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XV. BILLS OF LADING; LETTERS OF CREDIT 5. The cost of transportation.

TITLE VII COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS FOR 6. The date on which shipment is made.
TRANSPORTATION
7. The place of delivery to the carrier.
ARTICLE 349. A contract of transportation by land or
water ways of any kind shall be considered commercial: 8. The place and the time at which delivery to the
consignee shall be made.
1. When it has for its object merchandise or any article
of commerce. 9. The indemnity to be paid by the carrier in case of
delay, if there should be any agreement on this matter.
2. When, whatever its object may be, the carrier is a
merchant or is habitually engaged in transportation for ARTICLE 351. In transportation made by railroads or
the public. other enterprises subject to regulation rate and time
schedules, it shall be sufficient for the bills of lading or the
ARTICLE 350. The shipper as well as the carrier of declaration of shipment furnished by the shipper to refer,
merchandise or goods may mutually demand that a bill of with respect to the cost, time and special conditions of
lading be made, stating: the carriage, to the schedules and regulations the
application of which he requests; and if the shipper does
1. The name, surname and residence of the shipper. not determine the schedule, the carrier must apply the
rate of those which appear to be the lowest, with the
2. The name, surname and residence of the carrier. conditions inherent thereto, always including a statement
or reference to in the bill of lading which he delivers to
3. The name, surname and residence of the person to the shipper.
whom or to whose order the goods are to be sent or
whether they are to be delivered to the bearer of said bill. ARTICLE 352. The bills of lading, or tickets in cases of
transportation of passengers, may be diverse, some for
4. The description of the goods, with a statement of persons and others for baggage; but all of them shall
their kind, of their weight, and of the external marks or bear the name of the carrier, the date of shipment, the
signs of the packages in which they are contained. points of departure and arrival, the cost, and, with respect
to the baggage, the number and weight of the packages, to writing, with the exception of that provided for in Article
with such other manifestations which may be considered 366.
necessary for their easy identification.
In case the consignee, upon receiving the goods, cannot
ARTICLE 353. The legal evidence of the contract return the bill of lading subscribed by the carrier, because
between the shipper and the carrier shall be the bills of of its loss or of any other cause, he must give the latter a
lading, by the contents of which the disputes which may receipt for the goods delivered, this receipt producing the
arise regarding their execution and performance shall be same effects as the return of the bill of lading.
decided, no exceptions being admissible other than those
of falsity and material error in the drafting. ARTICLE 354. In the absence of a bill of lading,
disputes shall be determined by the legal proofs which
After the contract has been complied with, the bill of the parties may present in support of their respective
lading which the carrier has issued shall be returned to claims, according to the general provisions established in
him, and by virtue of the exchange of this title with the this Code for commercial contracts.
thing transported, the respective obligations and actions
shall be considered cancelled, unless in the same act the ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
claim which the parties may wish to reserve be reduced

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