Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Campbell Lumber Co.

1. Under tlie act of Congress approved August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 540; U. S. C. A. title 49, § 89), a carrier is justified in delivering- goods to one who is "(b) the consignee named in a straight bill for the goods,” but it is further provided by the succeeding section of that act (§ 90), that if a carrier delivers goods to one who is not lawfully entitled to the possession of them, the carrier shall be liable to any one having a right of property or possession in the goods if he delivered them otherwise than as authorized by subdivisions (b) and (c) of the preceding section; “and, though he…