Legal Opinion
St. Johns N. F. Shipping Corp. v. . S. A. Companhia Geral Commercial Do Rio De Janeiro
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 12, 1923No. 43PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McRetnolds
The General Commercial Company, -Ltd., doing busi-s as commission merchant and exporting concern at New York, in May, 1918, sold 800 barrels of rosin e. i. f. to the respondent, a Brazilian corporation, and procured a written freight reservation or agreement from the agents of the schooner St. Johns N. F. to carry the goods to Rio de Janeiro, “ on or under deck, ship’s option,” and subject “ to terms of bills of lading in use by steamer’s agents.”
The. rosin was loaded on board June 11th and clean receipts — without endorsement concerning stowage— were given therefor. A day or two later, upon…
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