Legal Opinion
Baldwin v. Childs
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1928PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
Plaintiffs, manufacturers, made contracts in October, 1921, for the sale to Childs & Joseph of 574 bales of cotton goods, to be marked and numbered in a stated way, payment to be made within seventy days following delivery. The buyers were then hopelessly insolvent, their liabilities being $2,518,000 in excess of their assets.
The goods were not delivered till December 20, 23 and 26. Before that date, however, negotiable bills of lading, identifying the goods by marks and numbers and calling for their transportation to a foreign country, had been issued to the buyers by the…
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