COMPAGNIE CONTINENTALE D'IMPORTATION v. UNION DER SOZIALISTISCHEN SOVJET REPUBLIKEN, HANDELSVERTRETUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND.
(1928) 30 Ll L Rep 140
COURT OF APPEAL.
Before Lord Justice Scrutton, Lord Justice Sankey and Mr. Justice Astbury.
Sale of goods - Tender of documents - Rejection-London Corn Trade Association Black Sea and Danubian Grain Contract - "Notice of appropriation with . . . date of bill of lading . . . shall be given by the shipper. . . within seven days from date of bill of lading"-Date omitted from notice of appropriation but included in provisional invoice - Whether sufficient compliance with contract - Custom of trade treating notice of appropriation and provisional invoice as separate documents-Whether inconsistent with contract terms-"Notice . . . shall be given"-Whether satisfied by dispatch -Construction.