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  • Merriam v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc.

    464 Mass. 721 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 2013

    See Brown v. Little, Brown & Co., 269 Mass. 102, 110 (1929). See also G. … See Durkee v. Durkee-Mower, Inc., 384 Mass. 628, 633-634 (1981) (restriction applying only to “sales” will not apply to transfer by operation of law in divorce decree); Brown v.

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Muskeget Island Club v. Prior

    228 Mass. 95 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 12, 1917

    Brown, 12 Allen, 30 , 37, and that he may pile *97 boards upon such land, Keay v. Goodwin, 16 Mass. 1, 4 . … Bennett v. Clemence, 6 Allen, 10 . Beilis v. Beilis, 122 Mass. 414 . Ingalls v. Newhall, 139 Mass. 268 . In such a case the building may be removed by a cotenant. Byam v. Bickford, 140 Mass. 31 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Cohen v. Planning Bd. of Nantucket

    482 Mass. 1103 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 2019

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  • Jacobs v. Saperstein

    225 Mass. 300 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1916

    Hewitt v. Boston Straw Board Co. 214 Mass. 260, 263 . … Batchelder v. Home National Bank of Milford, 218 Mass. 420, 422 . Brown v. Pelonsky, 210 Mass. 502 . Bicknell v. Mellett, 160 Mass. 328, 329 . Forbes v. Howe, 102 Mass. 427, 437 . Putnam v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Murphy v. Commonwealth

    172 Mass. 264 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1899

    Commonwealth v. Crowley followed Commonwealth v. Brown . … Oliver v. Oliver , and Commonwealth v. Brown, ubi supra. People v. Illinois State Reformatory, 148 Ill. 413 . State v. Peters, 43 Ohio St. 629 .

    Cited 62 timesPublished
  • Nstar Elec. Co. v. Bd. of Assessors of Bos.

    482 Mass. 1102 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 2019

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  • Attorney General v. Drohan

    169 Mass. 534 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1897

    Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14 . United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. 385 . People v. Nostrand, 46 N. Y. 375 . People v. Brooklyn, 77 N. Y. 503 . Opinion of the Justices, 3 Greenl. 481. … Brown v. Russell, ubi supra. Manifestly, membership in a political committee belonging to one party or another does not come within the above description of what constitutes public *536 office.

    Cited 53 timesPublished
  • Kelly v. McIntyre

    323 Mass. 313 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 28, 1948

    Mendes v. Roche, 317 Mass. 321, 324 . Such payment need not be in cash but may assume other forms, including the furnishing of board, room, and laundry. Sutherland v. MacLeod, 311 Mass. 295, 297-298 . … Pond v. Williams, 1 Gray, 630 , 635. Ramsay v. Warner, 97 Mass. 8, 13 . Taylor v. Foster, 132 Mass. 30, 33 . Gillingham v. Brown, 178 Mass. 417 . Kennedy v. Drake, 225 Mass. 303, 308 . Spinney v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Chapman's Case

    321 Mass. 705 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1947

    Perdew v. Nufer Cedar Co. 201 Mich. 520 . Geibig v. Ann Arbor Asphalt Construction Co. 238 Mich. 560 . Tragas v. Cudahy Packing Co. 110 Neb. 329 . Grieb v. Hammerle, 222 N. Y. 382 . Brown v. … See Sanborn v. Fireman’s Ins. Co. 16 Gray, 448 ; Cass v. Lord, 236 Mass. 430, 432 ; Shumway v. Home Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 301 Mass. 391, 394 ; Tetrault v. Ghibellini, 316 Mass. 477, 479 ; Peay v.

    Cited 46 timesPublished
  • Jackson v. Chelsea Housing Authority

    327 Mass. 423 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 16, 1951

    Berman v. Coakley, 257 Mass. 159, 162 . Boyle v. Owens, 326 Mass. 163, 165 . … See MacBrayne v. City Council of Lowell, 241 Mass. 380, 385 ; Kidder v. Mayor of Cambridge, 304 Mass. 491, 498 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Assessors of West Springfield v. Eastern States Exposition

    326 Mass. 167 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1950

    This is an appeal by the board of assessors of West Springfield from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board abating a tax assessed for the year 1948 upon the Coliseum Building, so called, and appurtenant land owned by the … People v. Walker Opera House Co. 249 Ill. 106, 112 . Attorney General v. Pere Marquette Railway, 263 Mich. 431 . Thompson, Corporations (3d ed.) § 2474. Fletcher, Cyc. Corporations, § 2535. See Brown v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Rothstein v. Contributory Ret. Appeal Bd.

    480 Mass. 1104 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 2018

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  • Splaine v. Morrissey

    282 Mass. 217 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 23, 1933

    Ed.] c. 209, § 2; Boland v. McKowen, 189 Mass. 563, 565 ), would not stand in the way of such a gift, for no contract between the deceased and Ms wife would be required. See Brown v. Brown, 174 Mass. 197 . … Brown v. Brown, 174 Mass. 197 . Compare G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 209, § 3; Ames v. Chandler, 265 Mass. 428, 430-431 . The interests of the deceased in the deposits, if he was a tenant by entirety, were liable for his debts.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Franklin Savings Bank v. Inhabitants of Framingham

    212 Mass. 92 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1912

    The town clerk is not by statute or by-law of the defendant the official keeper of the records of the board of selectmen. … Burgess v. Wareham, 7 Gray, 345 . Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank v. Winchester, 8 Allen, 109 . Abbott v. North Andover, 145 Mass. 484 . Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Singer Sewing MacHine Co. v. Assessors of Boston

    341 Mass. 513 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1960

    In Assessors of Boston v. … The appellees cite Johnson v. Brown, 154 Mass. 105,106 , which held that the deposit of a notice in a post office box on the street was the same in legal effect as a deposit in a box at the post office.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Gould v. Planning Bd. of Falmouth

    478 Mass. 1109 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 6, 2018

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  • Chase v. Commonwealth Emp't Relations Bd.

    478 Mass. 1105 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 30, 2017

    Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text
  • Martineau v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    329 Mass. 44 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1952

    National Labor Relations Board v. Brown & Sharpe Manuf. Co. 169 Fed. (2d) 331 (C. C. A. 1). Ohio Power Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, 176 Fed. (2d) 385 (C. A. 6). … Huiet v. Boyd, 64 Ga. App. 564 . Kemiel v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division, 117 Ind. App. 357 . Auker v. Review Board, Indiana Employment Security Division, 117 Ind. App. 486 . Nobes v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Akara

    465 Mass. 245 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 2013

    She and her friends left car 1205 and boarded a different car on the same train. … Brown of the Boston police department.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Hall v. Jackson

    37 Mass. 194 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1838

    . ; Montague on Lien, 8 ; Rushforth, v. Hadfield, 7 East, 224 ; Jarvis v. Rogers, 15 Mass. R. 414 ; Allen v. Megguire, 15 Mass. R. 490 . The counsel for the trustee cited on the same subject, Drinkwater v. … Goodwin, Cowp. 251 ; Hammonds v. Barclay, 2 East, 227 ; Houghton v. Matthews, 3 Bos. & Pul. 489 ; Seymour v. Hoadley, 9 Connect. R. 418 and to the point of assignment, Gerrish v. Sweetser, 4 Pick. 374 ; Dix v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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