Davis v. Peacock

(After stating in the foregoing facts.) The petition, as amended, shows upon its face that this is a suit against a carrier other than the initial carrier, for the conversion of property moving in interstate commerce, and that the plaintiff did not have title to the property at the time of its alleged conversion by the defendant. Thus, the controlling question in the case is, as stated in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error, “can the holder of an order-notify bill of lading, covering a shipment which moved in interstate commerce over the route of several connecting carriers,…