William T. Hardie & Co. v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 118 La. 253
• 42 So. 793
• 1907 La. LEXIS 703

Syllabus

<p>1. Carriers — Action on Bill oe Lading— Failure to Deliver.</p> <p>Suit was brought by plaintiff against defendant on a bill of lading negotiable in form.</p> <p>2. Same — Negotiability.</p> <p>Bills of lading are to be taken in the same manner, to the same extent, as bills of exchange and promissory notes. St. 1868, p. 194, No. 150. on the subject.</p> <p>] Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 9, Carriers, § 168.)</p> <p>3. Custom and Usage — Bills oe Lading.</p> <p>According to the uncontradicted testimony of plaintiffs under local custom of merchants, and as relates to that custom, the bill of lading was not functus officio on the day that it was transferred to them. The time that had elapsed from the date it was issued was not unreasonable.</p> <p>4. Carriers — Liability oe Warehouseman.</p> <p>The carrier, who deposits the goods carried in a warehouse for safe-keeping, in time incurs the liability of a warehouseman, and from that point of view the warehouseman’s receipt is negotiable.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 9, Carriers. § 168; vol. 48, Warehouse-men, §§ 31-34, 37.)</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>