COMPAGNIE CONTINENTALE D'IMPORTATION v. UNION DER SOZIALISTISCHEN SOVJET REPUBLIKEN, HANDELSVERTRETUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND.
(1928) 30 Ll.L.Rep. 140
COURT OF APPEAL.
Before Lord Justice Scrutton, Lord Justice Sankey and Mr. Justice Astbury.
Sale of goods - Tender of documents - Rejection-London Corn Trade Association Black Sea and Danubian Grain Contract - "Notice of appropriation with . . . date of bill of lading . . . shall be given by the shipper. . . within seven days from date of bill of lading"-Date omitted from notice of appropriation but included in provisional invoice - Whether sufficient compliance with contract - Custom of trade treating notice of appropriation and provisional invoice as separate documents-Whether inconsistent with contract terms-"Notice . . . shall be given"-Whether satisfied by dispatch -Construction.