N.V. ARNOLD OTTO MEYER v. ANDRE AUNE.

(1939) 64 Ll L Rep 121

KINGS BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Branson.

Sale of goods (c.i.f.)-Tender of bills of lading - Form - Custom - London Copra Association Contract No. 2-Contracts for sale of parcels of copra, December, 1937, and January, 1938, shipment - Shipment to be "direct and/or indirect, with or without transhipment"-Names of steamer or steamers, together with bill of lading date and in case of transhipment the name of on-carrying steamer in addition to name of coastal steamer to be given-Shipments in coastal steamer in time-Transhipment into on-carrying steamer at Cebu after contract date-Ocean bills of lading ante-dated to accord with dates of shipment in coastal steamer-Custom of trade-Whether bills of lading a good tender-Arbitration-Award of Association's Board of Appeal that bills of lading were in a form usual in the trade and were a good tender-Case stated-Motion by buyers that award be remitted to hear further evidence (as disclosed by ship's manifests) as to date of original shipment; as to shipment in bags; and as to names of shippers-Sale of Goods Act, 1893, Sect. 55.