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300 Mass. 377 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1938
Brown v. Winthrop, 275 Mass. 43 . Roland v. Kilroy, 282 Mass. 87 . The notice must be given to the mayor, city clerk or treasurer of a city, and cannot be given to any other person. O’Connell v. … Merrill v. Springfield, 284 Mass. 260 . Brown v. Winthrop, 275 Mass. 43 . The decision in McLean v. Boston, 180 Mass. 69 , affords no aid to the plaintiff. Exceptions overruled.
Cited 25 timesPublishedLockwood v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
200 Mass. 537 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1909
Millmore v. Boston Elevated Railway, 194 Mass. 323 . Rand v. Boston Elevated Railway, 198 Mass. 569 . Marshall v. Boston & Worcester Street Railway, 195 Mass. 284 . … Merrill v. Eastern Railroad, 139 Mass. 238 . Webster v. Fitchburg Railroad, 161 Mass. 298 . Corlin v. West End Street Railway, 154 Mass. 197 .
Cited 24 timesPublishedCommissioner of Public Safety v. Treadway
368 Mass. 155 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 13, 1975
See Gavin v. Commonwealth, 367 Mass. 331, 341-342 (1975). … Commonwealth v. Kronick, 196 Mass. 286, 288 (1907).
Cited 13 timesPublished315 Mass. 93 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 30, 1943
Ryder v. Board of Health of Lexington, 273 Mass. 177 . The defendant availed himself of that proceeding which terminated in a decision adverse to him. … The board had the right to correct its records so as to make them comply with the truth. Halleck v. Boylston, 117 Mass. 469 . Stratton v. Lowell, 181 Mass. 511 . The vote is to be reasonably construed, Taunton v.
Cited 16 timesPublished236 Mass. 588 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1921
Rogers v. Nichols, 186 Mass. 440 . Selectmen of Amesbury v. Citizens Electric Street Railway, 199 Mass. 394 . Howard v. Fall River Iron Worhs Co. 203 Mass. 273,276 . Hanscom v. … See in this connection Wilson v. Head, 184 Mass. 515 ; Yeomans v. Heath, 185 Mass. 189 . It was held in Commonwealth v.
Cited 51 timesPublishedWatros v. Greater Lynn Mental Health & Retardation Ass'n
421 Mass. 106 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 10, 1995
See Marotta v. Board of Appeals of Revere, 336 Mass. 199, 204 (1958); Barvenik v. Aldermen of Newton, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 129, 131 (1992); Gordon v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Lee, 22 Mass. App. Ct. 343, 347 (1986). … Willard v. Board of Appeals of Orleans, 25 Mass. App. Ct. 15, 21 (1987).
Cited 84 timesPublishedRice v. Boston & Maine Railroad
316 Mass. 603 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1944
Brown v. Boston & Maine Railroad, supra, at page 92. … Germaine v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 298 Mass. 501 . Kenney v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 301 Mass. 271 . Brown v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 302 Mass. 90 . Anderson v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 302 Mass. 101 . Emery v.
Cited 8 timesPublishedAssessors of Dover v. Dominican Fathers Province of St. Joseph
334 Mass. 530 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 12, 1956
Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home Making, 296 Mass. 378, 386 . Mount Hermon Boys’ School v. Gill, 145 Mass. 139, 146 . Parkhurst v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 228 Mass. 196, 198-199 . … In South Lomcaster Academy v.
Cited 29 timesPublished229 Mass. 325 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1918
Part V, § 2. … Part V, § 2. If within thirty days after rescript the employee moves for further hearing, and that motion is allowed the case shall be re *329 committed to the Industrial Accident Board.
Cited 26 timesPublished415 Mass. 20 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 15, 1993
of Cambridge (board). … United States v. Utah Constr. & Mining Co., 384 U.S. 394, 421-422 (1966). Al-meida v. Travelers Ins. Co., 383 Mass. 226, 229-230 (1980). Davis, Administrative Law Treatise § 21.2 (2d ed. 1983).”
