Case law

Davey v. Greenfield & Turner's Falls Street Railway Co.

177 Mass. 106 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1900

The case differs essentially from Pitcher v. People's Street Railway, 154 Penn. St. 560, and 174 Penn. St. 402. … Gordon v. West End Street Railway, 175 Mass. 181 , and cases cited. 2.

Johnson v. Town of Framingham

354 Mass. 750 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 2, 1968

There is nothing in the statute requiring another hearing whenever, after one hearing, the board decides to amend what had previously been proposed.” The case of Fish v. … Caires v. Building Commr. of Hingham, 323 Mass. 589, 595 . Burlington v. Dunn, supra, 218 .

Goodman v. Smith

340 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1960

Conroy v. Maxwell, 248 Mass. 92, 96 . McCarthy v. Isenberg Bros. Inc. 321 Mass. 170, 172 . Stedfast v. Rebon Realty Co. Inc. 333 Mass. 348, 350 . … Dreher v. Bedford Realty, Inc. 335 Mass. 385, 388, 389 .

Morse v. Fall River Line Pier, Inc.

345 Mass. 681 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1963

Gold Mines Co. v. Davis, 222 Mass. 549, 553 . Lazenby v. Henderson, 241 Mass. 177, 180 . Tufts v. Waltham Auto Bus Co. 273 Mass. 390, 395-396 . … Brick v. Bosworth, 162 Mass. 334 ,. 337-338. Commonwealth v. Enwright, 259 Mass. 152, 158-159 . Gibbons v. Davis, 324 Mass. 286, 288 , and cases cited. 3.

Levene v. Crowell

243 Mass. 441 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1923

Bragadin got the desired permission from the Shipping Board. … Justice Boring in Elastic Tip Co. v.

Macy's East, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

441 Mass. 797 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 27, 2004

“We will not reverse a decision of the board ‘if it is based on substantial evidence and on a correct application of the law.’ ” Bill DeLuca Enters., Inc. v. … Bank v. Commissioner of Revenue, 418 Mass. 695, 698 (1994), citing State Tax Comm’n v.

Teasdale v. Newell & Snowling Construction Co.

192 Mass. 440 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 21, 1906

Donovan v. McCarty, 155 Mass. 543 . Moreover, since the evidence at the hearing was substantially all oral, the findings of the trial judge will not be disturbed unless plainly wrong. Dickinson v. Todd, 172 Mass. 183 . … We have examined the evidence, and in view of the locality of the work, the number of horses employed, the attempts made by the respondent to secure stable room, the action of the board of health upon the petition made to

Malone v. Boston & Worcester Railroad

78 Mass. 388 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1859

This case must be held to be analogous to the case of Brown v. … The present case as to the ticket only differs from the case of Brown v. Eastern Railroad , in having printed in small type on the face of the ticket, “ Look on the back.”

Clinton Housing Authority v. Finance Comm. of Clinton

329 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1952

New Bedford v. New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority, ante, 243, 247. National Jockey Club v. Illinois Racing Commission, 364 Ill. 630 . State v. Dammann, 220 Wis. 17 . Milwaukee v. … We may add that this court held in Johnson-Foster Co. v.

Silva v. Davis

191 Mass. 47 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1906

Joyce v. American Writing Paper Co. 184 Mass. 230 . Jarvis v. Coes Wrench Co. 177 Mass. 170 . Wheeler v. Wason Manuf. Co. 135 Mass. 294 . Hanson v. Ludlow Manuf. Co. 162 Mass. 187 . … Whelton v. West End Street Railway, 172 Mass. 555 . Lacey v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 168 Mass. 479 .

St. Botolph Citizens Committee, Inc. v. Boston Redevelopment Authority

429 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 12, 1999

See Damaskos v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 359 Mass. 55, 63-64 (1971); Bonan v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 678, 682-683 (1986). … Co. v. Board of Appeals of Westwood, 23 Mass. App.

Chace v. Gardner

228 Mass. 533 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1917

Campbell v. Brown, 129 Mass. 23 . Tourtillotte v. Tourtillotte, 205 Mass. 547 . … Lasley v. Delano, 139 Mich. 602 . Bork v. Martin, 132 N. Y. 280 . Logan v. Brown, 20 Okla. 334 . And see Bailey v. Wood, 211 Mass. 37 . There are some decisions at variance with what is here decided.

Tilton v. City of Haverhill

311 Mass. 572 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 28, 1942

There is nothing in the report of the board that recommended the enactment of the statute to explain why the provision was inserted by the board in the draft act. … Cleaveland v. Norton, 6 Cush. 380 . Commonwealth v. Roxbury, 9 Gray, 451 , 492. Boston v. Richardson, 13 Allen, 146 , 156. Lynnfield v. Peabody, 219 Mass. 322, 330 . Stoneham v.

Despatchers' Cafe Inc. v. Somerville Housing Authority

332 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 14, 1955

It is not for the court to take over the functions of the board. M. Doyle & Co. Inc. v. Commissioner of Public Works of Boston, 328 Mass. 269, 271-272 , and cases cited. … If there is any room for the exercise of discretion the judgment of the board must prevail. Lynch v. *262 Forbes, 161 Mass. 302, 308-309 . Broderick v. Department of Mental Diseases, 263 Mass. 124, 128 . Burke v.

City of Worcester v. Directors of the Worcester Free Public Library

349 Mass. 601 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 29, 1965

Cary Library v. Bliss, 151 Mass. 364, 374 . City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Carpenter, 319 Mass. 78, 80 . Trustees of Putnam Free Sch. v. Attorney Gen. 320 Mass. 94, 98 . Briggs v. Merchants Natl. … See Drury v. Natick, 10 Allen, 169 ,175.

TRUST. OF SMITH COLLEGE v. Bd. of Assessors of Whately

385 Mass. 767 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1982

Assessors of New Braintree v. Pioneer Valley Academy, Inc., 355 Mass. 610, 616 (1969). Assessors of Dover v. Dominican Fathers Province of St. Joseph, 334 Mass. 530, 540-541 (1956). Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. v. … See Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home Making, 296 Mass. 378, 384-388 (1937). The assessors did not dispute this finding before the board, nor do they question it here.

Commonwealth v. Perry

139 Mass. 198 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 25, 1885

Commonwealth v. Kidder, 107 Mass. 188, 192 . Regina v. Wigg, 2 Salk. 460; S. C. 2 Ld. itaym. 1163. See Commonwealth v. Oaks, 113 Mass. 8 ; Commonwealth v. Upton, 6 Gray, 473 . … See further Commonwealth v. Rumford Chemical Works, 16 Gray, 231 ; Commonwealth v. Sweeney, 131 Mass. 579 ; Commonwealth v. Brown, 13 Met. 365 . No defect has been pointed out in the instructions given.

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.

Ames v. Foster

106 Mass. 400 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1871

In Curtis v. Brown, 5 Cush. 488 , Shaw, C. … Nelson v. Boynton, 3 Met. 396 . Fish v. Thomas, 5 Gray, 45 . Burr v. Wilcox, 13 Allen, 269 . Furbish v. Goodnow, 98 Mass. 296 . Browne on St. of Frauds, (3d ed.) § 214, c, d.

Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund v. Workers' Compensation Trust Fund

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 2025

Co. v. … See 480 McClellan LLC v. Assessors of Boston, 495 Mass. 333 , 345 (2025), quoting Garcia v.