But in any case as a rule the title of the absolute owner prevails in a prize court over the interests of a lien holder, whatever the equities between consignor and consignee may be.
In the prize court the delay caused by all such questions as betweenconsignor and consignee would have been almost endless.
If cranes or other loading appliances belonging to the Railway are used by Consignor or Consignee, a charge of 3d.
The consignor may also give directions that the goods belonging to Class A are to be carried at the rates of Class B, in which case they are conveyed in open trucks.
Goods which are of unusual size or weight, or for the loading and unloading of which special arrangements have to be made, must always be loaded and unloaded by consignor or consignee at their own cost and risk.
If the goods are weighed at the request of the consignor or consignee.
The forwarding agents charge the consignor or consignee of the goods sums over and above the tolls or rates paid to the companies.
If the consignor receives notice that the trucks are at his disposal in the morning, the loading must be effected on the same day; if notice is given in the afternoon, the loading must be over before 2 p.
One of these is signed by theconsignor and the other by the transportation agent.
The copy signed by the consignor is kept by the agent, and the copy signed by the agent is retained by the consignor, as a voucher for the goods shipped.
It is therefore but just that the consignor and consignee should have the benefit of the reduced cost of such shipments.
Only it just happens that the railroad does not load or unload freight by the carload--that is the duty of the consignor and the consignee--and it also happens that pig iron rarely is handled "L.
Pierce Company decide to ship goods to a buyer, it may consign them to the buyer or it may consign them to itself; that is, the same person may be consignor and consignee.
