Legal Opinion
Goodman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 9, 1936PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover in this action of contract compensation for injury to certain goods delivered to him by the defendant in Lowell in this Commonwealth in a damaged condition. There was evidence tending to show these facts: The goods.were packed properly by a shipper in Portland, Maine, in cases marked to show that their contents were fragile. They were delivered to the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., which issued:a bill of lading wherein the plaintiff was named as consignee, the destination was stated to be Lowell, Massachusetts, and the route was described as New York, New Haven…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. C. C. Whitnack Produce Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
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