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372 Mass. 645 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 2, 1977
In Ramsland v. … Brown, 121 Mass. 69, 81 (1876). Commonwealth v. Sturtivant, 117 Mass. 122, 139 (1875). Washburn v. Cuddihy, 8 Gray 430 , 431 (1857). Commonwealth v. Wilson, 1 Gray 337 , 338-339 (1854). Ashworth v.
Cited 14 timesPublishedLoring Hills Developers Trust v. Planning Bd. of Salem
374 Mass. 343 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 6, 1978
Review by the planning board of the board of health report. In United Reis Homes, Inc. v. … Judicial review of the board of health report. In United Reis Homes, Inc. v.
Cited 23 timesPublished476 Mass. 565 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 2017
See Tupper v. … See Chokel v.
Cited 106 timesPublishedCity of Boston v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
373 Mass. 819 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1977
Lynch v. Fall River, 336 Mass. 558 (1958); Leonard v. School Comm. of Springfield, 241 Mass. 325 (1922). … Consolidated Cigar Corp. v. Department of Pub. Health, 372 Mass. 844, 845 (1977). Attorney Gen. v. Kenco Optics, Inc., 369 Mass. 412, 418 (1976). Haverhill Manor, Inc. v. Commissioner of Pub.
Cited 52 timesPublishedSheahan v. School Committee of Worcester
359 Mass. 702 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1971
Inc. v. A. L. A. Constr. Co. 343 Mass. *708 425, 427. Charles L. Hazelton & Son, Inc. v. Teel, 349 Mass. 617, 621 . … Clark v. City Council of Waltham, 328 Mass. 40, 41 , and cases cited. Albano v. Selectmen of So. Hadley, 341 Mass. 494, 496 . Moran v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 347 Mass. 500, 504 .
Cited 16 timesPublishedUnited States Drainage & Irrigation Co. v. City of Medford
225 Mass. 467 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1917
The contracts in the case at bar were made by the officers of the board of health, a department of the city of Medford, on behalf of the city. Spring v. Hyde Park, 137 Mass. 554, 555 . Worcester Board of Health v. … The plaintiff was chargeable with knowledge of the limitations of the contractual powers of the board of health, and is barred from any recovery. Douglas v. Lowell, 194 Mass. 268 . Bartlett v. Lowell, 201 Mass. 151 .
Cited 26 timesPublished324 Mass. 113 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 30, 1949
Prusick v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 457 . Phillips v. Board of Appeals of Springfield, 286 Mass. 469, 472 . Leahy v. Inspector of Buildings of New Bedford, 308 Mass. 128, 133 . Brackett v. … We think the evidence justified the board of appeals in authorizing the variance granted. Hammond v. Board of Appeal of Springfield, 257 Mass. 446 . Marinelli v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 275 Mass. 169, 173 .
Cited 33 timesPublishedSpring v. Inhabitants of Hyde Park
137 Mass. 554 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 29, 1884
Belfast v. Leominster, 1 Pick. 128 . Oakham v. Sutton, 13 Met. 192 . Ireland v. Newburyport, 8 Allen, 73 . Smith v. Peabody, 106 Mass. 262 . Aldrich v. Blackstone, 128 Mass. 148 . … Springfield v. Worcester, 2 Cush. 52 . Salem v. Eastern Railroad, 98 Mass. 431 . Winthrop v. Parrar, 11 Allen, 398 . Watertown v. Mayo, 109 Mass. 315 . Taunton v. Taylor, 116 Mass. 254 . Labrie v. Manchester, 59 N.
Cited 9 timesPublishedNelson v. Commissioner of Correction
390 Mass. 379 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 10, 1983
The reliance by a disciplinary board on the secondary information of a reporting officer without any primary evidence of guilt being presented to the board, is to compound the prospect for abuse. See Finney v. … Hence, on remand, the judge should order, if requested, a new hearing by a disciplinary board. 23 Judgments reversed. 2 See Real v. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Inst., Walpole, post 399 (1983); Lamoureux v.
Cited 78 timesPublished262 Mass. 278 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1928
Stratton v. Stratton, 77 Maine, 373, 380, and cases cited. See in this connection Brown v. Brown, 222 Mass. 415, 416, 417 , and 19 C. J. 278, 279. The court had jurisdiction of the subject matter. G. L. c. 208, § 34. … Stratton v. Stratton, supra. O’Hagan v. O’Hagan, 4 Iowa, 509 . Burr v. Burr, 10 Paige, 20 ; affirmed 7 Hill, 207 . Storey v. Storey, 125 Ill. 608 . Stone v. Bayley, 75 Wash. 184 ; 48 L. R. A. (N. S.) 429.
