Raleigh & Gaston Railroad v. Lowe
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. May term, 1896. George F. Lowe, suing for the use of the Lowry Banking Company, brought his action against the Seaboard & Roanoke R. R. Co. and the Raleigh & Gaston R. R. Co., lessees of the G., C. & N. Ry. Co., and against the G., C. & N. Ry.
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Complaint. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. May term, 1896. George F. Lowe, suing for the use of the Lowry Banking Company, brought his action against the Seaboard & Roanoke R. R. Co. and the Raleigh & Gaston R. R. Co., lessees of the G., C. & N. Ry. Co., and against the G., C. & N. Ry. Co., alleging: On February 5, 1894, there was issued to him a bill' of lading at LeRoy, New York, for 180 barrels of potatoes, by the New York, Lake Erie & Western R. R. Co., consigned to plaintiff’s order, copy of which is attached. The goods called for by this bill of lading were transported from…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
1. The law is well settled, that while a bill of lading stipulating for the delivery of the goods therein described to the consignor’s order is, in a general sense, “negotiable,” it is not so within the meaning of the term as applied to bills of exchange, but is rather a symbol or representative of the goods themselves. Except where the rules of the common law and mercantile usage have been modified by statute, the transfer of a bill of lading by endorsement and delivery passes to the endorsee only such rights to, or property in, the goods covered by the bill as the transferrer himself has…
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