Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000141/1977 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 19 February 1979.
1. At the end of April 1976 an American jeweller trading under the name of J.P. Knight Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio (Knight) came to Hong Kong and purchased from the Manchu Gems Ltd. of Kowloon (Manchu) a substantial number of loose stones and a few that had already been mounted. The total price was US$38,876.04. This included a 5% "handling charge" on the loose stones, which were otherwise sold at cost price. It was part of the sale agreement that Manchu would arrange to ship the gems by air to Cinc