Pacific Micronesian Line, Inc. v. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, 21946.
Decision Date | 21 June 1968 |
Docket Number | No. 21946.,21946. |
Citation | 397 F.2d 236 |
Parties | PACIFIC MICRONESIAN LINE, INC., Appellant, v. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, Ltd., Appellee. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
Walter Ferenz (argued), of Barrett, Ferenz, Trapp & Gayle, Oakland, Cal., and Agana, Guam, for appellant.
E. R. Crain, of Crain & Benson, Agana, Guam, for appellee.
Before BARNES, JERTBERG and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.
We then reversed the judgment of recovery which had been rendered by the District Court of Guam, and remanded for further proceedings and for a determination as to whether the Truk Trading Company had paid for the rice that was not delivered or had otherwise parted with value in reliance on appellant's bill of lading and to its detriment.
Appellant now urges that the district court again erred in rendering judgment for the appellee "when the only new evidence established payment after knowledge of the loss."
Appellant concedes that Truk in fact paid for the missing rice and was reimbursed for the expenditure by the appellee under the insurance contract in effect between the two parties. And the testimony of Truk business manager Henry T. Chatroop, taken on the second trial, is unequivocal that he would not have paid for the shipment had it not been for the bill of lading issued by the appellant. Record, vol. 3, at 16, 22-23. It is true that before payment was made to the consignor Truk knew of the shortage. But in view of all the circumstances, with Truk buying FOB Guam, dealing on an open account basis...
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