Train v. Boston Disinfecting Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Replevin of one. hundred and twenty-four bales of rags. The answer, among other things, set up two circulars of the United States Treasury Department relating to the importation of old rags, dated December 22, 1884, and June 10, 1885, respectively, also a regulation of the board of health of the city of Boston relating to the disinfection of imported rags, dated June 1, 1885, the material parts of which circulars and regulation appear in the opinion; that the rags replevied…
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Replevin of one. hundred and twenty-four bales of rags. The answer, among other things, set up two circulars of the United States Treasury Department relating to the importation of old rags, dated December 22, 1884, and June 10, 1885, respectively, also a regulation of the board of health of the city of Boston relating to the disinfection of imported rags, dated June 1, 1885, the material parts of which circulars and regulation appear in the opinion; that the rags replevied were imported into Boston by the plaintiffs on or about March 3, 1886, and were ordered by said board of health to be…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The plaintiffs in their argument contend that the disinfection of the rags by the defendant does not appear by the answer to have been in accordance with the regulations of the hoard of health,’because the regulation requires disinfection to the satisfaction and under the supervision of the board, and the answer does not show that the disinfection was accomplished to the satisfaction of the board, but only that the defendant’s process was one satisfactory to the board. This objection, if it have any force, is purely technical. It is not specifically assigned by the plaintiffs as one of the…
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