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Act No. 2137 Section 11

Negotiable receipts must be canceled when goods delivered.

Section 11

SEC. 11. Negotiable receipts must be canceled when goods delivered.—Except as provided in section thirty-six, where a warehouseman delivers goods for which he had issued a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods, and fails to take up and cancel the receipt, he shall be liable to any one who purchases for value in good faith such receipt, for failure to deliver the goods to him, whether such purchaser acquired title to the receipt before or after the delivery of the goods by the warehouseman.

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CitationAct No. 2137 Section 11 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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