intrusting a warehouse receipt
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From 239 U.S. 520 - Commercial National Bank of New Orleans v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Company · 1916Most cited · 166 citing opinions
The warehouse receipt represents the goods, but the intrusting of the receipt, as stated, is more than the mere delivery of the goods; it is a representation that the one to whom the possession of the receipt has been so intrusted has the title to the goods.