Legal Opinion
Mason v. Maine Central Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 3, 1920PublishedCited by 3 opinions
On report. An action on the case to recover damages for failure to deliver Christmas trees in time for plaintiff’s Christmas business in Boston. Plea, general issue and brief statement. By agreement the damages were to be 1300 if plaintiff’s case was sustained. The case was reported to the Law Court on an agreed statement of facts. Case stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is an action on the case to recover damages for failure to deliver certain Christmas trees in time for the plaintiff’s Christmas business in the Boston market. The case comes before the court on report on an agreed statement of facts.
“It is admitted that all the facts and averments contained in the plaintiff’s declaration are true. By agreement the damages are liquidated in the sum of three hundred dollars. The goods were shipped under a written contract of carriage known as a bill of lading, that the date of the writ is February 11, 1919; that the official classification No. 43,…
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