Legal Opinion
United Mutual Fire Insurance v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 2, 1948PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The evidence tended to show the following facts. On May 19, 1944, Russell Electric Company at Chicago entrusted to the defendant fifteen boxes of motor *355alternators for delivery to Raytheon Manufacturing Company at Waltham in this Commonwealth. One box, valued at $495, was never delivered. The shipper’s collect receipt issued to Russell Electric Company in a form approved by the interstate commerce commission contained the following provision: “As conditions precedent to recovery claims must be made in writing to the originating or delivering carrier within nine months after delivery of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. KalesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Idzykowski v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Nashua River Paper Co. v. LindsayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Guthrie v. J. J. Newberry Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Insurance Co. Of North America v. Newtowne Mfg. Co. Insurance Co. Of North America v. Holland Transp. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1951
- Corbamex, S.A. v. Republic Carloading & Distributing Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- PUB. SERVICE ELEC. & GAS CO. v. Reading Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1951
- Everest v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
- Robinson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1959