A freight forwarder that issues bills of lading as agent for a carrier without authority, while simultaneously circulating the carrier's own bills for the same goods, engages in misleading or deceptive conduct; and a lender holding such bills as security has a sufficient possessory interest as pledgee to ground a damages claim for breach of warranty of authority, even absent endorsement of the bills.
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