PEH562

PEH562

A, a merchant in Amsterdam, sent his friend B in Venice 10 barrels of olive oil and asked him to buy white wool with the proceeds, but he could not get any wool. He therefore bought flax with the proceeds because it seemed profitable to him and sent it off on the next ship. He wrote to A about it and also wrote that if A was not agreeable, he could receive white wool from C, who maintained a warehouse for B upon request. He should then deliver the flax to C. A demanded the wool from C, which C confirmed. Before the flax arrived, the price of wool went down, and flax became more valuable. Since the consignments (poliza di cargo) were in the name of A, he now wanted to keep the flax and not accept the wool, which had not yet been weighed for him. Moses ben David Rodriguez Lopez decides that A has no right to the flax but may also reject the wool; he would then have a monetary claim against B.

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1774-04-09

1774-07-09

Rodriguez

Rodriguez Lopez, Moses ben David

Salem

Salem, Salomo