Legal Opinion
Kasden v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 29, 1926PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The reasons of appeal present the propositions that the indorsement of the bill of lading the defendant American Company in the form above stated, rendered the same negotiable; that the defendant, by such indorsement, is estopped from denying that the bill was negotiable; and that the defendant had no right of stoppage in transitu as against the plaintiffs as purchasers in good faith. The status and effect of the bill of lading, to be determined upon the facts found, is decisive of the appeal.
The Act of Congress of August 29th, 1916, relating to bills of lading (39 U.S. Stat. at Large, 638 et…
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- Getchell v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1920
- Interstate Window Glass Corp. v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
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