400 ARTICLE 14.

In case the carrier refuses or fails to deliver the goods in compliance
with a demand by the consignee or holder so accompanied, the burden shall
be upon the carrier to establish the existence of a lawful excuse for such
refusal or failure.

An. Code, sec. 12. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 12 (p. 36).

12. A'carrier is justified, subject to the provisions of the three follow-
ing sections, in delivering goods to one who is:

A. A person lawfully entitled to the possession of the goods; or .

B. The consignee named in a non-negotiable bill for the goods; or

C. A person in possession of a negotiable 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.

An. Code, sec. 13. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 13 (p. 36).

13. Where 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 the goods
otherwise than as authorized by subdivisions (b) and (c) of the preceding
section; and, though he delivered the goods as authorized by either of said
subdivisions, he shall be so liable if prior to such delivery he—

A. Had been requested by or on behalf of a person having a right of
property or possession in the goods, not to make such delivery; or

B. Had information at the time of the delivery that it was to a person not
lawfully entitled to the possession of the goods.

A request or information to be effective within the meaning of this section
must be given to an officer or agent of the carrier the actual or apparent
scope of whose duties includes action upon such a request or information,
and must be given in time to enable the officer or agent to whom it is given,
acting with reasonable diligence, to stop delivery of the goods.

An. Code, sec. 14. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 14 (p. 36).

14. Except as provided in section 27, and except when compelled by
legal process, if a carrier delivers goods for which a negotiable bill has
been issued, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the pos-
session of the goods, and fails to take up and cancel the bill, such carrier
shall be liable for failure to deliver the goods to any one who for value and
in good faith purchases such bill, whether such purchaser acquired title
to the bill before or after the delivery of the goods by the carrier, and
notwithstanding delivery was made to the person entitled thereto.

An. Code, sec. 15. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 15 (p. 37).

15. Except as provided in section 27, and except when compelled by
legal process, if a carrier delivers part of the goods for which a negotiable
bill had been issued, and fails either—

A. To take up and cancel the bill, or