Case law

Boston Gas Co. v. Assessors of Boston

334 Mass. 549 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 24, 1956

The tax board quoted at length from Commonwealth v. Lowell Gas Light Co. 12 Allen, 75 , 78-79. Findings of the Tax Board — The Electric Department. Substation Equipment, Line Transformers, and Transformer Installations. … Hardiman v. Brown, 162 Mass. 585 .” Commonwealth v. Bellino, 320 Mass. 635, 638 . There was no error in the denial of the company’s requests numbered 40 to 47, inclusive. The Sale and Lease Back.

von Arnim v. American Tube Works

188 Mass. 515 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1905

Eaton v. Robinson, 19 R. I. 146. Brown v. DeYoung, 167 Ill. 549 . Blair v. Telegram Newspaper Co. 172 Mass. 201 . … corporation could have brought an action for money had and received against each officer for the amount withdrawn by him, or if it was proved that the president, treasurer, and assistant treasurer, when acting as such, or as a board

Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Woburn National Bank

315 Mass. 505 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1944

Lewis v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, 292 U. S. 559, 566 . First National Bank v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation, 279 Mass. 168, 172 . Milk Control Board v. Gosselin’s Dairy, Inc. 301 Mass. 174 . … Mississippi State Tax Commission v. Brown, 188 Miss. 483 , 127 Am. L. R. 919. See footnote, ante, 510.

Commonwealth v. Thompson

382 Mass. 379 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1981

See Brown v. State, 299 So. 2d 37, 38 (Fla. Dist. Ct. … Commonwealth v. Miller, supra at 652 . There were no lengthy negotiations between Brown and Thompson, nor aggressive persuasion or coercive encouragement by Brown. Cf. United States v. Jannotti, 501 F.

Peerless Unit Ventilation Co. v. D'Amore Construction Co.

283 Mass. 121 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1933

Monaghan v. Putney, 161 Mass. 338 . Burrell v. Way, 176 Mass. 164 . Thurston v. Blunt, 216 Mass. 264, 268 . Dolben v. Duncan Construction Co. 276 *125 Mass. 242, 251, 252 . See also Miller v. Batchelder, 117 Mass. 179 . … Grow, 265 Mass. 578, 580 ; Booras v. Logan, 266 Mass. 172 ; Degnan v. Maryland Casualty Co. 271 Mass. 427 ; Adams v.

Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission v. Bettencourt

474 Mass. 60 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 2016

Id. at 327, quoting Browning-Ferris Indus. of Vt., Inc. v. … Ct. 325 (2013) (adopting same assumption and concluding forfeiture not excessive). 9 In Browning-Ferris Indus. of Vt., Inc. v.

Copeland v. Mayor & Aldermen

166 Mass. 498 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 2, 1896

But, in accordance with the rule of construction stated in Brown v. … See also Pease v. Whitney, 5 Mass. 380, 382 ; Goodenow v. Buttrick, 7 Mass. 140, 142 ; Titcomb v. Union Ins. Co. 8 Mass. 326, 333; Bartlet v. King, 12 Mass. 536 , 545 ; Howe v.

Commonwealth v. Sliech-Brodeur

457 Mass. 300 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 19, 2010

In Commonwealth v. … See Daubert v.

Hutchins v. Browne

253 Mass. 55 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1925

Browne, or is to be paid to him and Dorothy C. G. Browne. … Browne *59 under article three of his will cannot be disturbed. See Wyeth v. Stone, 144 Mass. 441 ; Blodgett v. Stowell, 189 Mass. 142 ; Walcott v. Robinson, 214 Mass. 172 ; MacMaster v. Fobes, 226 Mass. 396 .

Commonwealth v. Brask

354 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1968

While every presumption is to be indulged in favor of the validity of the ordinance, Brown v. Carlisle, 336 Mass. 147 -148, an ordinance which is penal in character is to be strictly construed. Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Carpenter, 325 Mass. 519, 521 . See Druzik *419 v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 134 .

Commonwealth v. Bryan

476 Mass. 351 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 20, 2017

Cruz v. Commonwealth, 461 Mass. 664, 670 (2012), quoting Bucchiere v. New England Tel. & Tel. Co., 396 Mass. 630, 641 (1986). … United States v. Perez, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 579, 580 (1824). Commonwealth v. Nicoll, 452 Mass. 816, 818 (2008).

Lockhart v. Attorney General

390 Mass. 780 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 18, 1984

Brown v. … “Further, the petition containing [sic] one hundred and twenty-eight sections and concerns numerous diverse topics ranging from sentence reform, to changes in the parole board’s jurisdiction, to changes in the way good-time

Commissioner of Metropolitan District Commission v. Director of Civil Service

348 Mass. 184 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1964

In Brown v. … We conclude that Brown v.

Smith v. Livermore

298 Mass. 223 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 17, 1937

Clause 3 of the will gave an equitable life interest in the trust fund thereby created to Mary Ann Quigley Brown. … of State for Scotland and known as the Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland; that this board was constituted under the National Galleries of Scotland Act, 1906, and was established for the purpose of

Morrison v. Lennett

415 Mass. 857 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 19, 1993

See Brown v. Guerrier, 390 Mass. 631, 632-633 (1983). 1. … See Mullins v.

Bartol v. City of Boston

259 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1927

It is conceded that the subway where the *325 accident occurred, although owned by the city of Boston, was constructed by the Boston Transit Commission, a board of public officers for whose negligence the defendant was not … Prince v. Crocker, 166 Mass. 347, 361 . The subway was said by Chief Justice Holmes in Browne v. Turner, 176 Mass. 9 , at page 12, to be “a public work for a public use.”

In re the Discipline of an Attorney

448 Mass. 819 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 20, 2007

Bar Counsel v. Fitzgerald, 16 Mass. … See Matter of Brown, 12 Mass.

Licker v. Gluskin

265 Mass. 403 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1929

Shaw v. Hearsey, 5 Mass. 521 . Wales v. Coffin, 13 Allen, 213 . Pierce v. Chace, 108 Mass. 254 . Pray v. Stebbins, 141 Mass. 219 . Pease v. Whitman, 182 Mass. 363 . Boland v. McKowen, 189 Mass. 563 . McLaughlin v. … See Board of Education of Humphreys County v. Baker, 124 Tenn. 39, 47 . Brown v. Gale, 5 N. H. 416.

Goodale's Case

353 Mass. 765 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1968

There was evidential support for the board’s findings on each of the three issues contested by the insurer. Paltsios’s Case, 329 Mass. 526, 528 . Brown’s Case, 334 Mass. 343, 346 . 1. Notice.

Commonwealth v. Diatchenko

387 Mass. 718 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1982

She next saw someone with blond or light brown hair, wearing a brown leather jacket, run away from the building past parked cars in the alley. … Parle, 110 Ariz. 517, 521 , cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1003 (1974) (first degree murder — parole left to discretion of Governor on recommendation of parole board); State v.