Case law

Worcester Masonic Charity & Educational Ass'n v. Assessors of Worcester

326 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 3, 1950

These are appeals by a taxpayer from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board upholding the board of assessors of Worcester in its refusal to abate taxes assessed for the years 1947 and 1948 upon real estate owned by the taxpayer … There was no error of law in the conclusion of the board. The burden of proving the right to an exemption was on the taxpayer. Boston Chamber of Commerce v. Assessors of Boston, 315 Mass. 712, 716 .

Fernandes Super Markets, Inc. v. State Tax Commission

371 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 1976

Assessors of Holyoke v. State Tax Comm'n, 355 Mass. 223, 234 (1969). We summarize the facts found by the board on the nature of Fernandes’s business activities. … . & Taxation v.

Boardman v. Jackson

119 Mass. 161 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 19, 1875

Brewer v. Stevens, 13 Allen, 346 . Pratt v. Pond, 5 Allen, 59 . Metcalf v. Cady, 8 Allen, 587 . Bassett v. Brown, 100 Mass. 355 . Suter v. Matthews, 115 Mass. 253 . Swamscott Machine Co. v.

Korobchuk's Case

277 Mass. 534 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 28, 1931

It does not appear that this question was brought to the attention of the board, and on this record we cannot say that the method followed by the board was wrong. Under G. … Ogden v. Aspinwall, 220 Mass. 100, 103 . Furthermore, it does not appear *538 that this point was brought to the attention of the board when it was hearing the case on review.

Harris v. Town of Wayland

392 Mass. 237 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1984

Similarly, in Harrington v. Worcester, 345 Mass. 166, 167 (1962), land was acquired “for school purposes.” See also Chelmsford v. DiBiase, 370 Mass. 90, 91 (1976) (land taken “for conservation purposes”); Walker v. … Formal determination can come after the vote as well as before, Bouchard v.

City of Fall River v. State Tax Commission

367 Mass. 681 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1975

board may allow. … See Beauregard v. Dailey, 294 Mass. 315, 326 (1936). The commission responds with three arguments. We accept each and all of these contentions, and consequently we conclude that there was no error.

Hickey v. Baine

195 Mass. 446 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 1907

Reynolds v. Boyal Arcanum, 192 Mass. 150 . … Oliver v. Hopkins, 144 Mass. 175 . Karcher v. Knights of Honor, 187 Mass. 368 . Chamberlain v. Lincoln, 129 Mass. 70 .

Mason v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.

190 Mass. 255 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1906

He paid his fare while standing on the running board. … Riding on the running board of an open electric car cannot be said to be negligence of itself and as matter of law. Morton, J. in Moody v. Springfield Street Railway, ubi supra. Cummings v.

United States Trust Co. v. Commonwealth

348 Mass. 378 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 1965

As was said in Baker v. … Pfister & Vogel Co. v. Fitzpatrick Shoe Co. 197 Mass. 277, 278 . Cawley v. Jean, 218 Mass. 263, 270 .

Clark v. Story

208 Mass. 36 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1911

White v. Brown, 2 Cush. 412 . Mills v. Day, 206 Mass. 530 . They have been charged only with what they actually received. Of this they have no right to complain. 2. … Adams v. Brown, 7 Cush. 220 . Grerrish v. Black, 104 Mass. 400 . Waterman v. Curtis, 26 Conn. 241 .

Dowling v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles

425 Mass. 523 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 21, 1997

Registrar of Motor Vehicles v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 382 Mass. 580, 585 (1981), quoting Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513 (1975). … Registrar of Motor Vehicles v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, supra.

Commonwealth v. Kateley

461 Mass. 575 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 2012

A convicted sex offender must register with the [sex offender registry] board [(board), which then] determines the offender’s classification level.” Commonwealth v. … See Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 600 (2002), quoting Jones v.

Attorney General v. Stratton

194 Mass. 51 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 11, 1907

See Fawcett v. Charles, 13 Wend. 473, 476 ; People v. Chicago Board of Trade, 45 Ill. 114 . … In Hooper v.

Randolph's Case

247 Mass. 245 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1924

Romana v. Boston Elevated Railway, 218 Mass. 76, 82, 83 . Beckles’s Case, 230 Mass. 272 . E. Clemens Horst Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, 16 A. L. R. 611. … Gleason v. Smith, 172 Mass. 50 .

Eustace v. Dickey

240 Mass. 55 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 22, 1921

Best v. Berry, 189 Mass. 510 . Polsey v. Newton, 199 Mass. 450 . Simonds v. Simonds, 199 Mass. 552 . Cotting v. Boston, 201 Mass. 97 . Bullard v. Leach, 213 Mass. 117 . Tax Commissioner v. … Smedley v. Johnson, 196 Mass. 316 . They had no right to appeal from the denial of their motion. Martin v. Tapley, 119 Mass. 116 . Ex parte Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, petitioner, 222 U. S. 578 .

Wheeler v. City of Boston

233 Mass. 275 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1919

This section has been treated as applying to the board of health of Boston. Train v. Boston Disinfecting Co. 144 Mass. 523 . Commonwealth v. Drew, 208 Mass. 493 . See Lynn v. County Commissioners, 153 Mass. 40 . … Jameson, 140 Ind. 591 , Atlantic City v. Abbott, 44 Vroom, 281 , Grand Rapids v. De Vries, 123 Mich. 570 , O’Neal v. Harrison, 96 Kans. 339 , Smiley v. MacDonald, 42 Neb. 5 , Smith v.

Birbiglia v. Saint Vincent Hospital, Inc.

427 Mass. 80 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 16, 1998

See Dobos v. Driscoll, 404 Mass. 634, 656 , cert. denied sub nom. Kehoe v. Dobos, 493 U.S. 850 (1989); D’Annolfo v. Stoneham Hous. Auth., 375 Mass. 650, 657 (1978). … See Paloeian v. Day, 299 Mass. 586, 591 (1938); Sarna v. American Bosch Magneto Corp., 290 Mass. 340, 343 (1935).

Hansen's Case

350 Mass. 178 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1966

Despite the order and method of procedure before the *180 single member, the full board, and the reviewing board, the fundamental question of substance presented to the Superior Court was whether the full board could revoke … A lump sum agreement has been held to be ‘‘ an agreement in regard to compensation” which requires board approval under Gr. L. c. 152, § 6, and is enforceable under Gr. L. c. 152, § 11. Conlon v.

Boston Five Cents Savings Bank v. Assessors of Boston

313 Mass. 762 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1943

Assessors of Boston v. Suffolk Law School, 295 Mass. 489, 492 . Boston Five Cents Savings Bank v. Assessors of Boston, 311 Mass. 415, 418 . … See, for example, Porter v. County Commissioners of Norfolk, 5 Gray, 365 , 368-369; Commonwealth Investment Co. v. Brookline, 268 Mass. 32, 34 .

Stimpson v. Poole

141 Mass. 502 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 6, 1886

Stone v. Dickinson, 5 Allen, 29 . Goss v. Ellison, 136 Mass. 503 . Lovejoy v. Murray, 3 Wall. 1 . A case more closely similar, perhaps, is Brown v. Cambridge, 3 *506 Allen, 474 . … As was declared in Brown v.