Legal Opinion
National Diamond Syndicate, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 7, 1990No. 88-2620, 88-2687PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Our decision in this case turns on the meaning of “cash” in a c.o.d. delivery contract. National Diamond Syndicate (“NDS”) hired United Parcel Service (“UPS”) to deliver three c.o.d. parcels, choosing UPS’s “cash only” collection option. UPS collected three facially valid cashier’s checks, which were subsequently discovered by NDS to be counterfeit. NDS claims that UPS breached the parties’ contract by collecting the cashier’s checks in lieu of currency without first verifying their validity or informing NDS of the “suspicious circumstances” surrounding the deliveries;…
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