Legal Opinion
Lyon v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 22, 1927PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This action of contract is to recover for damages to a carload of herring.
The auditor found that the plaintiffs purchased three hundred and sixty-five half barrels of pickled herring at Seattle, Washington; that these were placed in a- car of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company consigned by the seller to his own order at Boston, and the bill of lading in standard form sent to the plaintiffs; that the route was via the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Canadian Pacific Railroad and the Boston and Maine Railroad; that one of the conditions of the bill of lading was to “Re-ice at all regular…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. C. C. Whitnack Produce Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. v. McGinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Gates v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- P. Garvan, Inc. v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bonfiglio v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Goodman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Lyon v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Aloisi v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1943