Legal Opinion

Knowles v. Gilchrist Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 28, 1972Published

1Opinion of the Court

362 Mass. 642 (1972)

289 N.E.2d 879

MARY E. KNOWLES

vs.

GILCHRIST COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 13, 1972.

November 28, 1972.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

James J. Cotter, III (Paula W. Gold with him) for the plaintiff.

William G. Downey (Edwin R. Trafton with him) for the defendant Gilchrist Company.

TAURO, C.J.

The plaintiff (bailor) in an action of tort and contract in the Municipal Court against the defendant Gilchrist Company (bailee) seeks to recover damages for loss of certain articles of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Trammell v. WhitlockTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Willett v. RichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  4. George v. Coolidge Bank and Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  5. Knowles v. Gilchrist Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972

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