Cited 36 timesPublished311 Mass. 260 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1942
Pevey v. Aylward, 205 Mass. 102, 105-107 . See Mansfield v. O’Brien, 271 Mass. 515 ; Attorney-General v. Remick, 73 N. H. 25; Gallagher v. … Cooke v. Scituate, 201 Mass. 107, 109 , and cases cited. See Bennett v. Board of Appeal of Cambridge, 268 Mass. 419, 422 . Compare Milton v. Donnelly, 306 Mass. 451, 458 .
Cited 8 timesPublished295 Mass. 588 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 29, 1936
It follows that the local licensing board had no authority to employ counsel in the proceedings in question since no appropriation had been previously made for it. United States Drainage & Irrigation Co. v. … Conners v. Lowell, 246 Mass. 279, 282, 283 . Hand v. School District No. 1, 118 Wash. 439 . Whatever niay be the effect, in a case to which it is applicable, of the provision in § 7 of G.
Cited 6 timesPublished177 Mass. 197 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1900
The new board when appointed was a licensing board, not only de facto, (Coolidge v. Brigham, 1 Allen, 333 ; Martel v. East St. Louis, 94 111. 67,) but de jure. … McGinnis v. Medway, 176 Mass. 67 . There is no ground for saying that the plaintiff’s payment was less voluntary in this case than in Emery v. Lowell, 127 Mass. 138, 140 .
Cited 5 timesPublished323 Mass. 35 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 7, 1948
See Guinevan v. Checker Taxi Co. 289 Mass. 295, 297 . … See Gargano v. Essex County News Co. 129 N. J. L. 369; Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Hoage, 85 Fed. (2d) 417 (C. A. D. C.); Casualty Reciprocal Exchange v. Johnson, 148 Fed. (2d) 228 (C. C. A. 5).
Cited 26 timesPublished169 Mass. 417 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 22, 1897
Cook v. Stearns, 11 Mass. 533 . Francis v. Boston & Roxbury Mill Co. 4 Pick. 365 . Boston Water Power Co. v. Boston & Worcester Railroad, 16 Pick. 512 . Stevens v. Stevens, 11 Met. 251 . Cobb v. Fisher, 121 Mass. 169 . … See Ladd v. Boston, 151 Mass. 585 ; Newton v. Perry, 163 Mass. 319 ; Towne v. Newton, 167 Mass. 311 ; Kuschke v. St. Paul, 45 Minn. 225 .
Cited 17 timesPublished357 Mass. 14 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 6, 1970
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston v. … Shoppers’ World, Inc. v. Beacon Terrace Realty, Inc. 353 Mass. 63, 70-71 , citing Lawrence v. Board of Appeals of Lynn, 336 Mass. 87, 90 . The alleged errors in the judge’s rulings on evidence do not merit discussion.
Cited 9 timesPublishedSouza v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles
462 Mass. 227 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 2012
Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627, 634 (2005), contains an ambiguity or gap, see Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Amesbury v. … See Massachusetts Org. of State Eng’rs & Scientists v. Labor Relations Comm’n, 389 Mass. 920, 924 (1983), quoting School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., 362 Mass. 417, 442 (1972).
Cited 23 timesPublishedCommunity Dev. Gardner v. Bd. of Assessors of Gardner
377 Mass. 351 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 21, 1979
In Royal Gardens Co. v. … The board correctly rejected the assessors’ approach, holding that whether or not the Federal payments were income to the company was irrelevant. See Morville House, Inc. v.
Cited 20 timesPublished182 Mass. 39 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1902
This case is not like those where some other representative body has undertaken without authority to make a law for the board, as in Goddard v. Lowell, 179 Mass. 496 . … We assume that the powers of the board in question are derived from R. L. c. 11, § 338, providing for the election of such boards; R.
Cited 8 timesPublished330 Mass. 608 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1953
They comprised a board of public officers, Johnson-Foster Co. v. D' Amore Construction Co. 314 Mass. 416 , Collins v. … They cannot act separately or individually but must act jointly and collectively in determining the decision of the board. Carbone, Inc. v. Kelly, 289 Mass. 602, 605 . Lawrence v. Stratton, 312 Mass. 517, 521 .
Cited 5 timesPublished
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