P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 1789

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§ 1789. Settlement of disputes as to condition of goods on delivery

If doubts and disputes should occur between the consignee and the carrier with regard to the condition of goods transported at the time of their delivery to the former, the goods shall be examined by experts appointed by the parties, and a third one, in case of disagreement, appointed by judicial authority, the result of the examination always being reduced to writing; and if the persons interested should not agree to the report of the experts and should not reach an agreement, said judicial authority shall have the merchandise deposited in a safe warehouse, and the parties interested shall exercise their rights in the proper manner.

History —Commerce Code, 1932, § 285.