Haskins Trading Co. v. S. Pfeifer & Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtJanvier, J.
By contract in writing the Haskins Trading Company, plaintiffs, agreed to sell to S. Pfeifer & Company, defendants, and to deliver to them in New Orleans a certain quantity of “Mexican' Black Eye Peas.”
The contract stipulated for the shipment of the merchandise “immediately from Mexican interior point” and for payment on arrival and inspection in New Orleans.
On the margin of the document, printed in rather bold type, appeared the following:
“All agreements are contingent upon strikes, delays of carriers arid other causes unavoidable and beyond our control. All prices subject to further…
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