Legal Opinion
Gilbert Imported Hardwoods, Inc. v. 245 Packages of Guatambu Squares
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1975No. 73-3674PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellee A & H Lumber Sales Company [A & H]1 is a Mobile, Alabama, firm which imports and sells various sorts of South American hardwoods. Defendant-appellant Companhia de Na-vagacao Lloyd Brasileiro [Lloyd] is a Brazilian steamship company. In the seven years that A & H has been in operation, A & H has imported great quantities of Latin lumber, much of it in Lloyd ships. On July 18, 1972, Lloyd received a quantity of rough-cut gua-tambu lumber aboard its vessel M/V ALMIRANTE GRACA ARANHA at Ita-jai, Brazil, for shipment to Mobile. A & H purchased the bills…
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