Legal Opinion
Mills v. Director General of Railroads
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1922PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
By writ dated July 11, 1921, and returnable *256in the Superior Court August 1, the plaintiff brought an action against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, for alleged loss of goods shipped by freight from Boston to New York on December 13, 1919. In November, 1921, the plaintiff filed a motion for leave to amend its writ and declaration by substituting as defendant James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads, as agent under the Transportation Act, 1920. The motion was allowed; and process was issued summoning said Davis to answer in the action, and making him defendant…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Robb v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AultSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Brooks v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- McArthur Bro's v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Lonergan v. American Railway Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Genga v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Shapiro v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Phillips v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Keegan v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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