BAILMENT

> Delivery of property of one person to another in trust for a specific purpose, with a  contract,  express or implied, that the  trust  shall  be  faithfully  executed  and  the  property returned or duly accounted for when the special purpose is accomplished or kept until the bailor reclaims it

CREATION OF BAILMENT

>     Generally,  a  bailment  may  be  said  to  be  a  contractual relation
>     To  be  legally  enforceable,  it  must  contain  the  essential elements of a valid contract
>     It may also be created by operation of law

PARTIES TO A BAILMENT

1.   Bailor—the giver; the party who delivers the possession or custody of the thing bailed
2.   Bailee—the   recipient;   the   party   who   receives   the possession and custody of the thing thus delivered

KINDS OF CONTRACTUAL BAILMENT

1.   For the sole benefit of the bailor
a.    Under this first kind belongs the gratuitous deposit and the mandatum
b.   Mandatum—bailment    of    the    goods    without recompense  where  the  mandatory  or  person  to
whom  the  property  is  delivered  undertakes  to  do some  act  with  respect  to  the  same;  as  simply  to carry  it,  or  keep  it,  or  otherwise  to  do  something with respect to it gratuitously

2.   For the sole benefit of the bailee
a.    Commodatum and the simple loan or mutuum

3.   For the benefit of both parties
a.    Deposit  for  a  compensation,  involuntary  deposit, pledge, bailments for hire

> The first two kinds are GRATUITOUS BAILMENTS—there is really no  consideration for they are  considered more as  a favor by one party to the party benefited
> The  third  kind  usually  results  from  bailments  involving business transactions—MUTUAL-BENEFIT BAILMENTS

KINDS OF BAILMENT FOR HIRE

>     Bailment for hire arises when goods are left with the bailee for  some  use  or  service  by  him  and  is  always  for  some compensation.

1.   Hire of things (locatio rei)—where goods  are delivered for the temporary use of the hirer
2.   Hire  of  service  (locatio  operis  faciendi)—where  goods  are delivered for some work or labor upon it by the bailee
3.   Hire   for   carriage   of   goods   (locatio   operis   mercium vehemdarum)—where  goods  are  delivered  either  to  a common  carrier  or  to  a  private  person  for  the  person  of being carried from place to place
4.   Hire   of   custody   (locatio   custodae)—where   goods   are delivered for storage