire and is liable upon the same principles as a warehouseman.
Last modified: October 14, 2016