Legal Opinion
Charles J. Webb & Sons, Inc. v. Central R. Co. of New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 9, 1929No. 59PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, wishing to sehd 1,700 bales of skins from Pier 33, Brooklyn, to Camden, N. J., employed a broker to make the necessary arrangements with the defendant. He went to Pier 11, Manhattan, prepared a bill of lading on the defendant’s form (the uniform bill of lading), and delivered it to the defendant’s agent, together with a delivery order upon the custodian of the skins. Thereupon the defendant, retaining the bill of lading, sent one of its lighters to Pier 33 and laded 280 bales on August 25th. A fire upon an adjoining lighter spread to the defendant’s, and…
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