Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. J. F. French & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MICHIGAN. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
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 consignee, or by the mediate or immediate indorsee of the consignee.”
The main questions presented for our decision in this case are, whether, upon the…
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