Case law

Becker v. Calnan

313 Mass. 625 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 26, 1943

Ratté v. Forand, 299 Mass. 185, 187 . Walter v. McCarvel, 309 Mass. 260, 263 . … Snay v. Lovely, 276 Mass. 159, 163, 164 , and cases cited. Cohen v. Silver, 277 Mass. 230, 235 . Sullivan v. Barrows, 303 Mass. 197, 201 . See Clark v. Morgan, 271 Mass. 164 .

Twomey v. Swift

163 Mass. 273 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1895

Norcross, 121 Mass. 508 ; *275 Killea v. Faxon, 125 Mass. 485 ; Johnson v. Boston Tow-Boat Co. 135 Mass. 209 ; Hoppin v. Worcester, 140 Mass. 222 ; Thyng v. Fitchburg Railroad, 156 Mass. 13 ; Kennedy v. … See Ackerson v. Dennison, 117 Mass. 407 ; Rice v. King Philip Mills, 144 Mass. 229 .

Wolfson v. Sun Oil Co.

357 Mass. 87 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1970

Cary v. Board of Appeals of Worcester, 340 Mass. 748, 750 . Aronson v. Board of Appeals of Stoneham, 349 Mass. 593, 594-595 . … Spaulding v. Board of Appeals of Leicester, 334 Mass. 688, 692 . Cary v. Board of Appeals of Worcester, 340 Mass. 748, 752 . Barnhart v. Board of Appeals of Scituate, 343 Mass. 455, 457 .

Commonwealth v. Breese

389 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 21, 1983

In Commonwealth v. Brown, 386 Mass. 17, 32-33 (1982), and Commonwealth v. … Brown v. Louisiana, supra, quoting from Desist v.

Morris v. Commonwealth

412 Mass. 861 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 1992

See Rock v. Massachusetts Comm’n Against Discrimination, 384 Mass. 198, 206 (1981); Massachusetts Nurses Ass’n v. Board of Registration in Nursing, 18 Mass. App. Ct. 380, 389 (1984). … v.

Gildea v. Ellershaw

363 Mass. 800 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 1973

Ellis, 233 Atl. 2d 37 (Maine 1967), the municipal licensing board denied the plaintiff’s application for a victualler’s license and a court issued a peremptory writ of mandamus ordering the board members to grant the license … C.). the plaintiff sought damages from the members of the parole board for allegedly revoking his parole without affording him a prior hearing before the full board to which he claims he was entitled.

Go-Best Assets Ltd. v. Citizens Bank

463 Mass. 50 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 30, 2012

Anderson v. … Rule 2.7 (3) of the Rules of the Board of Bar Overseers (2012). See Gorbatova v.

Flanders v. Roberts

182 Mass. 524 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 13, 1903

Fritz v. … Board of Examiners, 126 Mass. 282 ; Luce v. Board of Examiners, 153 Mass. 108 . If the action of the board under R.

Collins v. Mayor of Holyoke

146 Mass. 298 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1888

But while its members change from time to time, the board itself as a tribunal is continuously the same. In Fairbanks v. … Allen v. Charlestown, 111 Mass. 123 . Holt v. Somerville, 127 Mass. 408 .

Higginson v. City of Fall River

226 Mass. 423 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1917

Butler v. Charlestown, 7 Gray, 12 . Fletcher v. Lowell, 15 Gray, 103 . … Butler v. Charlestown, ubi supra. Fletcher v. Lowell, uhi supra. Connolly v. Beverly, 151 Mass. 437 . Flood v. Leahy, 183 Mass. 232 . Wormstead v. Lynn, 184 Mass. 425 .

