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garnishment or otherwise, or be levied upon under an execution, unless the
bill be first surrendered to the carrier or its negotiation enjoined. The
carrier shall in no such case be compelled to deliver the actual possession of
the goods until the bill is surrendered to him or impounded by the court.
See art. 83, sec. 60.
An. Code, sec. 25. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 25 (p. 39).
25. A creditor whose debtor is the owner of a negotiable bill shall be
entitled to such aid from courts of appropriate jurisdiction by injunction
and otherwise in attaching such bill, or in satisfying the claim by means
thereof, as is allowed at law or in equity in regard to property which can
not readily be attached or levied upon by ordinary legal process.
See art. 83, sec. 61.
An. Code, sec. 26. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 26 (p. 39).
26. (Negotiable bill must state charges for which lien is claimed).
If a negotiable bill is issued the carrier shall have no lien on the goods
therein mentioned, except for charges on those goods for freight, storage,
demurrage and terminal charges, and expenses necessary for the preserva-
tion of the goods or incident to their transportation subsequent to the date
of the bill, unless the bill expressly enumerates other charges for which a
lien is claimed. In such case there shall also be a lien for the charges
enumerated, so far as they are allowed by law and the contract between the
consignor and the carrier.
An. Code, sec. 27. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 27 (p. 39).
27. After goods have been lawfully sold to satisfy a carrier's lien, or
because they have not been claimed, or because they are perishable or
hazardous, the carrier shall not thereafter be liable for failure to deliver
the goods to the consignee or owner of the goods, or to a holder of the
bill given for the goods when they were shipped, even if such bill be
negotiable.
An. Code, sec. 28. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 28 (p. 39).
28. A negotiable bill may be negotiated by delivery where, by the
terms of the bill, the carrier undertakes to deliver the goods to the order of
a specified person, and such person or a subsequent endorsee of the bill has
endorsed it in blank.
An. Code, sec. 29. 1910, ch. 336, sec. 29 (p. 39).
29. A negotiable bill may be negotiated by the indorsement of the
person to whose order the goods are deliverable by the tenor of the bill.
Such indorsement may be in blank, or to a specified person. If indorsed
to a specified person, it may be negotiated again by the indorsement of
such person in blank, or to another specified person. Subsequent negotia-
tion may be made in like manner.
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