Legal Opinion
Gulf Trading Corp. v. National Enterprises of St. Croix, Inc.
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided January 24, 1996No. D.C. Civ. App. 1993-254; Terr. Ct. Civ. 205 & 206/88PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
We here decide whether the Territorial Court erred in finding that Gulf Trading Corporation and Island Hardware Corp. [collectively "Gulf Trading" or "appellants"] sent inferior goods to National Enterprises of St. Croix ["National" or "appellee"] which resulted in a set-off against amounts due Gulf Trading.
BACKGROUND
Sometime in or around March, 1986, in Puerto Rico, Gulf Trading agreed to supply National with lumber for resale at appellee's business on St. Croix. A representative of Gulf Trading offered to "arrange an account" for National because National's…
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