Case law

Zaia v. "Italia" Societa Anonyma di Navigazione

324 Mass. 547 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 14, 1949

Evidence of the defendant that passes were required for those who desired to board the ship and that no one was permitted on board without such a pass (which contained a provision for limitation of liability) could have been … In Metcalfe v. Cunard Steamship Co. 147 Mass. 66, 67 , it was held that one who went on board a vessel at dock to see the ship’s doctor was not an invited person.

Attorney General v. Parker

126 Mass. 216 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1879

See Parker v. May, 5 Cush. 336 . … Attorney General v. Butler, 123 Mass. 304 . Attorney General v. Barker, 4 Myl. & Cr. 262.

Griffin v. Cunningham

183 Mass. 505 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 17, 1903

Curtis v. Brown, 5 Cush. 488 . Manley v. Geagan, 105 Mass. 445 . O ’ Connell v. Mount Holyoke College, 174 Mass. 511, 514 . But there was something more. What the parties agreed to was in dispute. … Furbish v. Goodnow, 98 Mass. 296 . Richardson v. Robbins, 124 Mass. 105 . For these reasons, the case does not fall within Curtis v. Brown, ubi supra, as argued by the defendant; but is to be governed by Caswell v.

Lamson v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

341 Mass. 264 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1960

v. … The boundary lines in tide water between adjacent coastal municipalities, as located and defined by the board of harbor and land commissioners . . .

Lyons v. Lyons

313 Mass. 550 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 1, 1943

Old Colony Trust Co. v. Brown, 287 Mass. 177, 179 . Bamford v. Hathaway, 306 Mass. 160, 162 . … Brown, 287 Mass. 177 , where many of the cases are collected. The decree is reversed, and a decree is to be entered in accordance with this opinion. Ordered accordingly.

Seaver v. Onset Fire District

282 Mass. 209 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 23, 1933

See also Donohue v. Newburyport, 211 Mass. 561, 568 ; O’Donnell v. North Attleborough, 212 Mass. 243 . … The next day the board of water commissioners elected the plaintiff “Clerk of the Board.”

Hitchcock v. Examiners for Hampshire County

301 Mass. 170 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 14, 1938

Boston v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 237 Mass. 403, 415 . Berkwitz v. Dunham, 269 Mass. 65 . Wesalo v. Commissioner of Insurance, 299 Mass. 495, 498 . … It was said of the duties of members of a board of examiners in Clark v.

Court Street Parking Co. v. City of Boston

336 Mass. 224 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1957

Cabot v. … Lowell v. Boston, 322 Mass. 709, 735-738 . Cabot v. Assessors of Boston, 335 Mass. 53, 59 . See Allydonn Realty Corp. v.

Pettengell v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

295 Mass. 473 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 27, 1936

It was said in Damon v. … See Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners, 112 Mass. 206, 212 ; Westport v. County Commissioners, 246 Mass. 556, 562 ; Davis v. County Commissioners, 153 Mass. 218 ; Hammond v.

Syms Corp. v. Commissioner of Revenue

436 Mass. 505 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 10, 2002

Koch v. Commissioner of Revenue, 416 Mass. 540, 556 (1993). The board’s decision is final as to findings of fact. G. L. c. 58A, § 13. See Commissioner of Corps. & Taxation v. J.G. McCrory Co., 280 Mass. 273, 278 (1932). … Commissioner of Revenue, Appellate Tax Board No. F233560 (SJC-08516). See Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Pope, 239 F.2d 881, 883 (1st Cir. 1957). See also ACM Partnership v.

Moody v. Springfield Street Railway Co.

182 Mass. 158 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 30, 1902

It is not necessarily negligent for him to stand on the platform, and there may be circumstances, such as the crowded condition of the car, which justify him in standing or being upon the running board. Cummings v. … See Coleman v. Second Avenue Railroad, 114 N. Y. 609 ; Woodroffe v. Roxborough, Chestnut Hill & Norristown Railway, 201 Penn. St. 521; Sharkey v. Lake Roland Elevated Railway, 84 Md. 163 .

Filoon v. City Council

252 Mass. 218 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 21, 1925

Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners, 112 Mass. 206, 212 . Ward v. Aldermen of Newton, 181 Mass. 432 . … The decision of the board of aldermen on the issue of public necessity and convenience was one of fact which is not a subject of review, Kingman v.

Tracy v. Ginzberg

189 Mass. 260 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1905

Fisher v. Cushman, 103 Fed. Rep. 860. Schaeffer Brewing Co. v. Moebs, 187 Mass. 571 . … By the statute the number that may be granted is limited, but the board is not required to grant the whole number that the law permits.

Commissioner of Revenue v. A.W. Chesterton Co.

406 Mass. 466 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 7, 1990

.”- Assessors of *468 Boston v. … After this court decided Polaroid Corp. v.

Inhabitants of Quincy v. Kennard

151 Mass. 563 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1890

It is admitted that the board of health had authority to forbid the exercise of the employment of keeping swine in the town of Quincy. Pub. Sts. c. 80, § 84. Commonwealth v. Young, 135 Mass. 526 . Taunton v. … are put in a worse position by the order contemplating the possibility that the board of health may grant them a written permit, than if it had excluded that possibility.

Leahy v. Inspector of Buildings

308 Mass. 128 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 22, 1941

Wilbur v. Newton, 302 Mass. 38 . Zahn v. Board of Public Works, 274 U. S. 325 . … Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160 . Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451 . Kane v. Board of Appeals of Medford, 273 Mass. 97 . Coleman v.

Carey v. Fitzpatrick

301 Mass. 525 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 2, 1938

Richardson v. Brown, 260 Mass. 509, 512 . McLaughlin v. Exchange Trust Co. 272 Mass. 158, 160 . This is true although no obligation to make the payment existed. Rosenfeld v. Boston Mutual Life Ins. … Preston v. Boston, 12 Pick. 7 , 13-14. See Forbes v. Appleton, 5 Cush. 115 , 118; Willett v. Herrick, 258 Mass. 585, 603 , and cases cited; Richardson v. Brown, 260 Mass. 509 ; Am. Law Inst.

Codman v. Assessors of Westwood

309 Mass. 433 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1941

by filing a petition with the board, and he could then have had any questions of law involved in the decision of that board reviewed by this court. … Brierly v. Walsh, 299 Mass. 292, 295 . Eastern Racing Association, Inc. v. Assessors of Revere, 300 Mass. 578, 582 . Nevins v. Board of Public Welfare of Everett, 301 Mass. 502 . Order sustaining demurrer affirmed.

Dunne v. City of Fall River

328 Mass. 332 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 31, 1952

In Fluet v. … Wormstead v. Lynn, 184 Mass. 425, 428 . Bartlett v. Lowell, 201 Mass. 151, 155 . Meader v. West Newbury, 256 Mass. 37, 39 . Adalian Brothers, Inc. v. Boston, 323 Mass. 629, 631 . Ryan v. Somerville, ante, 324.

Whiting v. Houghton

228 Mass. 429 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1917

Cleveland v. Clap, supra. Wilcox v. Mills, 4 Mass. 217 . Brown v. Seymour, 1 Pick. 32 . Wilmarth v. Richmond, 11 Cush. 463 . The statute of 1794, supra, has not been materially changed since its enactment. Rev. … The decision of Brown v.