Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 400
Uniform Commercial Code
←400.07-301
Section 400.7-302.1
400.07-303→
August 28, 2015
Through bills of lading and similar documents.
400.7-302. (1) The issuer of a through bill of lading or other document
embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by persons acting as its
agents or by connecting carriers is liable to anyone entitled to recover on
the document for any breach by such other persons or by a connecting carrier
of its obligation under the document but to the extent that the bill covers an
undertaking to be performed overseas or in territory not contiguous to the
continental United States or an undertaking including matters other than
transportation this liability may be varied by agreement of the parties.
(2) Where goods covered by a through bill of lading or other document
embodying an undertaking to be performed in part by persons other than the
issuer are received by any such person, he is subject with respect to his own
performance while the goods are in his possession to the obligation of the
issuer. His obligation is discharged by delivery of the goods to another
such person pursuant to the document, and does not include liability for
breach by any other such persons or by the issuer.
(3) The issuer of such through bill of lading or other document shall be
entitled to recover from the connecting carrier or such other person in
possession of the goods when the breach of the obligation under the document
occurred, the amount it may be required to pay to anyone entitled to recover
on the document therefor, as may be evidenced by any receipt, judgment, or
transcript thereof, and the amount of any expense reasonably incurred by it
in defending any action brought by anyone entitled to recover on the document
therefor.
(L. 1963 p. 503 § 7-302)
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