Knowles v. Gilchrist Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• bailor brought “an action of tort and contract” against bailee upholsterer for furniture destroyed by fire
• “[0]ur decision in this case creates only a specific rule for a specific class of eases, bailment for hire.”
• where goods are damaged in bailee’s hands, bailor is relieved of traditional burden of proving bailee’s negligence, and burden is on bailee to prove that loss was not caused by any lack of due care
• in exclusive bailment cases, after bailor established inference or presumption of bailee’s negligence by showing that bailed property was lost, burden of production shifts to bailee to rebut such presumption
• shift of a burden of proof from bailor to bailee-for-hire

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-10-10· cited 162×
• Meehan v. SHAUGHNESSY COHEN
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-28· cited 116×
• Trustees of Forbes Library v. Labor Relations Commission
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-11-12· cited 72×
• The Clark-Aiken Co. v. Cromwell-Wright Co. Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-03-03· cited 51×
• Broadview Leasing Co. v. Cape Central Airways, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1976-05-04· cited 30×
• Leonardo v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2005-01-31· cited 25×
• Hannigan v. New Gamma-Delta Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-06· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-01-15· cited 20×
• Siegel v. New England Merchants National Bank
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-01· cited 11×
• Orient Overseas Container Line v. John T. Clark & Sons of Boston, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2002-10-23· cited 10×
• Aimtek, Inc. v. Norton Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-08-02· cited 9×
• William Rodman & Sons, Inc. v. State Tax Commission
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-04· cited 8×
• Rabinovitzch v. Sea Crest Cadillac-Pontiac, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-02· cited 6×
• A. Shapiro Realty Corporation v. Burgess Brothers, Inc., A. Shapiro & Sons, Inc. v. Burgess Brothers, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1974-02-11· cited 4×
• Knight v. H & H CHEVROLET
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1983-08-12· cited 4×
• Cimino v. Perfection Autobody, Inc.
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1998-05-22· cited 4×
• Vaks v. Ryan
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2012-01-18· cited 3×
• Keene v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-09-30· cited 2×
• Waters & Brown, Inc. v. Boston Better Business Machines Co.
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1984-06-15· cited 2×
• Hewi v. Cerrione
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1980-02-14· cited 2×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1941-11-17· cited 233×
• Trammell v. Whitlock
  Texas Supreme Court· 1951-07-25· cited 63×
• Willett v. Rich
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1886-07-06· cited 58×
• George v. Coolidge Bank and Trust Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-12-16· cited 43×
• Little v. Lynn & Marblehead Real Estate Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-09-13· cited 32×
• Bean v. Security Fur Storage Warehouse, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-07-03· cited 25×
• Clemenson v. Whitney
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1925-10-28· cited 22×
• Moss v. Bailey Sales & Service, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-06-25· cited 19×
• Robert R. Buntin, Claude Overton, C. P. Long, Jr., and R. W. Thompson, Jr. v. Mike Fletchas
  Fifth Circuit· 1958-07-18· cited 18×
• Buckey v. Indianhead Truck Line, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1951-06-15· cited 17×
• Rudy v. Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-06-12· cited 16×
• D'ALOISIO v. Morton's Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-03-14· cited 15×
• Fireman's Fund American Insurance v. Capt. Fowler's Marina, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1971-12-28· cited 13×
• Harris v. Deveau
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1963-09-23· cited 10×
• McElroy v. General Texas Asphalt Company
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1968-04-18· cited 3×