Parker v. Metropolitan Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the receivers of the East Boston Ferry Company, which was incorporated by the St. of 1852, c. 244,* against a street railway corporation, to recover tolls for the carriage of 238,143 passengers in the defendants’ cars over the ferry, between October 1869 and March 1870. Writ dated March 31, 1870. The case was submitted to the judgment of the court on an agreed statement of facts, the court to render such judgment as the facts might require.
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Contract by the receivers of the East Boston Ferry Company, which was incorporated by the St. of 1852, c. 244,* against a street railway corporation, to recover tolls for the carriage of 238,143 passengers in the defendants’ cars over the ferry, between October 1869 and March 1870. Writ dated March 31, 1870. The case was submitted to the judgment of the court on an agreed statement of facts, the court to render such judgment as the facts might require. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is an action of contract to recover for tolls of passengers carried in the cars of the defendants upon the boats of the East Boston Ferry Company, between October 1869 and March 1870. It is agreed that the number of passengers carried is correctly stated in the declaration, so that the only controversy is as to the rate of tolls the ferry company was entitled to charge.
It appears from the agreed statement of facts that there was no contract between the companies, in force during the time eov*507ered by .the declaration, which fixed the rate of toll. The ferry company had a contract with the…
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