Legal Opinion

L. L. Cohen & Co. v. Director General of Railroads

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 4, 1924PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDeCourcy, J.

On December 13, 1918, the plaintiff shipped from Taunton, Massachusetts, “ one carload scrap iron,” consigned to Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, Coatesville, Pennsylvania. A reasonable time for delivery at said destination was not later than two months. The shipment was loaded into a “ sideboard flat ” car: that is, a flat car open at the top, with wooden sides and ends about four feet in height. The plaintiff placed at one end of the car sheet iron scrap, which was tied up in bundles; at the other end skeleton scrap, so called, which was tied up in bales; and in the middle of the car…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AultSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  2. Genga v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  3. Director General of Railroads v. Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  4. Mills v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  5. Noble v. American Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Davis v. L. L. Cohen & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Phillips v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  3. Third Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. WhiteDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1932
  4. Northern Industrial Chemical Co. v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  5. Weiss v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924

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