Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, Ltd. v. Davis

(after stating the facts as above). It is unimportant in this, case whether the place of conversion be regarded as Seattle or Yokohama. The value of the converted goods was the same at both places. Plaintiff insists that it was entitled to recover $4,266, the resale price at Yokohama, and there is controversy as to the meaning of paragraphs 7 and 8, quoted supra.

We think that there is no difficulty in construing these paragraphs. There is not the slightest suggestion that the Canadian Pacific was notified nor had any knowledge of the existence of a contract of sale for $4,266 between…