§80115 Limitation on use of judicial process to obtain possession of goods from common carriers

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 80115(a)49 App.:103 (1st sentence).Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 415, § 23, 39 Stat. 542. 80115(b)49 App.:103 (last sentence). In subsection (a), the words “Except when a negotiable bill of lading was issued originally on delivery of goods by a person that did not have the power to dispose of the goods, goods . . . may be attached . . . only if” are substituted for “If goods are delivered to a carrier by the owner or by a person whose act in conveying the title to them to a purchaser for value in good faith would bind the owner . . . they can not thereafter . . . be attached . . . unless” to restate the source provision as an exception to conform to section 7–602 of the Uniform Commercial Code. The words “through judicial process” are substituted for “by garnishment or otherwise”, and the words “levied on in execution of a judgment” are substituted for “levied upon under an execution”, for clarity.