Case law

Lincoln v. Commonwealth

164 Mass. 368 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 17, 1895

See Blesch v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway, 48 Wis. 168, 189 ; Cowper Essex v. Local Board for Acton, 14 App. Cas. 153, 177. … Ricket v. Metropolitan Railway, L. R. 2 H. L. 175, 202. Cowper Essex v. Local Board for Acton, 14 App. Cas. 153, 170; S. C. 17 Q. B. D. 447,450. Buccleuch v. Metropolitan Board of Works, L. R. 5 H. L. 418, 461.

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 .

Wellesley Housing Authority v. S. & A. Allen Construction Co.

340 Mass. 466 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1960

[V]oucher for final payment ... is due and payable immediately on approval of State housing board.” … Inc. v. Board of Conciliation & Arbitration, 339 Mass. 301, 302-303 , and cases cited. Nothing in Dondis v.

Employers' Liability Assurance Ltd. v. DiLeo

298 Mass. 401 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 24, 1937

the board had jurisdiction. … Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. Lowe, 114 U. S. 525 . Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Chiles, 214 U. S. 274 . Arlington Hotel Co. v. Fant, 278 U. S. 439 . Commonwealth v. Clary, 8 Mass. 72 . Mitchell v.

Newman's Case

222 Mass. 563 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 9, 1916

Mayhew v. Thayer, 8 Gray, 172 . Sturbridge v. Franklin, 160 Mass. 149 . Watts v. Watts, 160 Mass. 464 . … Ogle, 170 Ill. 115 ; Goss v. Harris, 117 Ga. 345 ; Baum v. Turner, 139 Ky. 597 ; Aultman v. Miller & Co. 68 Kans. 640 . This is not inconsistent with Dodge v.

Jewett v. Mayor of Medford

233 Mass. 65 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1919

Doty v. Lyman, 166 Mass. 318 . … The mayor then was the presiding officer over the board of aldermen, with a casting vote but no veto. See Day v. Aldermen of Springfield, 102 Mass. 310 .

Filosa's Case

295 Mass. 592 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1936

Board in awarding compensation to the dependents”; and (5) “That the decree entered by the Superior Court is not supported by the finding of the Industrial Accident Board.” … Quimby v. Boston Elevated Railway, 248 Mass. 364 .

Six Brothers, Inc. v. Town of Brookline

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 2024

Marlborough, 415 Mass. 750, 751-752 (1993) (upholding local board of health regulation limiting the operation of cigarette vending machines to certain locations); Take Five Vending, Ltd. v. … Lewis, supra ("local boards of health have a lot of authority to enact regulations" and "[i]n many ways this is very positive"). See also Lazlo L. v.

Perry v. Leveroni

252 Mass. 390 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1925

In principle the case at bar cannot be distinguished from Chippendale v. North Adams Savings Bank, 222 Mass. 499 . See also Brown v. Brown, 174 Mass. 197 ; Palmer v. … Treasurer & Receiver General, 222 Mass. 263 ; Attorney General v. Clark, 222 Mass. 291 ; Marble v. Treasurer and Receiver General, 245 Mass. 504 ; Moore v. Mansfield, 248 Mass. 210 .

McLean v. Mayor of Holyoke

216 Mass. 62 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 22, 1913

Crocker v. Justices of the Superior Court, 208 Mass. 162 . … French v. Jones, 191 Mass. 522, 532 . Deehan v. Johnson, 141 Mass. 23 . This present case does not present a mere ministerial function into the doing of which no element of sound discretion enters, as in Braconier v.

Gray v. Attorney General

474 Mass. 638 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 2016

Student No. 9 v. Board of Educ., 440 Mass. 752, 759 (2004). … In Carney v.

City of Boston v. Curley

276 Mass. 549 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 11, 1931

Morville v. Fowle, 144 Mass. 109 . Trustees of Andover Theological Seminary v. Visitors, 253 Mass. 256, 294 . In re Bellamy & Metropolitan Board of Works, 24 Ch. Div. 387, 400, 403-404. … In re Flower & Metropolitan Board of Works, 27 Ch. Div. 592. Bohlen’s Estate, 75 Penn. St. 304, 317. Bales v. Perry, 51 Mo. 449 .

Faxon v. School Committee of Boston

331 Mass. 531 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1954

In Joyce v. Board of Education of Chicago, 325 Ill. … Goldway v. Board of Higher Education of New York, 178 Misc. (N. Y.) 1023. Koral v. Board of Education of New York , 197 Misc. (N. Y.) 221. A very recent similar decision is found in Board of Education of Los Angeles v.

Leader v. Kolligan

262 Mass. 63 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1928

Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 348 . Mignault v. Goldman, 234 Mass. 205 . … Brown v. Bigelow, 10 Allen, 242 , 244. J. I. Case Plow Works v. Niles & Scott Co. 90 Wis. 590, 606 . In the matters to which exceptions were saved, supra, the judge erred.

Town of Stoneham v. Savelo

341 Mass. 456 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 22, 1960

The planning board could properly rely upon his agreement and was not obliged to examine into the probabilities of his performance. See Wiley & Foss, Inc. v. Saxony Theatres, Inc. 335 Mass. 257, 261 . … Boyden v. Hill, 198 Mass. 477, 483-484 .

Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home Making

296 Mass. 378 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 25, 1937

This is an appeal by the board of assessors of the city of Boston (herein called the assessors) from a decision of the board of tax appeals (herein called the board). G. L. (Ter. … This issue of law was raised in the proceedings before the board by various requests for rulings which were dealt with by the board and is brought before us by specific assignments of error.

Fiske v. City of Worcester

219 Mass. 428 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 9, 1914

is an administrative board within the purview of § 40. … Goddard v. Lowell, 179 Mass. 496 . Webb Granite & Construction Co. v. Worcester, 187 Mass. 385, 389, 390 . Ryan v. Boston, 204 Mass. 456 . Commercial Wharf Cory. v. Boston, 208 Mass. 482, 488 . Sullivan v.

Foley v. City of Haverhill

144 Mass. 352 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 5, 1887

Lowell v. Hadley, 8 Met. 180 , 192. Taber v. New Bedford, 135 Mass. 162 . Sisson v. New Bedford, 137 Mass. 255, 262 . Gilkey v. Watertown, 141 Mass. 317, 319 . … Hendrick v. Whittemore, 105 Mass. 23 . McCormick v. Fiske, 138 Mass. 379 . A hasty reading of Fitchburg Railroad v.

Tenneco Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

401 Mass. 380 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 24, 1987

The ruling was affirmed by the board. A decision of .the board will only be disturbed if it was not supported by “substantial evidence,” or was tainted by an error of law. See Towle v. … Co. v. Bair, 267 U.S. 267, 272 (1978).

Clean Harbors of Braintree v. BD. OF HEALTH, BRAINTREE

409 Mass. 834 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 29, 1991

See Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon, 111 S. Ct. 478, 482 (1990). “[T]he question whether a certain state action is pre-empted by federal law is one of congressional intent. … Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck, 471 U.S. 202, 208 (1985).