Legal Opinion
Northern Industrial Chemical Co. v. Director General of Railroads
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 1924PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDeCourcy, J.
The plaintiff, purchaser of a carload of castor oil, brought this action to recover damages to the shipment while it was in transit from Seattle, Washington, to West Barrington, Rhode Island, where it arrived on September 16, 1918, in a leaky condition. The declaration is in three counts, for one and the same cause of action. The first is against the Director General, based on his operation of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, the terminal carrier. The second and third in substance are against the United States Railroad Administration on the theory that there was but a single…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Lindenbaum v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. C. C. Whitnack Produce Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Hannibal Railroad v. SwiftSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Noyes v. NoyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Bendett v. BendettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Springfield Young Men's Christian Ass'n v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Joseph Freedman Co. v. North Penn Transfer, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Santarpio v. New York Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Bonfiglio v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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