Doherty v. Harris
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for breach of an agreement for the sale of scrap iron to the plaintiff. Writ dated April 21, 1917. In the Superior Court the case was tried before King, J. The material evidence and the only exception relied on by the defendant are described in the opinion. There was a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $3,721.73; and the defendant alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
In this action the plaintiff recovered damages for breach of a contract to deliver machinery cast iron. The defendant offered in evidence a copy of “The Commercial Bulletin,” a trade journal published in Boston, which purported to contain market reports and quotations of prices of No. 1 machinery and No. 1 cast scrap iron for the week ending February 17, 1917, and quoted such iron at $21 per long ton, and also evidence to prove that “The Commercial Bulletin” is a standard publication recognized by dealers in metals as a reliable source of information, its reports being compiled from…
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