George v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Citations

• 88 Miss. 306
• 40 So. 486

Syllabus

<p>1. Carriers. Bill of lading. Conditions. Ronaeoeptanoe.</p> <p>A provision endorsed on a bill of lading to the effect that its surrender should be required before the delivery of the freight at destination, has no application to a shipment in respect to which there was no acceptance of the conditions printed thereon, and the hill itself stipulated that in the absence of such acceptance the freight was to be transported and the carrier be liable as at common law, modified by the laws of the United States and the several states so far as applicable.</p> <p>2. Same. Surrender of 'bill of lading. Right to require.</p> <p>Where freight was shipped for delivery at a port in a city to be loaded on a vessel, the carrier cannot, in the absence of a contract on the subject, demand the surrender of the bill of lading before carrying it to the port, although it has reached the city.</p>