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  • City of Worcester v. Quinn

    304 Mass. 276 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 9, 1939

    Phelps v. Board of Education of West New York, 300 U. S. 319 . Dodge v. Board of Education of Chicago, 302 U. S. 74 . … Richardson v. Brown, 260 Mass. 509 . Stoneman v. Boston, 263 Mass. 255 . McLaughlin v. Exchange Trust Co. 272 Mass. 158 . Carey v. Fitzpatrick, 301 Mass. 525 . Judgment for the defendant.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Bloom v. School Committee of Springfield

    376 Mass. 35 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 20, 1978

    Board of Education v. … Quinton, 362 P.2d 932 (Alas. 1961), appeal dismissed, 368 U.S. 517 (1962); State v. Brown, 36 Del. 181 (1934); Spears v. Honda, 51 Haw. 103 (1969); Epeldi v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Lugo

    482 Mass. 94 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 24, 2019

    See Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Vale v. Valchuis

    471 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 2015

    Crihfield v. Brown, 224 W. Va. 407, 412 (2009). See, e.g., Brown v. Engstrom, 89 Cal. App. 3d 513, 523 (1979); Cabus v. Dairyland Ins. Co., 656 P.2d 54, 56 (Colo. Ct. App. 1982); Juhasz v. … See Norfleet v. Safeway Ins. Co., 144 Ill. App. 3d 838, 842 (1986) ("in our view, the appointment of a partial board of arbitrators cannot logically constitute 'initiation' of arbitration proceedings.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Boswell v. Zephyr Lines, Inc.

    414 Mass. 241 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1993

    See Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513 (1975); Industrial Fin. Corp. v. State Tax Comm’n, 367 Mass. 360, 364 (1975). … Higgins, 234 Mass. 350, 354-355 (1920), Brown v. Fales, 139 Mass. 21, 28 (1885).

    Cited 89 timesPublished
  • Kelly's Case

    394 Mass. 684 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 6, 1985

    See Foley v. Polaroid Corp., 381 Mass 545, 550 (1981). … See Seitz v. L & R Indus., 437 A.2d 1345 (R.I. 1981) (psychic injury due to routine transfer to new work location was not compensable); School Dist. No. 1, Village of Brown Deer v.

    Superseded by statute, as recognized in Tennaro v. Ryder System, Inc.Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Bowen, Inc. v. G. R. Armstrong Manufacturers' Supplies, Inc.

    241 Mass. 444 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 5, 1922

    (which means free on board) to the railroad, express, or steamship company or other carrier. … Star Glass Co. v. Morey, 108 Mass. 570 . Hunt v. Brown, 146 Mass. 253, 256 . Fiske v. Steele, 152 Mass. 260 . Cox v. Wiley, 183 Mass. 410, 412 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • C. W. Hunt Co. v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    199 Mass. 220 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 9, 1908

    J., in Noyes v. Eastern Accident Association, 190 Mass. 171, 172 . That is to say, it is not a case within McCarren v. McNulty, 7 Gray, 139 ; Brown v. Foster, 113 Mass. 136 ; White v. Randall, 153 Mass. 394 ; Webber v. … It was applied in Johnson v. Arnold, 2 Cush. 46 ; Waite v. Gilbert, 10 Cush. 177; Brown v. Smith, 12 Cush. 366 ; Mather v. American Express Co. 138 Mass. 55 ; Whitehead & Atherton Machine Co. v.

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Meserve

    154 Mass. 64 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1891

    Green v. Could, 3 Allen, 465 . York v. … Regina v. Kenrick, 5 Q. B. 49, 61. Rex v. Hamilton, 7 C. & P. 448. Regina v. Brown, 8 Cox C. C. 69.

    Cited 46 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Durling

    407 Mass. 108 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 26, 1990

    Egerstaffer v. Israel, 726 F.2d 1231, 1234 (7th Cir. 1984). 6 We caution, however, that when hearsay is offered as the only evidence of the alleged violation, the indicia of reliability must be substantial (see Brown v. … See, e.g., Goforth v. State, 27 Ark. App. 150 (1989); Brown v. State, 317 Md. 417 (1989); Anaya v. State, 96 Nev. 119 (1980); State v. Reyes, 207 N.J. Super. 126 (1986).

