Galbraith v. Childs

The plaintiff claims damages by reason of the defendant’s failure to make timely delivery of furniture and household goods from the plaintiff’s home in Barnstable to a house she had rented in Hawaii.

The court found for the plaintiff in the amount of $9,000.00.

No useful purpose would be served by an extensive recital of the somewhat remarkable events adduced by the evidence at the trial. Suffice it to say that in May, 1971, the plaintiff entered into an agreement with the defendant to ship her furniture and household goods, including clothing, from Barnstable to Hawaii. The agreement provided…