Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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KOLBIN & SONS v. UNITED SHIPPING CO.

(1929) 33 Ll.L.Rep. 118

COURT OF SESSION.

Before Lord Fleming.

Conversion-Damages-Claim by owners of goods (pre-Soviet Russian partnership) against defenders (shipping agents)- Goods dispatched by defenders from Archangel to England admittedly in interests of all concerned-Goods sold by defenders to (or through) A-Price retained by A-Bankruptcy of A- Defenders as negotiorum gestores- Failure by defenders to take effective measures to safeguard owners' interests -Whether claim barred by lapse of time-Owners' absence of knowledge of their rights - Price demanded by owners from A-Whether ratification of A's actings-Proof of loss-Interest.

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