CEHAVE N.V. v. BREMER HANDELGESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. (THE "HANSA NORD")

[1974] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 216

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Mocatta

Sale of goods (c.i.f.) - Rejection - U.S. citrus pulp pellets discovered, on discharge, to be worth 60 per cent. less than goods of sound value - Rejection by buyers - Goods ordered by Court to be sold - Subsequent purchase by buyers at less than half damaged value - Whether goods of "merchantable quality" - Whether subsequent purchase by buyers "inconsistent with ownership of seller" - Sale of Goods Act 1893, ss. 14 (2), 35.