Peninsular Bank v. Citizens National Bank
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marlon District Gowrt. — L. N. Hays, Judge. Action at law to recover damages. Directed verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The Denby Motor Truck Company, doing business in Michigan, consigned one motor truck to its own order to Knoxville, Iowa, and delivered it to the Grand Trunk Railway Company, a common carrier, for transportation to Knoxville. For this shipment the truck company took from the carrier a receipt and bill of lading, stating its own name as consignee, and marked, “Notify S. L. Collins Oil Company, Knoxville, Iowa.” It also provided in terms that the surrender of the original bill of lading, properly endorsed, should be a condition precedent to the delivery of the shipment by the carrier, and that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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