Case law

Poitras v. Board of Appeal On Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds

356 Mass. 510 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 23, 1969

See Commonwealth v. Hart, 149 Mass. 7, 9 . In the second place, however, we are of opinion that c. 90, § 22D, does not apply to the revocation of a license under c. 90, § 29. … The order of the respondent board is to be affirmed. So ordered. For powers and duties of the board see G. L. c. 26, § 8A (as amended through St. 1947, c. 94).

Salem v. MASSACHUSETTS COMM. AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

404 Mass. 170 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 21, 1989

See Amherst-Pelham Regional School Comm. v. Department of Educ., 376 Mass. 480 (1978); Perkins v. School Comm. of Quincy, 315 Mass. 47 (1953). We agree. … Compare Amherst-Pelham Regional School Comm. v. Department of Educ., supra at 498 (only hearing officer can judge credibility of witness), with Board of Appeals of Maynard v.

Di Clavio's Case

293 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 1936

Pertinent principles of law are discussed in Lea v. Lea, 8 Allen, 418 , Ford v. Ford, 143 Mass. 577 , Kendrick v. Kendrick, 188 Mass. 550 , and Newman’s Case, 222 Mass. 563 . … Others assume facts which the board was not obliged to find or ask the board to rule that various isolated bits of fact are evidence of various other facts. Commonwealth v. Polian, 288 Mass. 494, 498 .

Corliss v. Civil Service Commissioners

242 Mass. 61 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1922

As was said in Phillips v. … Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14 .

Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District Commonwealth v. Roberio

471 Mass. 12 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 23, 2015

In Commonwealth v. Brown, 466 Mass. 676 (2013), and Commonwealth v. … Justice Spina’s dissent emphasizes, post at 37-39, that our decisions in Diatchenko I, Brown, Commonwealth v. Ray, 467 Mass. 115 (2014), and Commonwealth v.

American Lithuanian Naturalization Club, Athol, Mass., Inc. v. Board of Health

446 Mass. 310 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 22, 2006

We have long recognized that the rule making authority of local boards of health is broad. See Independence Park, Inc. v. Board of Health of Barnstable, 403 Mass. 477, 480 (1988) (G. … Board of Health of Barnstable, 433 Mass. 217, 220 (2001), stand “on the same footing as would a statute,” Padden v. West Boylston, 64 Mass. App. Ct. 120, 124-125 (2005), quoting Druzik v.

Warner Amex Cable Communications Inc. v. Board of Assessors of Everett

396 Mass. 239 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 18, 1985

Boston v. Mac-Gray Co., 371 Mass. 825, 827 (1977). See Collector of Taxes v. Cigarette Serv. Co., supra at 166. … See Boston v. Mac-Gray Co., supra at 828 (coin-aper- *243 ated washing machines and dryers taxable); Collector of Taxes v. Cigarette Serv. Co., supra at 166. See also Ultronic Syss. Corp. v.

Ka-Hur Enterprises, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Provincetown

424 Mass. 404 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 10, 1997

Pioneer Insulation & Modernizing Corp. v. Lynn, 331 Mass. 560, 565 (1954). In Bartlett v. Board of Appeals of Lakeville, 23 Mass. App. … Ka-Hur Enters., Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Province-town, supra at 74.

Lynch v. Forbes

161 Mass. 302 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1894

Fall River Iron Works v. Old Colony & Fall River Railroad, 5 Allen, 221 , 226. People v. Smith, 21 N. Y. 595, 597 . Boom Co. v. Patterson, 98 U. S. 403, 406 . Stockton & Darlington Railway v. Brown, 9 H. L. Cas. 246. … Under this provision the town properly could delegate the power of taking to the selectmen and water board. Eastern Railroad v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 111 Mass. 125 . Lund v. New Bedford, 121 Mass. 286 . Lyon v.

Haley's Case

356 Mass. 678 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 3, 1970

Crowell v. Benson, 285 U. S. 22 . Brown-Pacific-Maxon Co. v. Toner, 255 F. 2d 611 (7th Cir.). Carstens v. Pillsbury, 172 Cal. 572 . Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co. v. Industrial Acc. Commn. 211 Cal. 154 . Ruda v. … Board of Conciliation & Arbitration, 311 Mass. 223, 227 . Burns v. Thomas Cook & Sons, Inc. 317 Mass. 398, 402 . Moran v. School Comm, of Littleton, 317 Mass. 591, 594-595 . Massachusetts Gen. Hasp. v.

