Haskell v. Boston District Messenger Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, with a count in tort, against a corporation, established under the laws of the State of New Hampshire and having a usual place of business in Boston, engaged in carrying on in that city and its vicinity the business of supplying messengers for hire, and alleged to be a common carrier of messages, packages, money and other things, alleging in the first count the loss of $58.33 received from the plaintiff by a messenger furnished by the defendant to whom the…
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Contract, with a count in tort, against a corporation, established under the laws of the State of New Hampshire and having a usual place of business in Boston, engaged in carrying on in that city and its vicinity the business of supplying messengers for hire, and alleged to be a common carrier of messages, packages, money and other things, alleging in the first count the loss of $58.33 received from the plaintiff by a messenger furnished by the defendant to whom the plaintiff entrusted a rent bill for collection, and alleging in the second count the loss of the same money through the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The defendant is a corporation, organized under the laws of New Hampshire for the purpose of “ carrying on a general messenger business, leasing, operating, erecting and maintaining wires and fixtures for call boxes, telegraphs and other things relating to and useful in the receiving and transmitting and delivery of messages.” For many years it has had a general office and branch offices in the city of Boston, and has been engaged in the business of furnishing messengers for hire. The ordinary method of doing the business has been for the company to send a messenger in response to a call, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Delory v. BlodgettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Linnehan v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Hasty v. SearsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Samuelian v. American Tool & Machine Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
3Cited by11 opinions
- Haun v. LeGrandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Fleming v. BronfinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Murray v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Bowie v. Coffin Valve Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Colwell v. OatmanColorado Court of Appeals · 1973
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