Bluenose Inc, a Company Based in Halifax, Entered into a Contract

question 38

Multiple Choice

Bluenose Inc, a company based in Halifax, entered into a contract with Pampas Ltd, an Argentinian company. Bluenose agreed to deliver a container of domestic beer to Buenos Aires in Argentina. Bluenose shipped the container under an order bill of lading which names Bluenose. That means that

• A) Pampas is named on the bill of lading.
• B) Pampas gained ownership of the beer as soon as it was placed aboard the ship.
• C) if Bluenose later endorses the bill of lading, that document, like all negotiable instruments, can then be transferred free of the equities.
• D) Bluenose must already have received payment from Pampas.
• E) Pampas will receive ownership of the goods when the bill of lading is endorsed by Bluenose and delivered to Pampas.

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