Perkins's Case

278 Mass. 294 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1932

Donahoe v. Turner, 204 Mass. 274, 275 . Dzuris v. Pierce, 216 Mass. 132, 135 . Glass v. Glass, 260 Mass. 562, 563 . Compare Frati v. Jannini, 226 Mass. 430, 431 . See G. L. c. 231, § 124. … Coolidge v. Loring, 235 Mass. 220, 224 . Barrell v. Britton, 252 Mass. 504, 508 . Martin v. Jablonski, 253 Mass. 451, 453 .

General Baking Co. v. Street Commissioners

242 Mass. 194 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1922

Storer v. Downey, 215 Mass. 273 . Wright v. Lyons, 224 Mass. 167 . Pierce Oil Corp. v. Hope, 248 U. S. 498 . … Lowell v. Archambault, 189 Mass. 70, 72 . Call v. Allen, 1 Allen, 137 . Murtha v. Lovewell, 166 Mass. 391 . Dobbins v. Los Angeles, 195 U. S. 223 . Lantz v. Hightstown, 17 Vroom, 102 . Buffalo v. Chadeayne, 134 N.

Sheils v. Commonwealth

306 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1940

Adams v. County of Essex, 205 Mass. 189 . Peters v. Medford, 295 Mass. 588, 591, 592 . Continental Construction Co. v. Lawrence, 297 Mass. 513 . … Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259, 266 . Commonwealth v. Smith, 141 Mass. 135 . Sodekson v. Lynch, 298 Mass. 72, 74 . Compare West Springfield v. Mayo, 265 Mass. 41, 44 .

City of Boston v. Doyle

184 Mass. 373 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1903

This board is similar to a board of public officers, or a committee appointed by a public body to perform public duties. Such a board or committee may always act by a majority. Damon v. Granby, 2 Pick. 345 . Williams v. … In the performance of duties of this latter kind, a board may act by a majority. Morville v. Fowle, 144 Mass. 109, 113 . Ward v. Hipwell, 3 Giff. 547. The King v. Beeston, 3 T. R. 592. Withnell v. Gartham, 6 T. R. 388.

Teamsters Local Union No. 404 v. Secretary of Administration & Finance

434 Mass. 651 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 19, 2001

Massachusetts Probation Ass’n v. … L. c. 150E, § 7 (c), to any member of the division, see Morris v. Commonwealth, 412 Mass. 861, 865 (1992); Brown v.

City Council of Waltham v. Vinciullo

364 Mass. 624 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 20, 1974

Board of Appeals of Rockport, 356 Mass. 37, 41 (1969), or because higher profits may result from a nonconforming use, see Blackman v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 334 Mass. 446, 450 (1956). See also Bruzzese v. … Board of Appeals of Hingham, 343 Mass. 421, 424 (1962). Compare Kairis v. Board of Appeal of Cambridge, 337 Mass. 528, 530 (1958).

Godfrey v. Building Commissioner

263 Mass. 589 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1928

In Doyle v. … Cosmopolitan Trust Co. v. Suffolk Knitting Mills, 247 Mass. 530, 533 . Norcross v. Board of Appeal, 255 Mass. 177, 182 . That principle in our opinion is applicable to the present petitions.

Sellors v. Town of Concord

329 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1952

The cases at bar fall within the authority of Lexington v. Govenar, 295 Mass. 31, 34-35 , Lambert v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, 295 Mass. 224, 225, 227 , Building Commissioner of Medford v. C. & H. … Co. 319 Mass. 273, 281-282 , and Carson v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, 321 Mass. 649, 654 , rather than Smith v.

Daly v. Mayor of Medford

241 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1922

The appropriation by the board of aldermen was valid. Therefore ample means were open to the petitioner to collect his salary by action at law. Smith v. Lowell, 190 Mass. 332 . Hall v. Holden, 116 Mass. 172 . … Crocker v. Justices of Superior Court, 208 Mass. 162, 164 . Sears v. Nahant, 208 Mass. 208 . Butler v. Directors of the Port of Boston, 222 Mass. 5 .

Alves's Case

451 Mass. 171 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 16, 2008

Ferguson v. … Group v.