Germany 1 December 1993 District Court Memmingen (Granite stones case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/931201g2.html]
Primary source(s) for case presentation: Michael R. Will; CISG online case overview; Unilex abstract; case commentary
DATE OF DECISION:
JURISDICTION:
TRIBUNAL:
JUDGE(S):
CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 2 H O 1434/92
CASE NAME:
CASE HISTORY: Unavailable
SELLER'S COUNTRY: France (plaintiff)
BUYER'S COUNTRY: Germany (defendant)
GOODS INVOLVED: Granite stones
APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Article 1(1)(a)]
APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES
Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles
Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code
numbers:
11B [Formal requirements: proof of contract by any means,
including witnesses (domestic law as to probative value of
evidence)];
78A ; 78B ; [Interest on delay in receiving price or any other sum
in arears; Rate of interest]
Descriptors:
(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable
(b) Other abstracts
English: Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=113&step=Abstract>
German: Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des
internationalen Privatrechts im Jahre (IPRspr) 1993 No. 161, 359
Italian: Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (1995) 453-454 No. 75
CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION Original language (German): cisg-online.ch <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/73.htm>; Praxis des internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 1995, 251-252; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=113&step=FullText>
Translation: Unavailable
CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION
English: Ferrari, International Legal Forum (4/1998) 138-255 [188 n.429 (analysis of Art. 3(1))]; Curran, 15 Journal of Law and Commerce (1995) 175-199 [192-195] [English summary of comments by Witz cited below]; Bernstein & Lookofsky, Understanding the CISG in Europe, 2d ed., Kluwer (2003) § 2-12 n.193; Article 78 and rate of interest: Mazzotta, Endless disagreement among commentators, much less among courts (2004) [citing this case and 275 other court and arbitral rulings]; [2005] Schlechtriem & Schwenzer ed., Commentary on UN Convention on International Sale of Goods, 2d (English) ed., Oxford University Press, Art. 11 para. 12 Art. 74 para. 16 French: Witz, Les premières applications jurisprudentielles du droit uniforme de la vente internationale (L.G.D.J., Paris 1995) 53-54, 73 n.51 German: Ranker, Praxis des internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 1995 No. 4, 236-238
Classification of issues present
Editorial remarks
Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries
CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION