Case law

Shea v. Inhabitants of Milford

145 Mass. 528 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1888

The committee was an agent of the town, and not a judicial body or a board of public officers, and the ruling of the court that the committee could act only as a body, and not by the agreement of individual members separately … Haven v. Lowell, 5 Met. 35 .

Emerson v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

393 Mass. 351 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 19, 1984

See Tomlin v. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd., 82 Cal. App. 3d 642 (1978); Board of Review v. Rafeld, [1971-1979 transfer binder] Unempl. Ins. Rep. … See Brown v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm’n, 577 S.W.2d 90 (Mo. App. 1978); Wahl v. Chizek, 1 Unempl. Ins. Rep. (CCH) Neb. par. 8158 (Neb. Dist. Ct. Nov. 15, 1979). Contra, Bing-ham v.

Baker v. Adams

59 Allen 99 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1849

. & T. 86; Addison, Con. 667; Kemp v. Derrett, 3 Camp. 510; Doe v. Green, 9 Ad. & El. 658; 4 Bac. Ab. Leases, &c. L. 3 & 36; Doe v. Dobell, 1 Ad. & El. N. S. 806; Brown v. Burtinshaw, 7 D. & R. 603. … So, here, there is an annual rent payable annually in boarding, and the landlord, by boarding with the tenant from October 14th, 1847, to January 6th, 1848, received so much of the annual rent for the use of the premises

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions v. Rollins

300 Mass. 189 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 1938

Prout v. Roby, 15 Wall. 471 . See also Fogg v. Price, 145 Mass. 513 ; Barrett v. King, 181 Mass. 476 ; Chandler & Co. Inc. v. McDonald-Weber Co. 215 Mass. 365, 368 ; Levy v. Peabody, 238 Mass. 164 ; Connolly v. … The next day the board of directors of that company ratified the contract by vote. After the attorneys for S. S.

Commonwealth v. Albert

307 Mass. 239 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1940

The defendant, a member of the city council of Springfield and also a member of the board of supervisors of the department of streets and engineering, a municipal board authorized in behalf of the city to award contracts … Browning v. Bancroft, 5 Met. 88 . Northampton v. Smith, 11 Met. 390 . Commonwealth v. O’Neil, 6 Gray, 343 . Hitchcock v. Shaw, 160 Mass. 140 . Seward v. Revere Water Co. 201 Mass. 453, 455, 456 . Renwick v.

Rossiter v. County of Middlesex

308 Mass. 458 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1941

See Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259, 265-266 ; Simpson v. Marlborough, 236 Mass. 210, 214 ; Cunningham v. Commissioner of Banks, 249 Mass. 401, 420 ; Rooney, petitioner, 298 Mass. 430, 433 ; Op. Atty. … In Avery v.

Bill DeLuca Enterprises, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

431 Mass. 314 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 26, 2000

Brown v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxation, 242 Mass. 242, 244 (1922). … See Bryant v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxation, 291 Mass. 498, 501 (1935); Brown v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxation, supra.

Foster v. Commissioner of Correction (No. 2)

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 2, 2020

See Hannon v. Beard, 979 F. Supp. 2d 136, 141-142 (D. Mass. 2013) (no direct connection between prison conditions and Governor's actions), and cases cited. See also Brown v. Rhode Island, 511 Fed. … See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 676 (2009) (vicarious liability not applicable in such actions); Brown, supra (respondeat superior theory of liability not available in such circumstances).

Campbell v. Commonwealth

339 Mass. 695 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 1959

Commonwealth v. Brown, 167 Mass. 144, 146 . Oliver v. Oliver, 169 Mass. 592, 594 . Murphy v. Commonwealth, 172 Mass. 264, 275 , and cases cited. … See Lewis v. Commonwealth, 329 Mass. 445, 448 ; Brown v. Commr. of Correction, 336 Mass. 718 .

Commercial Wharf Corp. v. City of Boston

208 Mass. 482 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1911

Brown v. Woodbury, 183 Mass. 279 . West v. Platt, 127 Mass. 367, 371 . … The board of health alone under § 6 had authority to make the necessary contracts, required in the proper management of the health department.

