Case law

Duffee v. Call

123 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 17, 1877

Gilbreth v. Brown, 15 Mass. 178 , 180. Lombard v. Oliver, 5 Gray, 8 . Cardival v. Smith, 109 Mass. 158, 160 . And a person summoned as trustee of the principal defends nt has the like right. Gen. Sts. e. 129, § 9. … Brown v. Seymour, 1 Pick. 32 .

Attorney General v. Haverhill Gas Light Co.

215 Mass. 394 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1913

It enjoys public rights in the streets, which are derived from the Commonwealth, through action of the board of aldermen under authority of the Legislature. … Brown, 17 Wall. 445, 450 . Union Trust & Savings Bank v. Kinloch Long Distance Telephone Co. 258 Ill. 202 . It is hardly necessary to say that there is nothing at variance with this principle in Selectmen of Amesbury v.

Rooney v. Weeks

290 Mass. 18 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1935

These four, with other minor employees, constituted a planning board. … In this Commonwealth contracts to be performed to the satisfaction of another may be divided into three classes: (a) those where fancy, taste, sensibility or opinion is involved; Brown v.

Watson v. Watson

128 Mass. 152 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 12, 1880

Smith v. Smith, 14 Gray, 532 . Brown v. Brown, 108 Mass. 386 . Hapgood v. Houghton, 22 Pick. 480 , 483. Doe v. Cavendish, 3 *155 Doug. 48 ,55; S. C. 4 T. R. 741, 743, note. Wilson v. Townshend, 2 Ves. Jr. 693, 696. … In Brown v.

Commonwealth v. Vynorius

369 Mass. 17 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 3, 1975

Commonwealth v. Anderson, 362 Mass. 74, 75-76 (1972). Commonwealth v. Avery, 365 Mass. 59, 62-63 (1974). Spinelli v. … United States v.

Salisbury Land & Improvement Co. v. Commonwealth

215 Mass. 371 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1913

The impression created by looking at the plan of the taking was not inaccurately described in argument as a “checker board” effect. … See also Hairston v. Danville & Western Railway, 208 U. S. 598 ; Sanborn v. Van Duyne, 90 Minn. 215 ; Brown v. Gerald, 100 Maine, 351.

Weatherbee v. New York Life Insurance

182 Mass. 342 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 1902

Weatherbee, the husband, assigned the policy to one Brown as security for money lent on the faith of it, and Brown assigned it to Forbes, as security for money lent at the same time by Forbes to Brown. … Continental National Bank v. National Bank of the Commonwealth, 50 N. Y. 575, 583 . Preston v. Mann, 25 Conn. 118 . Pilcher v. New York Ins. Co. 33 La. An. 322.

Commonwealth v. Harmon

410 Mass. 425 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1991

The dungarees were wet, and had a brown stain on one leg. The defendant indicated that the pants belonged to him. … The assistant district attorney stated that he told Otero that he would request that Otero’s parole board hearing be moved up from mid-December to late November.

L. P. Hollander Co.

301 Mass. 278 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 25, 1938

Shea v. Lexington, 290 Mass. 361 , 373. Todd v. Pearce, 291 Mass. 455, 460 . Pemberton Sq. Operating Co. v. Lydon, 292 Mass. 63, 64 . Hopkinson v. First National Bank of Provincetown, 293 Mass. 570, 573 . … The exceptions of Kaskel are overruled, and those of Browning are sustained. The decree appealed from' is to be modified by allowing the disallowed part of the Browning claim, and as so modified it is affirmed.

Stoddard v. Penniman

113 Mass. 386 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1873

Stoddard v. Penniman, 108 Mass. 366 . … of Stoddard, and the failure of Hanson to procure Brown’s assent would be no defence.

Landford v. Universal Insurance

282 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1933

Hartwell v. Kelly, 117 Mass. 235 . Ryder v. Faxon, 171 Mass. 206 . Swift v. Boyd, 202 Mass. 26 . Noyes v. Gagnon, 225 Mass. 580, 584 . … Moulton v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation, 243 Mass. 129, 130, 131 .

Dunham v. City of Lowell

200 Mass. 468 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1909

The tax was properly assessed to Brown. He held the legal title as trustee, at least so far as respected the question of taxation. Brown v. Wright, 194 Mass. 540 . It was therefore a Yalid lien upon the land. *469 2. … Brown and none other. The petitioner has no standing for an abatement. The case of Hough v. North Adams, 196 Mass. 290 , upon which the petitioner somewhat relies, contains nothing inconsistent with this result.

Commonwealth v. Boria

440 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 20, 2003

See Commonwealth v. Brown, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 222, 225-227 (1993); Commonwealth v. Booker, 31 Mass. App. Ct. 435, 437-438 (1991), and cases cited. … The facts in this case are more in keeping with Commonwealth v. Brown, supra, and Commonwealth v. Booker, supra.

Kemensky v. Chapin

193 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1907

Houston, 1 Comst. 261, 269; Stone v. Browning, 51 N. Y. 211 ; S. C. 68 N. Y. 598; Cooke v. Millard, 65 N. Y. 352, 368; Gibbs v. Benjamin, 45 Vt. 124 ; Hill v. McDonald, 17 Wis. 97, 101 ; Bacon v. … Remick v. Sandford, 120 Mass. 309 . Knight v. Mann, 118 Mass. 143 . Atherton v. Newhall, 123 Mass. 141 . Denny v. Williams, 5 Allen, 1 . Howard v. Borden, 13 Allen, 299 , 300. Stone v. Browning, 51 N. Y. 211 ; S.

Boston & Albany Railroad v. Richardson

135 Mass. 473 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1883

Throughout, Brown was acting as the agent and on behalf of the defendants. … To the same effect is Brown v. Howard Ins. Co. 42 Md. 384. These cases differ from the case before us in the fact that, at the time the forgery was discovered, the first transferee still held the shares.

Commonwealth v. Gliniecki

339 Mass. 464 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1959

Brown”; the second indictment charged that the defendant on the same day and at the same place “did assault Kenneth J. Brown by means of a dangerous weapon with intent to murder . . . Kenneth J. … Commonwealth v. Cero, 264 Mass. 264, 271 . Commonwealth v. Polian, 288 Mass. 494, 496-497 . Commonwealth v. Gale, 317 Mass. 274, 277 . Commonwealth v. Bellino, 320 Mass. 635, 644, 646 .

Raymond v. City of Haverhill

168 Mass. 382 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1897

The only decisions opposed to the view we have taken which have been shown us are Wieting v. Millston, 77 Wis. 523 , and Brown v. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway, 54 Wis. 342 . … It is possible to distinguish Brown v. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway. Wieting v.

City of Boston

221 Mass. 468 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1915

The appropriate municipal officers of Boston in effect are constituted a public board to repair, maintain and operate the bridge. There is nothing in Hampshire County v. … Springfield v. Springfield Street Railway, 182 Mass. 41 . Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 182 Mass. 49 ; S. C. 196 U. S. 539 . Higginson v. Treasurer of Boston, 212 Mass. 583 . Browne v.

Commonwealth v. Lamoureux

348 Mass. 390 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1965

Commonwealth v. Moore, 323 Mass. 70, 74 . There was no error in admitting as exhibits other items now to be mentioned. … Commonwealth v. McGarty, 323 Mass. 435, 438 .

Kartell v. Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.

384 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 20, 1981

Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943), and most recently articulated in California Retail Liquor Dealers Ass’n v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97 (1980). … See, e.g., California Retail Liquor Dealers Ass’n v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97 (1980); Bates v. State Bar, 433 U.S. 350 (1977); Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943).