An unauthorized alteration or filling in of a blank in a bill of lading leaves the bill enforceable according to its original tenor.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 7.306
ALTERED BILLS OF LADING
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 1–12 (616 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case International Freight Forwarding, Inc. v. American Flange (1999)
Most recently applied in International Freight Forwarding, Inc. v. American Flange (April 1999)
Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.