Legal Opinion
A. S. Burg Co. v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided September 24, 1954No. 350765Published
1Opinion of the CourtAdlow, C. J.
Action to recover for failure to deliver merchandise shipped by air express from Boston, Massachusetts to a consignee in Mexico City, Mexico.
On March 28, 1952, A. S. Burg Company delivered to the Railway Express Agency, Incorporated, in Boston, Massachusetts, a parcel for transportation by air express to a consignee in Mexico City. With the goods the shipper delivered to the carrier invoices and customs declarations to accompany the shipment and a letter of instructions for the Pan American Air-Lines. The carrier, later on the same day, notified the shipper that it could not deliver the goods…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Cox v. Central Vermont RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Moore v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Corrigan Transit Co. v. Sanitary Dist.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1905
- Cote v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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