# 151 Care to be taken by bailee
1In all cases of bailment the bailee is bound to take as much care of the goods bailed to him as a man of ordinary prudence would, under similar circumstances, take of his own goods of the same bulk, quality and value as the goods bailed2 .
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1. The responsibility of the Trustees of the Port of Madras constituted under the Madras Port Trust Act, 1905 (Madras Act 2 of 1905), in regard to goods has been declared to be that of a bailee under these sections, without the qualifying words "in the absence of any special contract" in s. 152, <i>see</i> s. 40(1) of that Act.
2. As to railway contracts <i>see</i> the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890), s. 72. As to the liability of common carriers, <i>see</i> the Carriers Act, 1865 (3 of 1865), s. 8.
