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PERE MARQUETTE RY. v. FRENCH & CO.

No. 105.

254 U.S. 538 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 195

65 L.Ed. 391

PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY COMPANY v. J.F. FRENCH & COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oscar E. Waer, with whom Mr. John C. Shields was on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. Clare J. Hall, with whom Mr. Joseph R. Gillard and Mr. Myron McLaren were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The Federal Uniform Bills of Lading Act of August 29, 1916, c. 415, 39 Stat. 538, provides by § 9 that a carrier is, subject to the provisions of §§ 10, 11 and 12, "justified . . . in delivering goods to one who is"

(c) "A person in possession of an order bill for the goods by the terms of which the goods are deliverable to his order; or which has been endorsed to him, or in blank by the...

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