    Cited 186 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Dostie

    425 Mass. 372 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 10, 1997

    She told the police that she and Eric had been playing a board game for approximately fifteen minutes before *374 the intruders arrived. 3 . … See Commonwealth v. Schand, supra at 795 n.12 7 ; Brown v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Rundell v. La Fleur

    88 Mass. 480 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1863

    The books of reports are full of decisions adverse to revising the proceedings of a board of arbitrators clothed with unlimited powers as to their action, when there has been no corruption or partiality on the part of the … The cases of Boston Water Power Co. v. Gray, 6 Met. 131 ; Mitchell v. Bush, 7 Cow. 185 ; Smith v. Cutler, 10 Wend. 589 ; Brown v. Green, 7 Conn. 536 ; Bell v. Price, 2 Zabr. 578; Brown v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Meehan's Case

    316 Mass. 522 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1944

    The insurer appealed from a final decree entered in the Superior Court, based upon findings of the Industrial Accident Board, ordering it to pay over to the employee four fifths of the difference between the amount recovered … Northern States Power Co. 151 Minn. 435 ; McKenzie v. Missouri Stables, Inc. 225 Mo. App. 64; Bronder v. Otis Elevator Co. 121 Neb. 581 ; Brown v. Southern Railway, 202 N. C. 256 ; American Mutual Liability Ins. Co. v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Hayes v. Hall

    188 Mass. 510 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1905

    Brown v. Cowell, 116 Mass. 461, 465 . Bowen v. Richardson, 133 Mass. 293, 296 . Morse v. Hill, 136 Mass. 60 . Parker v. Nickerson, 137 Mass. 487 . See also Davoue v. Fanning, 2 Johns. Ch. 252 , 256, 257; Fox v. … The board of trustees consisted of himself, his son George F. Hall, and Joseph K. Hayes, Jr., who was the only person outside of the family connected with its administration.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • Holbrook v. International Trust Co.

    220 Mass. 150 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 18, 1915

    It was early decided in this Commonwealth in a series of cases of which Holland v. … Parkman v. Welch, 19 Pick. 231 . Blake v. Sawin, 10 Allen, 340 .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Ray v. Registrars of Voters

    221 Mass. 223 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1915

    O’Connell v. Mathews, 177 Mass. 518, 521 . Brown v. McCollum, 76 Iowa, 479 . State v. Eagan, 115 Wis. 417 . … The statute, as to all the questions raised, being directory and not mandatory, the board of registrars rightly counted these ballots, and the petition by the terms of the report is to be dismissed. Sewall v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Boston Consolidated Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities

    321 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 10, 1947

    In re Brown’s Guardianship, 6 Wash. (2d) 215. Moehlenpah v. Mayhew, 138 Wis. 561, 577 . Rogers v. Hill, 289 U. S. 582, 587 . Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Bedford, 325 U. S. 283 . Eckerson v. … National Dock & Storage Warehouse Co. v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 227 Mass. 197, 201-202 . See Boott Mills v. Board *268 of Conciliation & Arbitration, 311 Mass. 223, 226-227 ; Interstate Commerce Commission v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Anna Jaques Hospital v. Attorney General

    341 Mass. 179 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 8, 1960

    This court in Worcester Memorial Hosp. v. … See, for example, Bowden v. Brown, 200 Mass. 269 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Bleck v. East Boston Co.

    302 Mass. 127 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1939

    He controls as well a majority of the board of directors. … Hiern v. Mill, 13 Ves. 114, 119. Stevens v. Guppy, 3 Russ. 171, 184, 185. Cella v. Brown, 144 Fed. 742, 755 . Miller v. Hamner, 269 Fed. 891, 896 . New City Building & Loan Association v. Testa, 109 N. J. Eq. 499.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • O'Brien v. Cunard Steamship Co.

    154 Mass. 272 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 1, 1891

    Ford v. Ford, 143 Mass. 577, 578 . McCarthy v. Boston & Lowell Railroad, 148 Mass. 550, 552 . … Yates v. Brown, 8 Pick. 23 . The pilot is en *277 gaged in the navigation of the ship, for which, on grounds of public policy, the owners should be held responsible.

    Cited 37 timesPublished

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