Legal Opinion
Semi-Metals, Inc. v. Pinter Bros.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 23, 1976PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
We granted certification, 69 N. J. 76 (1975), to review the decision of the Appellate Division reported at 135 N. J. Super. 464 (1975). We now affirm that judgment.
Plaintiff Semi-Metals, Ine., in preparing the bill of lading, described the goods being shipped (germanium scrap) as “electronic material.” (The trial court found this was an intentional misdescription).
The bill of lading- form had a sentence which read as follows : “The agreed or declared value of the property is hereby specifically, stated by the shipper to be not exceeding-per-.” Plaintiff-shipper did not fill in the blanks. The…
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