Legal Opinion
Merchants & Miners' Transp. Co. v. Branch
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1922No. 1979PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
On April 20, 1920, libelant, C. C. Branch, delivered to respondent, Merchants’ & Miners’ Transportation Company, on the steamship Indian, 2,025 sacks of potatoes, consigned to his own order, Havana, Cuba, notify Jose Perez & Co. Branch made his draft for the purchase money, $22,781.25, with bill of lading attached, in favor of First National Bank of Newport News. The potatoes were promptly transported, and reached Havana early in May. The draft and bill of lading were mailed to Banco Español de la Isla de Cuba, but they did not reach that bank until June 25, 1920.
On May…
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