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  • Richardson v. Winnisimmet National Bank

    189 Mass. 25 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 8, 1905

    See Mahoney v. Fitzpatrick, 133 Mass. 151 ; Richards v. Barlow, 140 Mass. 218 ; R. L. c. 73, §§ 19, 21. … In Thompson v. Fairbanks, 196 U.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Clancy v. McCabe

    441 Mass. 311 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 26, 2004

    See Clancy v. McCabe, supra at 501 n.10. The three-member trial board would have decided the accused trooper’s guilt or innocence, and could recommend punishment up to and including discharge. … County Comm’rs of Bryan County v. Brown, 520 U.S. 397, 410 (1997).

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Lamson & Co. v. Abrams

    305 Mass. 238 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 16, 1940

    The loan company took possession of the Brown premises on June 28, 1938. … Ed.) c. 244, § 1, Brown v. Tyler, 8 Gray, 135 ; Montague v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 124 Mass. 242, 245 ; Stevens v.

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Pisa

    372 Mass. 590 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 16, 1977

    At the defendant’s trial there was testimony that the only brown bag of any description found in the car was the brown paper bag containing the murder weapon. … However, Pisa in his own testimony stated that he asked for a brown suede bag with a zipper, not a brown paper bag.

    Cited 53 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Adams

    434 Mass. 805 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 14, 2001

    Levesque went to work, Adams dropped his daughter off at a day care center, and took his wife to the Mansfield train station where she boarded a train to Boston for work. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 411 Mass. 115, 118 (1991) (judge may permit cross-examination on matters that are inconsistent or in conflict with character trait to which witness has testified). See also P.J.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Chalifoux v. Commissioner of Correction

    375 Mass. 424 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1978

    Brown v. Commissioner of Correction, 336 Mass. 718, 721 (1958). Lewis v. Commonwealth, 329 Mass. 445 , *428 448 (1952). Cf. Manning v. Superintendent, Mass. … See Nelson v. George, 399 U.S. 224, 229 (1970).

    Cited 48 timesPublished
  • Hopkinson v. First National Bank of Provincetown

    293 Mass. 570 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1936

    The writing spoke of the lot to be conveyed as "woodland formerly Elisha Brown.” … Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545 . Mead v. Parker, 115 Mass. 413 . Ryder v. Loomis, 161 Mass. 161 . Howe v. Watson, 179 Mass. 30, 39 . Nickerson v. Weld, 204 Mass. 346 , 354 et seq. Danforth v. Chandler, 237 Mass. 518 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Savage

    430 Mass. 341 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1999

    See Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Gullick, 386 Mass. 278, 282-283 (1982). See also Commonwealth v. Harris, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 165, 169-170 (1981). In Commonwealth v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Foster, Hall & Adams Co. v. Sayles

    213 Mass. 319 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 1913

    See Hayes v. Harmony Grove Cemetery, 108 Mass. 400 , and cases cited; Conley v. Finn, 171 Mass. 70 ; Martin v. Hamlin, 176 Mass. 180 ; Close v. Martin, 208 Mass. 236 . … Martin v. Hamlin, 176 Mass. 180 . 1.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Kushner v. McGinnis

    289 Mass. 326 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1935

    The boards forming the chute or slide were kept highly polished like a dance hall floor. … Brown v. Eastern Railroad, 11 Cush. 97 . Malone v. Boston & Worcester Railroad, 12 Gray, 388 . Hooker v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 209 Mass. 598, 600 , and cases cited.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council

    324 Mass. 736 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1949

    In Brown v. … See Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160, 165 ; Dunn v. Commissioner of Civil Service, 281 Mass. 376, 377 ; Nichols v. Commissioner of Public Welfare, 311 Mass. 125, 131 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Bonnett

    482 Mass. 838 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 23, 2019

    See Commonwealth v. … Brown, a family friend of Payne, also testified at the hearing; he stated that, after the defendant had been convicted, Brown agreed to drive Payne to pick up money to send to someone.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Rogiers v. Gilchrist Co.

    312 Mass. 544 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 28, 1942

    The plaintiff told Miss Brown that the plaintiff had bought the dress *546 there, showed Miss Brown the dress and the “sales slip,” told her that the plaintiff had broken out with a rash and that she and her doctor “had definitely … The case is to be classed with such cases as Jamrog v. H. L. Handy Co. 284 Mass. 195, 198, 199 ; Smith v. Denholm & McKay Co. 288 Mass. 234, 241 ; Johnson v. Kanavos, 296 Mass. 373, 376, 377 ; Bruns v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Stirk

    392 Mass. 909 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 28, 1984

    See United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 , 188 n.5 (1984); Commonwealth v. Mandeville, 386 Mass. 393, 401 (1982). See also Brown v. United States, 551 F.2d 619, 620-621 (5th Cir. 1977); People v. Claudio, 59 N. … Sandini had been suspended from the practice of law for failure to pay his annual fees to the Board of Bar Overseers.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Coakley v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    159 Mass. 32 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 17, 1893

    Webster v. Lowell, 142 Mass. 324, 341 . Bigelow v. Hillman, 37 Maine, 52. Larry v. hunt, 37 Maine, 69. Pillsbury v. Brown, 82 Maine, 450. … Sts. c. 112, § 163, unless the railroad corporation had been requested in writing by the selectmen, or required by the county commissioners, to erect and maintain boards at the crossing.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Moore v. Election Commissioners

    309 Mass. 303 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1941

    It is unlike the language in the Constitution of Minnesota, considered in Brown v. … In Brown v.

    Abrogated on other grounds by McSweeney v. City of Cambridge, 422 Mass. 648 (1996)Cited 50 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Jiles

    428 Mass. 66 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 22, 1998

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 392 Mass. 632, 645 (1984). … See Commonwealth v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Peterson

    476 Mass. 163 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 2017

    In a brown leather bag on the front passenger's side floorboard, they discovered a loaded, semiautomatic handgun. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 466 Mass. 676, 684-685 (2013), quoting Weems v. United States, 217 U.S. 349, 379 (1910).

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Gibbons v. Gibbons

    296 Mass. 89 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1936

    Brown v. Brown, 174 Mass. 197, 201 . Chippendale v. North Adams Savings Bank, 222 Mass. 499, 501 , et seq. Perry v. Leveroni, *91 252 Mass. 390 . Chase v. Smith, 257 Mass. 252 . Barnes v. Chandler, 277 Mass. 395, 398 . … See also Milan v. Boucher, 285 Mass. 590 ; Coolidge v. Brown, 286 Mass. 504 .

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Sajid S., a juvenile

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 2024

    Brown, 466 Mass. 676, 678 (2013) (juvenile convicted of murder "may only be sentenced to the lesser punishment under G. … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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