Legal Opinion

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. York & Whitney Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 16, 1921No. 280, 281PublishedCited by 137 opinions

ERROR and certiorari to the superior COURT OP THE STATE OP MASSACHUSETTS. . The-case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds

Neither party was wholly successful in the courts below. 230 Massachusetts, 206, (May 24, 1918). Each has asked and obtained a writ of error and also a writ of certiorari. The latter properly bring the issues before us, and the former must be dismissed.

The Railroad Company as terminal carrier sued York & "Whitney Company, a commission merchant, to recover the balance claimed for freight and refrigeration on nine carloads of melons, vegetables and fruit consigned to the latter, subject to lawful charges, and delivered at Boston during the years 1911 and 1912. They were shipped in interstate…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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