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  • White v. Kenney

    157 Mass. 12 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1892

    Commonwealth v. Rumford Chemical Works, 16 Gray, 231 , 233. Call v. Allen, 1 Allen, 137 . Sawyer v. Davis, 136 Mass. 239 . See also Quinn v. Lowell Electric Light Co. 140 Mass. 106 ; Quinn v. … Middlesex Electric Light Co. 140 Mass. 109 ; Alter v. Dodge, 140 Mass. 594 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Wotton

    201 Mass. 81 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1909

    If the board in law ought to have been a board of five but the board in fact elected in the manner provided for by law was a board of four, the four would be members of a legal water board. … Barry v. Smith, 191 Mass. 78, 86 , and cases there cited. See in addition Damon v. Carrol, 163 Mass. 404 ; M’Gahey v. Alston, 2 M. & W. 206 ; Marshall v. Lamb, 5 Q. B. 115,122,123; Doe v. Young, 8 Q.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Wenz v. Wenz

    222 Mass. 314 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1916

    Custy v. Donlan, 159 Mass. 245 . Gillingham v. Brown, 178 Mass. 417 . The requests for rulings call for the application of this principle to three documents signed by the defendant. R. L. c. 202, § 12. … Gillingham v. Brown, ubi supra.

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  • Banaghan v. Dewey

    340 Mass. 73 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 11, 1959

    Over a period of years it had installed parts, replaced cables, repaired the control board, brakes and door latches, and kept the elevator lubricated. … Lyon Realty Corp. 308 Mass. 66, 70-71 , Brown v. A. W. Perry Co. 325 Mass. 479 , McAvey v. Albany Realty Co. 328 Mass. 310, 314 , Furber v. Rodney, 331 Mass. 16 , Lee v.

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • DePietro's Case

    284 Mass. 381 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 14, 1933

    The case was subsequently recommitted by the Superior Court to the Industrial Accident Board for a hearing as to her right to compensation from November 13, 1929, to the date of the hearing, and in the discretion of the board … It cannot be said that there was any abuse of discretion of the board in refusing to grant a further hearing as to compensation between July 17 and November 13, 1929. Davis v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Fish v. Town of Canton

    322 Mass. 219 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1948

    Ed.) c. 40j § 27, as appearing in St. 1941, c. 320, In Burlington v. … Haven v. Lowell, *224 5 Met. 35 . Wood v. Jewell, 130 Mass. 270 . Matthews v. Westborough, 131 Mass. 521 .” Coffin v. Lawrence, 143 Mass. I10, 112. Tuckerman v. Moynihan, 282 Mass. 562, 565 .

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  • Barber v. Rathvon

    250 Mass. 479 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1925

    Gillingham v. Brown, 178 Mass. 417 . Wald v. Arnold, 168 Mass. 134 . Custy v. Donlan, 159 Mass. 245 . Krebs v. Olmstead, 137 Mass. 504 . Chace v. Trafford, 116 Mass. 529 . Wyman v. Fabens, 111 Mass. 77 . … In Lonsdale v. Brown, 15 Fed. Cas. 855 , the suit was on the original undertaking, and there was consideration for the forbearance; in Tebo v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Hildreth v. Thibodeau

    186 Mass. 83 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1904

    Merrill v. Beckwith, 163 Mass. 503 . Eliot v. McCormick, 144 Mass. 10 . Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U. S. 714 . Freeman v. Alderson, 119 U. S. 185 . … Browne, A. P. Browne J. K. Berry, for the plaintiff, submitted a brief. , W. Quinby, for the defendants Thibodeau. J. 3. Richardson, for the defendants Duff and Kitzmiller. Decrees affirmed.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Paquette v. City of Fall River

    338 Mass. 368 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1959

    Section 4 (a) desig *374 notes the planning board to act as a board of appeal to hear appeals-from, decisions of the superintendent of public buildings. … A challenge to the jurisdiction, however, of the superintendent of public buildings and of the board of appeal under the ordinance is open. Saint Luke’s Hosp. v. Labor Relations Commn. 320 Mass. 467, 470 .

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Gill v. Gibson

    225 Mass. 226 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1916

    Boynton v. Moulton, 159 Mass. 248 . Krebs v. Olmstead, 137 Mass. 504 . Gillingham v. Brown, 178 Mass. 417 . Weston v. Hodgkins, 136 Mass. 326 . … Gillingham v. Brown, 178 Mass. 417 . Wenz v. Wenz, 222 Mass. 314, 321 . Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Moen v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    324 Mass. 246 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 26, 1949

    Hamer v. Nashawena Mills, Inc. 315 Mass. 160, 165 . Wallace Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board, 323 U. S. 248,255 . McQuay-Norris Manuf. Co. v. National Labor Relations Board , 116 Fed. (2d) 748, 751 (C. C. A. 7). … National Labor Relations Board v. Draper Corp. 145 Fed. (2d) 199, 203 (C. C. A. 4).

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Commissioner of Revenue v. Marr Scaffolding Co.

    414 Mass. 489 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 5, 1993

    Lane & Son v. … See Commissioner of Revenue v. Wells Yachts South, Inc., 406 Mass. 661, 664-665 (1990). The decision of the board is reversed.

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  • Hall v. Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co.

    178 Mass. 98 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1901

    Lovejoy v. Boston & Lowell Railroad, 125 Mass. 79 . Goldthwait v. Haverhill & Groveland Street Railway, 160 Mass. 554 . Ryan v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 169 Mass. 267 . See Quinn v. … Joseph v. George C. Whitney Co. 177 Mass. 176 . And apart from this, it is hard to see how it matters to the defendant’s liability who the particular person on the running-board was. Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Black Rose, Inc. v. City of Boston

    433 Mass. 501 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 2001

    In both Saxon Coffee Shop, Inc. v. Boston Licensing Bd., supra at *505 924, and Konstantopoulos v. … See Jaffarian v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Agrippino v. Perrotti

    270 Mass. 55 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1930

    It was said in Correia v. … As the plaintiffs have failed to prosecute an appeal to the executive board they are not entitled to maintain the present bill. Hickey v. Baine, 195 Mass. 446 . Correia v. Portuguese Fraternity, supra. Crawford v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Strazzulla v. Building Inspector of Wellesley

    357 Mass. 694 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 1970

    Lexington v. Govenar, 295 Mass. 31, 36 . … Board of Appeals of Framingham, 355 Mass. 275, 277 . Zaltman v. Board of Appeals of Stoneham, ante, 482, 484-485.

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  • Davis v. School Committee

    307 Mass. 354 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1940

    Walsh v. … McDevitt v. School Committee of Malden, 298 Mass. 213, 214 . Roberts v. Boston, 5 Cush. 198 .

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Cassino

    474 Mass. 85 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 2016

    Commonwealth v. … As noted, reddish brown stains were visible on the defendant's shoes. b. Discussion.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Lawton v. Chase

    108 Mass. 238 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1871

    Swan v. Middlesex, 101 Mass. 173 . 3. … Standish v. Washburn, 21 Pick. 237 . Exceptions overruled.

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  • Essex Bowling Co. v. Argyle Realty Corp.

    322 Mass. 398 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 16, 1948

    Brown v. General Trading Co. 310 Mass. 263, 268-269 . See Edgerly v. Whalan, 106 Mass. 307, 308 . The cases against the defendants in the first and second cases stand on a different footing. … Williams v. Fethers, 115 Wis. 314, 317 . See Wilson v. Cummings, 4 Misc. (N. Y.) 429. In Stone v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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