Sentinel Enterprises, Inc. v. Harrington & Co.

BARKDULL, Judge.

The appellant (plaintiff in the trial court), who was in the import-expert business, received a quantity of wire coils from Japan which were delivered to the Port of Miami. The appellee, Harrington & Company, Inc., acted as its agent and stevedore. Upon the goods being unloaded they were stored in outside storage in a usual and customary place for such goods.1 Thirty-*1239five coils of the wire were to be transshipped to Venezuela so, to avoid payment of duty therein, they were placed in bonded storage. The outgoing carrier for this shipper was Transytur Line; Harrington was to act…