Legal Opinion
Irwin v. Worcester Paper Box Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 13, 1923PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
The plaintiff sues in contract to recover damages because of the failure of the defendant to perform an agreement to employ him to do trucking. The defendant *456admits the existence of a contract relating to that subject; and the main contention is, whether the hiring included all of such service as the defendant required for carloads of merchandise or only such as the defendant could not perform with its own vehicles. Benjamin Posner had rendered service of this kind; the plaintiff, after talking with him, had a conversation with his brother, Harry Posner, claimed to be the general manager of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hubbard v. AllynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Leonard v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Whipple v. RichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Merchants' National Bank v. Citizens' Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Eldridge v. BartonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Sullivan v. O'CONNORMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Moran v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Coulombe v. Horne Coal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Crystal Concrete Corp. v. Town of BraintreeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Neilson v. Malcolm Kenneth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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