Cammisa v. Ferreira

The writ, as amended, described this action as one of tort or contract. There were four counts in the *142declaration but there was no allegation that all counts were for one and the same cause of action. G. L. c. 231, § 7, Sixth. Hulett v. Pixley, 97 Mass. 29. The cause of action set forth in all the counts was damage to the goods of the plaintiff by the defendant to whom they were entrusted. Two of the counts appear to be founded on breach of a contract for transportation of the goods from Fall River to Washington, D. C., and two counts on breach of a contract to transport, and to store the…