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CHARLES J. WEBB & SONS v. CENTRAL R. CO.

No. 59.

36 F.2d 702 (1929)

CHARLES J. WEBB & SONS, Inc., v. CENTRAL R. CO. OF NEW JERSEY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 9, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Horace L. Cheyney, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Oscar R. Houston and F. Herbert Prem, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, wishing to send 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...

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