Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court November 15, 1813 (Wallis v. Cook)

Curia.

The bill of lading, which is set forth in the case, contains, in effect, two distinct contracts between these parties. The first, for the transportation of the goods on the outward passage, differs in nothing from a common bill of lading. The goods were to be carried on the account and risk of the plaintiffs, and to be delivered to their consignee upon the payment of the stipulated freight.