Marsch v. Southern New England Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Four actions of contract for alleged breaches by the respective defendants of a contract in writing between the plaintiff and the Southern New England Railroad Corporation for the construction of a railroad from Palmer to a point in Blackstone adjoining the State line of Rhode Island, the first action being against the Southern New England Railroad Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of this Commonwealth, the second action against the Grand Trunk Railway of…
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Four actions of contract for alleged breaches by the respective defendants of a contract in writing between the plaintiff and the Southern New England Railroad Corporation for the construction of a railroad from Palmer to a point in Blackstone adjoining the State line of Rhode Island, the first action being against the Southern New England Railroad Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of this Commonwealth, the second action against the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, the third action against the Central Vermont Railway Company and the fourth action against all three of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
These are four actions of contract, founded upon the alleged failure of each of the several defendants to perform its part of an unsealed written contract entered into on July 20,1912, between the plaintiff and the defendant in the first action, for the construction by the plaintiff of a railroad from Palmer, Massachusetts, to the Rhode Island State line at a point in Blackstone, Massachusetts. In each action the plaintiff alleges that he has constructed the roadway according to the terms of the contract in conformity with the plans and specifications furnished him, and seeks to recover…
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