Read the full judgment text of HCA 007720/1982 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 January 1983.
1. This case concerns a cargo of vacuum flasks which were shipped from Shanghai to Apapa in Nigeria under a Bill of Lading dated 30th of June 1981. The plaintiffs in this action are consignees. The goods were delivered very early in September 1981, during the first week in September. Then questions arose as to the sufficiency of such delivery. There was said to have been damage to some of the flasks and short delivery of another quantity. The plaintiffs took up the matter with the Cargo Agents i