Meyer v. Adams Express Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract or tort to recover the value of a keg of “Acid Violet Dye” alleged to have been delivered in April, 1917, to the defendant and lost by it in May, 1917. Writ dated December 10, 1918. In the Superior Court the action was heard by Lawton, J., without a jury. Material evidence is described in the opinion. The judge found for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,946.66; and the defendant alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action to recover the value of a keg of “Acid Violet Dye,” alleged to have been lost by the defendant. The sole question presented is whether the trial judge erred in permitting the plaintiff to testify as to the market value of the property so lost.
The plaintiff testified that, during the year 1917, he was in the business of dealing in dye stuffs in the city where the goods were delivered to the defendant for shipment; that he personally packed them; that he had dealt considerably in the particular kind of dye stuff that was shipped, and was familiar with the value of dye stuffs…
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- Shea v. HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Muskeget Island Club v. Inhabitants of NantucketMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Lawton v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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