Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the supreme judicial court ofthe common wealth OE MASSACHUSETTS. 1 , Action in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts by the Hill Manufacturing Company, a corporation established under the laws of Maine, having a place of business in Boston, against the Providence & New York Steamship Company, a corporar tion established by the laws of Rhode Island, and having no place of business in Massachusetts, but having a debt due it from a Massachusetts corporation…
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IN error to the supreme judicial court ofthe common wealth OE MASSACHUSETTS. 1 , Action in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts by the Hill Manufacturing Company, a corporation established under the laws of Maine, having a place of business in Boston, against the Providence & New York Steamship Company, a corporar tion established by the laws of Rhode Island, and having no place of business in Massachusetts, but having a debt due it from a Massachusetts corporation which was garnisheed. The suit was brought to recover the value of cotton goods transported from Providence to New York in…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justicb Bradley
delivered the opinion of the court.
The writ of error in this case brings up for consideration a judgment of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts rendered in an action brought' by The Hill' Manufacturing Company against the Providence and New York Steamship Company as common carriers, to recover .damages for the loss of certain goods delivered by the plaintiffs to the defendants at Providence, Ehode Island, to be transported to the city of New York, which goods, it is alleged, were, by the negligence of the defendants, burned and injured by fire. The loss is stated to…
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