Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Lloyd Brasileiro Patrimonio Nacional

This is a motion for summary judgment made by plaintiff, consignee under two bills of lading, for a shipment of coffee from Brazil, carried on the S. S. Loide Haiti, a vessel owned and operated by defendant, a common carrier. The claim arises as follows:

Plaintiff purchased from a firm in Brazil 4,000 bags of coffee under one bill of lading and 500 bags of coffee under the second bill of lading, which were delivered to the defendant for transportation to New York on the above-named vessel. According to the bills of lading issued at that time the goods were in “apparent good order and…