WAREN IMPORT GESELLSCHAFT KROHN & CO. v. INTERNATIONALE GRAANHANDEL THEGRA N.V.

[1975] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 146

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Kerr

Sale of goods (c.i.f.) - Rejection of documents - Thailand manioc chips sold c.i.f. Rotterdam - Payment to be made "net cash against documents" - Documents to be tendered to include bills of lading and/or ship's delivery orders - Delivery orders tendered by sellers not addressed to persons in possession of goods - No undertaking in delivery orders that goods would be delivered to buyers - Rejection of documents by buyers - Whether refusal justified - Grain and Feed Trade Association Ltd. contract form no. 100. Custom - Ship's delivery order - Whether trade custom as to meaning established.