Nartowicz's Case

334 Mass. 684 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1956

Inc. v. Brown, 237 Mass. 166, 168 . Waxman v. Cohen, 253 Mass. 548, 549 . The same result would follow if the motion be treated as one to relieve the self insurer from a stipulation. Loring v. Mercier, 318 Mass. 599 . … Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346, 349 .

Stratton Massachusetts Gold Mines Co. v. Davis

222 Mass. 549 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 9, 1916

Brown, Charles E. … Garden Gully United Quartz Mining Co. v. McLister, 1 App. Cas. 39. People’s Mutual Ins. Co. v. Westcott, 14 Gray, 440 . Moses v. Tompkins, 84 Ala. 613 . Macon & Augusta Railroad v. Vason, 57 Ga. 314 . Shellenberger v.

Taintor v. Mayor of Cambridge

192 Mass. 522 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 4, 1906

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the proceedings of the respondents as mayor and city council of the city of Cambridge in accepting and laying out a certain street in Cambridge called Brown Street. … See Collins v. Holyoke, 146 Mass. 298 ; Fairbanks v. Fitchburg, 132 Mass. 42 .

Twiss v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

208 Mass. 108 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1911

Powers v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 153 Mass. 188 . Crowley v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway, 185 Mass. 279 . … Brown, J.

Levangie's Case

228 Mass. 213 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 19, 1917

Webster v. Commonwealth, 5 Cush. 386 , 404. Elder v. Dwight Manuf. Co. 4 Gray, 201 , 204. Jochumsen v. Suffolk Savings Bank, 3 Allen, 87 . Bearce v. Bowker, 115 Mass. 129, 130 . Santom v. Ballard, 133 Mass. 464 . … See Fierro’s Case, 223 Mass. 378 ; Bushnell v. Industrial Board of Illinois, 276 Ill. 262 .

Commonwealth v. National Contracting Co.

198 Mass. 554 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1908

Commonwealth, 183 Mass. 89 , and established by the earlier cases of Palmer v. Clark, 106 Mass. 373 ; Flint v. Gibson, 106 Mass. 391 ; Robbins v. Clark, 129 Mass. 145 . See also the later cases of Norcross v. … After the consolidation of the two boards, Stearns was the chief engineer of the board, and Brown was not acting under him in any capacity, but was made an independent engineer of the sewerage works under the charge of the

District Attorney v. Board of Trustees of the Leonard Morse Hospital

389 Mass. 729 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 18, 1983

Ct. 663, 665 (1981) (municipal board of selectmen); Yaro v. Board of Appeals of Newburyport, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 587, 587-588 (1980) (town zoning board of appeals); Nantucket Land Council, Inc. v. … In Mahoney v.

Massachusetts Co-operative Bank League v. Board of Bank Incorporation

348 Mass. 134 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1964

Bank v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 347 Mass. 744, 745 . … See Olson v. Sissenwine, 259 Mass. 79, 81-82 ; Lowell Co-op. Bank v. Co-operative Cent. Bank, 287 Mass. 338, 346 . See also Warsofsky v. Sherman, 326 Mass. 290, 294 .

Gardner-Athol Area Mental Health Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Appeals

401 Mass. 12 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 8, 1987

Auth. v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Fitchburg, 380 Mass. 869, 874 (1980); Commissioner of Code Inspection of Worcester v. Worcester Dynamy, Inc., 11 Mass. App. Ct. 97, 99-100 (1980). Cf. Whitinsville Retirement Soc’y v. … Auth. v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Fitchburg, 380 Mass. 869 (1980).

Hutcheson v. Director of Civil Service

361 Mass. 480 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1972

The leading case is Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14 , decided in 1896, which “has not been modified by later decisions.” Commissioner of the Metropolitan Dish Commn. v. Director of Civil Serv., supra, at 192. In Brown v. … Both opinions relied on the reasoning of Brown v. Russell, supra. In Mayor of Lynn v.