AN OPAL LAW SUIT.
A TANGLED STORY. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. London, April 25. In tho case of Bradloy and Cohn (Limited) v. Ramsay and Co., an action to recover possession of a parcel of opals or damages for their detention, tho Court of Appeal upheld Mr. Justico Phillimoro's decision. The plaintiffs are shipping merchants, carrying on business in London and Australia. In 1908 they received for a firm in Sydney a parcel of black opals for 'exhibition at Shepherd's Bush Exhibition. A jeweller, Isadora Braun, induced plaintiffs to let him have tho stones on approbation. He refused to give .£750, thoir stated value, but offered .£3OO. Tho offer was communicated to the Australian owner, but before the reply was rccoived Braun" had sold tho stone 3 to defendants for ,£3OO. He. then went bankrupt, and as defendants would not restore the stonos the plaintiffs brought an action. Judgment had been previously obtained by plaintiffs against Braun for .£750. The Judge held that tho procedure in tho plaintiffs' action against Braun debarred the plaintiffs from recovering in the action against Ramsay and Company.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1425, 27 April 1912, Page 5
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183AN OPAL LAW SUIT. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1425, 27 April 1912, Page 5
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