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Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Article 6366. Confiscating Or Converting Freight

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Art. 6366. CONFISCATING OR CONVERTING FREIGHT.  No railroad 
company or receiver thereof, in this State shall confiscate, or 
otherwise convert to its own use, any carload shipment or 
substantial portion of any such carload shipment of any article or 
commodity of freight traffic received by it, or them, for 
transportation and delivery, without the express consent of the 
owner or consignee thereof, and the acts of the agents, officers and 
employés of such carrier or receiver within the apparent scope of 
their duties or authority with respect to such conversion or 
confiscation shall be deemed to be the acts of such railway company, 
receiver or other carrier.  The provisions of this article shall not 
apply to conversion of freight where the same has been damaged or 
intermingled with other freight in wrecks, nor to refused or 
unclaimed freight, the delivery of which the railroad is unable to 
effect.

Acts 1917, p. 386.                                                            

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