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receipt is an accurate copy of an original receipt properly issued and un-
canceled at the date of the issue of the duplicate, but shall impose upon him
no other liability.

An. Code, sec. 16. 1910, ch. 406, sec. 16 (p. 50).

16. No title or right to the possession of the goods on the part of the
warehouseman, unless such title or right is derived directly or indirectly
from a transfer made by the depositor at the time of or subsequent to the
deposit for storage, or from the warehouseman's lien, shall excuse the ware-
houseman from liability for refusing to deliver the goods according to the
terms of the receipt.

An. Code, sec. 17. 1910, ch. 406, sec. 17 (p. 50).

17. If more than one person claims the title or possession of goods,
the warehouseman may, either as a defense to an action brought against
him for non-delivery of the goods, or as an original suit, whichever is appro-
priate, require all known claimants to interplead.

An. Code, sec. 18. 1910, ch. 406, sec. 18 (p. 50).

18. If some one other than the depositor or person claiming under him
has a claim to the title or possession of the goods, and the warehouseman
has information of such claim, the warehouseman shall be excused from
liability for refusing to deliver the goods, either to the depositor or person
claiming under him or to the adverse claimant, until the warehouseman
has had a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse claim, or
to bring legal proceedings to compel all claimants to interplead.

An. Code, sec. 19. 1910, ch. 406, sec. 19 (p. 50).

19. Except as provided in the two preceding sections and in sections 9
and 36, no right or title of a third person shall be a defense to an action
brought by the depositor or person claiming under him against the ware-
houseman for failure to deliver the goods according to the terms of the
receipt.

An. Code, sec. 20. 1910, ch. 406, sec. 20 (p. 50).

20. A warehouseman shall be liable to the holder of a receipt for dam-
ages caused by the non-existence of the goods or by the failure of the goods
to correspond with the description thereof in the receipt at the time of its
issue. If, however, the goods are described in a receipt merely by a state-
ment of marks or labels upon them, or upon packages containing them, or
by a statement that the goods are said to be goods of a certain kind, or that
the packages containing the goods are said to contain goods of a certain
kind, or by words of like purport, such statements, if true, shall not make
liable the warehouseman issuing the receipt, although the goods are not of
the kind which the marks or labels upon them indicate, or of the kind they
were said to be by the depositor.