Legal Opinion
Nerbonne v. New England Steamship Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 4, 1934PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The defendant was carrying a cow by steamer from Nantucket to one Levine in New Bedford. The first mate of the steamer, who was in charge of freight, testified that he knew that the cow was sterile, that sterile cows are "vicious like,” and that he did not tell these facts to the foreman of the gang engaged in unloading the freight. While being led down the gangplank at New Bed-ford by a servant of the defendant, the cow broke loose and ran into the street. Servants of the defendant chased her in a motor truck, and cornered her on two or three occasions, but she escaped. She went her way…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Menici v. Orton Crane & Shovel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Clark v. McNeilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Bar Ass'n v. CaseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Kelley v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Commonwealth v. OsmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Peterson v. HopsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Weiner v. Pictorial Paper Package Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Commonwealth v. MillenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- McElwain v. CapotostoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
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