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Carriers-Liability For Loss Of Goods-Connecting Carriers In Foreign Commerce
Carriers-Liability For Loss Of Goods-Connecting Carriers In Foreign Commerce
Michigan Law Review
A box of furs, shipped from London, England, to New York City, U. S. A., over the line of the defendant navigation company, was delivered to the defendant trucking company at the order of the United States because the duties had not been paid. The trucking company delivered it to the defendant warehouse where it remained a week before being moved by the same trucking company to the United States Appraisal Stores. Here it was discovered that some of the furs had been stolen from the box. Held, the defendant navigation company was not liable as initial carrier under …
Doctrine Of Bad Faith In The Law Of Negotiable Instruments, George W. Rightmire
Doctrine Of Bad Faith In The Law Of Negotiable Instruments, George W. Rightmire
Michigan Law Review
This rule is now enacted in all but two of the states of the United States; the history of its development and of its application since it became undisputed is well illustrative of the process of the common law system, and this discussion is undertaken for the purpose of discovering the general principles which a trial court should have in mind when charging a jury in a case involving the application of this doctrine.
Forms Of Anglo Saxon Contracts And Their Sanctions, Robert L. Henry Jr
Forms Of Anglo Saxon Contracts And Their Sanctions, Robert L. Henry Jr
Michigan Law Review
Including (a) Warranty of Title, and (b) Warranty of Quality. Perhaps the most primitive commercial transaction affecting legal rights was the executed barter; in a more 'advanced state when money had been introduced, the executed sale.
Liability Of A Carrier Under A Bill Of Lading When The Goods Have Not Been Received By The Carrier, H S. Ross
Liability Of A Carrier Under A Bill Of Lading When The Goods Have Not Been Received By The Carrier, H S. Ross
Michigan Law Review
The coming into force on January I, 1917 in the United States of the FXDMAL BILL Or LADING AcT1 has given new interest to a question which was at one time much debated, namely: should a carrier whose shipmaster or agent has signed a bill of lading be liable to an innocent holder for value of such bill of lading if the carrier can show that the goods were never shipped?