Legal Opinion

Smith v. Arnold

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 15, 1871PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Contbact for the price of meat sold and delivered. At the trial in the superior court, before Rockwell, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant alleged exceptions. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMostos, J.

The defendant contests one of the items in the plaintiff’s account, on the ground that the beef therein charged was sold in violation of law. It appeared at the trial that the plaintiff is, and was in 1868, an inhabitant of Stow; that on February 15, 1868, he sold the beef in question in that town; and that the weights and scales by which he sold it were not sealed by the sealer of weights and measures appointed for said town of Stow. It further appeared that the plaintiff’s weights and scales had been tested and sealed in the same year at Boston, by the sealer of weights and measures…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. O'Brien v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  2. Swank v. MoisanOregon Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Bisbee v. McAllenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
  4. Sawyer v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  5. Naglebaugh v. Harder & Hofer Coal Mining Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1898

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