Legal Opinion
Standard Brands, Inc. v. Boston & M. R. R.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 10, 1939No. 7201PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
This action is for damages to a shipment of coffee delivered to the New York, New Haven & Hartford» Railroad Company in good order and condition, and delivered by the New Haven to the defendant in the same good order and condition. The amount of the damages is agreed upr on. The only question is one of liability which is to be determined upon facts which, for the most part, are undisputed.
On March 17, 1936, the plaintiff delivered to the New Haven at New York City 250 bags of green coffee consigned to Standard Brands, Ltd., Montreal, Canada, via New York, New Haven &…
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