Legal Opinion
Forbes v. Boston and Lowell Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 29, 1882PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
The first case is an action of tort, containing a count for the conversion of a quantity of corn and a count "for *155the conversion of a quantity of wheat. As different considerations apply to the two counts, they must be treated separately.
On or about October 20, 1879, Gallup, Clark and Company, grain-dealers in Chicago, in response to an order from Foster and Company, forwarded to Boston fifty carloads of com, by the National Despatch Fast Freight Line, which is an association of several railroad companies, whose roads make a continuous line from Chicago to Boston, the defendant’s road being a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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