The provisions contained in § 1771 of this title shall also be understood as relating to persons who, although they do not personally effect the transportation of commercial goods, contract to do so through others, either as contractors for a special and fixed transaction or as freight and transportation agents.\nIn either case they shall be subrogated to the place of the carriers with regard to the obligations and liability of the latter, as well as with regard to their rights.\nHistory —Commerce Code, 1932, § 297.
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