40 Cal. App. 723 - Meyer v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

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1. “The admitted evidence fully supports the court’s finding that it was and is a general custom, among buyers, sellers, and shippers of wheat in the city of Seattle, and in the city of San Francisco, and, generally, in Pacific Coast ports, ‘under contracts for the sale of wheat f. o. b. steamer, or f. o. b. designated steamer for the seller to deliver and for the buyer to receive and accept the wheat upon the dock alongside of ship’s tackle,’ ” ( 40 Cal. App. 723 , [ 181 Pac. 847 ].) In Consolidated Coal Co. v. Schneider, 163 Ill. 393, 397 , [ 45 N. E. 126 ] the court said:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 43 Cal. App. 673 - Yoshizumi v. Platt Produce Company

2. ““The only distinction between the two kinds of sales appears to be as to the time when the responsibility of the seller ends. In the case of f. a. s. sales it seems to end with delivery on the dock. In the case of f. o. b. sales the responsibility of the seller appears to end when the commodity is on board ship. The element of cost to either the buyer or seller does not appear to enter into the matter at all.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Douglas Fir Exploitation & Export Co. v. Comyn