Gillette Safety Razor Co. v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Judge. Action at law by the Gillette Safety Razor Company against James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error prosecuted by the Gillette Safety Razor Company from a judgment in the District Court for Massachusetts in favor of the defendant, James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads. The transactions out of which the suit arises took place between the plaintiff and the American Railway Express Company at a time when the latter was under federal control.
The plaintiff’s declaration contains five counts in contract and five in tort for negligence. In'the counts in contract the plaintiff alleges that the defendant is a carrier of merchandise for hire;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Southern Railway Co. v. PrescottSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Cau v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Washburn-Crosby Co. v. William Johnston & Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1903
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