Cited 13 timesPublishedSDK Medical Computer Services Corp. v. Professional Operating Management Group, Inc.
371 Mass. 117 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 20, 1976
See, e.g., Brown & Allen v. Jacobs’ Pharmacy Co., 115 Ga. 429, 437 (1902); 54 Am. Jur. 2d Monopolies § 455 (1971). … To the extent that the cases permit suit by others than the Attorney General to challenge the ultra vires acts of a public charitable trust (see Grillo v. Board of Realtors of the Plainfield Area, 91 N.J.
Cited 18 timesPublishedScannell v. State Ballot Law Commission
324 Mass. 494 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1949
Hough v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 309 Mass. 534, 535 . Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Chilton Club, 318 Mass. 285, 287 . Opinion of the Justices, 321 Mass. 759, 765 . … Muldoon v. Lowell, 178 Mass. 134 . Webb Granite & Construction Co. v. Worcester, 187 Mass. 385, 389 . Pope v. Berry, 223 Mass. 473, 475 . Adams v. Selectmen of Northbridge, 253 Mass. 408, 410 . Larkin v.
Cited 26 timesPublishedBurns v. Thomas Cook & Sons, Inc.
317 Mass. 398 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1944
See Hall v. Vanier, 6 Neb. 85 ; Whitehead v. Gray, 7 Halst. 36; Ruckman v. Ransom, 6 Vroom, 565 ; Dodds v. Hakes, 114 N. Y. 260 ; Butler v. Mayor of New York, 7 Hill, 329 , 331; People v. … Board of Health of Fayette, 83 App. Div. (N. Y.) 571; Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railroad v. Mangham, 49 Ga. 266 ; Wilkes v. Cotter, 28 Ark. 519 . See also Second Society of Universalists in Boston v. Royal Ins. Co.
Cited 13 timesPublishedTrain v. Boston Disinfecting Co.
144 Mass. 523 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 12, 1887
Belcher v. Farrar, 8 Allen, 325 . Sawyer v. State Board of Health, 125 Mass. 182 . … Morgan's Steamship Co. v. Louisiana Board of Health, 118 U. S. 455 .
Cited 49 timesPublished356 Mass. 325 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1969
Carson v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, supra, at 653. The plaintiffs’ reliance on Kane v. … Todd v. Board of Appeals of Yarmouth, 337 Mass. 162, 168 .
Cited 16 timesPublished452 Mass. 199 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 18, 2008
The criminal prosecution at issue in Commonwealth v. Brown, 426 Mass. 475 (1998) (Brown), took place in the Boston Municipal Court. … See Mazzone v.
Cited 2 timesPublished30 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1833
This point was settled in the case of Briggs v. Nantucket Bank, 5 Mass. R. 94 . … It alleges that the plaintiff was agent for the Boston and Providence Citizens Coach Company, and one Brown was the sub-agent; that suggestions had been made that Brown had not accounted for moneys received by him in that
Cited 1 timesPublishedIn re a Request for an Investigation of an Attorney
449 Mass. 1013 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 1, 2007
Accord Callahan v. Board of Bar Overseers, 417 Mass. 516, 518 (1994); Slotnick v. Pike, 374 Mass. 822 (1977). The reasoning of Binns is instructive: “The board was established by this court in S.J.C. … See Whitley v. Commonwealth, [369 Mass.] 961 (1975).” Binns v. Board of Bar Overseers, supra.
Cited 12 timesPublishedHildreth v. D. S. McDonald Co.
164 Mass. 16 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1895
Re Landreth, in Browne, Trademarks, § 89 d. Payson's Indelible Ink, in Browne, §§ 271, 272. Philadelphia Novelty Manuf. Co. v. Rouss, 40 Fed. Rep. 585. Philadelphia Novelty Manuf. Co. v. Blakesley Novelty Co. 40 Fed. … Fleischmann v. Starkey, 25 Fed. Rep. 127. Faber v. Faber, 49 Barb. 357 . In re Hanson's Trademark, 37 Ch. D. 112.
Cited 11 timesPublished116 Mass. 254 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 9, 1874
Belcher v. … Winthrop v. Farrar, 11 Allen, 398 . Salem v. Eastern Railroad, 98 Mass. 431 . Watertown v. Mayo, 109 Mass. 315 .
Cited 43 timesPublished
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