Friedlander v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

Citations

• 130 U.S. 416
• 9 S. Ct. 570
• 32 L. Ed. 991
• 1889 U.S. LEXIS 1763

Syllabus

<p>A bill of lading, fraudulently issued by the station agent of a railroad company without receiving the goods named in it for transportation, but. in other respects according to the customary course of business, imposes no liability upon the company to an innocent holder who receives it without knowledge or notice of the fraud and for a valuable consideration: and this general rule is not affected in Texas by the statutes of that State.</p>