Cartage Inc. agrees to pick up two truckloads of housewares for Discount Corporation and store the contents to be delivered later. After Cartage unloads the goods at its storage facility, some of them disappear from the loading dock. A court will presume that

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Once the goods are in Cartage's possession and subsequently disappear, the presumption is that Cartage was negligent in safeguarding the goods. This is based on the bailment principle, where the party in possession (bailee) is responsible for the care of the goods.