Commonwealth v. Dowe

315 Mass. 217 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 27, 1943

Commonwealth v. Fleckner, 167 Mass. 13 . Commonwealth v. Brown, 167 Mass. 144, 146 . Commonwealth v. Millen, 290 Mass. 406, 411 . … Assessors of Boston, 268 Mass. 480, 484 , assessors; Breault v. Auburn, 303 Mass. 424 , board of health; Gibney v.

Day v. Board of Registration in Embalming & Funeral Directing

397 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1986

On review, a single justice of this court held that the board’s decision was supported by substantial evidence. The plaintiff now appeals that decision. G. L. c. 112, § 64 (1984 ed.). See Gurry v. Board of Pub. … Langlitz v. Board of Registration of Chiropractors, 396 Mass. 374, 379 (1985).

Commonwealth v. Ferris

305 Mass. 233 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 14, 1940

McMurdo v. Getter, 298 Mass. 363 . Commonwealth v. Brown, 302 Mass. 523 , appeal dismissed for want of a substantial Federal question October 9, 1939. Brown v. Massachusetts, 308 U. S. 504 . … Seifert v. Buhl Optical Co. 276 Mich. 692, 698 . New Jersey State Board of Optometrists v. S. S. Kresge Co. 113 N. J. L. 287, 294. State v. Goodman, 206 Minn. 203 . Exceptions overruled.

Kozlowsky

238 Mass. 532 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 27, 1921

Commonwealth v. Brown, 167 Mass. 144 . Miller v. State, 149 Ind. 607 . Adams v. Barr, 154 Iowa, 83 . Woods v. State, 130 Tenn. 100 . From June 27, 1919, to December 16, 1919, he was imprisoned in the reformatory. … Murphy v. Commonwealth, 172 Mass. 264 . The revocation was properly made. It cannot be assumed that it was made capriciously or without cause; and it was within the authority of the board of parole.

122 Main Street Corp. v. City of Brockton

323 Mass. 646 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1949

Brown v. Board of Appeals of Springfield, 327 Ill. 644 . Romar Realty Co. v. Board of Commissioners of Haddonfield, 96 N. J. L. 117. Brookdale Homes, Inc. v. Johnson, 123 N. J. L. 602; affirmed 126 N. J. L. 516. … State v. Stahlman, 81 W. Va. 335 . See Mobridge v. Brown , 39 S. D. 270; 58 Am. Jur., Zoning, § 49.

Cawley v. Northern Waste Co.

239 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 10, 1921

Commonwealth v. Staples, 191 Mass. 384 . Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259, 266 . … No copy has been furnished us of the code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters existing when the ordinance became operative.

White v. City of Boston

428 Mass. 250 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 16, 1998

After an evaluation of these injuries, the State-Boston Retirement Board (retirement board) granted the plaintiff disability retirement, effective August 31, 1981. … Comm’n v. Director of Civil Serv., 348 Mass. 184 (1964), and Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14 (1896).

Feldman's Case

240 Mass. 555 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1922

Brown’s Case, 228 Mass. 31 . Keohane’s Case, 232 Mass. 487 . Sciola’s Case, 236 *556 Mass. 407, 413 . The findings of fact are conclusive if supported by the evidence. Pigeon’s Case, 216 Mass. 51 . … Bilodeau v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway, 236 Mass. 526, 540 . And the certificate of death stated as the cause “Natural causes, probably cerebral hemorrhage.”

Shuman v. Gilbert

229 Mass. 225 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1918

Lord Aukland v. Westminster Local Board of Works, L. R. 7 Ch. 597. Burghes v. Attorney General, [1911] 2 Ch. 139, 156-157. It was said in Truax v. Raich, 239 U. … Mobile v. Orr, 181 Ala. 308 . Abbey Land & Improvement Co. v. San Mateo, 167 Cal. 434 . Southern Express Co. v. Ty Ty, 141 Ga. 421 . Brown v. Abilene, 93 Kans. 737 . Clark v.

Stiles v. Municipal Council

233 Mass. 174 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1919

Ham v. Boston Board of Police, 142 Mass. 90, 95 . Hill v. Mayor of Boston, 193 Mass. 569, 575 . … Field, 7 Cush. 355 , on members of the board of health for killing a well horse honestly but mistakenly supposed to have glanders, Miller v.