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  • Browne v. City of Boston

    179 Mass. 321 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1901

    Baltimore v. Gill, 31 Md. 375 . Earles v. Wells, 94 Wis. 285 . N. Matthews, Jr. $ H. L. Harding, for the petitioners. A. J. Bailey, for the city of Boston and the city treasurer. G. R. Nutter, (J. G. … See Ironwood Water-Works Co. v. Ironwood, 99 Mich. 454 ; Baltimore v. Gill, ubi supra ; Newell v. People, 3 Selden, 9 ; Reynolds v. Waterville, 92 Maine, 292; Earles v. Wells, 94 Wis. 285 . Decree for petitioners.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • McCarty v. Leary

    118 Mass. 509 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 5, 1875

    Heland v. Lowell, 3 Allen, 407 , and cases cited. … Underwood v. Brown, 106 Mass. 298 . Exceptions sustained.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Miller's Case

    244 Mass. 281 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1923

    Again, in Ryder v. … See also Hancock v. Merrick, 10 Cush. 41 ; Foss v. Hartwell, 168 Mass. 66 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Ferrante v. Higgiston

    296 Mass. 208 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 9, 1936

    Sevigny v. Russell, 260 Mass. 294 . Parrott v. Plunkett, 268 Mass. 202, 205 . King v. Mayor of Quincy, 270 Mass. 185 . Mansfield v. O’Brien, 271 Mass. 515 . Wardwell v. Leggat, 291 Mass. 428 . Coleman v. … In Dunn v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Evans's Case

    299 Mass. 435 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 8, 1938

    of all facts *438 necessary under the law to support it (Novick v. … Novick, ante, 15; Ross v. Colonial Provision Co. Inc., ante, 39, 41; National Rockland Bank of Boston v.

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • Santos v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    398 Mass. 471 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 8, 1986

    L. c. 151 A, § 25 (e) (2). 2 The board of review of the division (board) denied the plaintiff’s application for review. A judge of the District Court affirmed the board’s decision. … See Wardell v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Purinton v. Inhabitants of Somerset

    174 Mass. 556 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1899

    Callender v. Marsh, 1 Pick. 418 . Brown v. Lowell, 8 Met. 172 , 175. Sisson v. New Bedford, 137 Mass. 255 . Sullivan v. Fall River, 144 Mass. 579, 585 . Exceptions overruled. ,

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Hebb

    477 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 2017

    See Commonwealth v. Rodriguez, 476 Mass. 367, 369 (2017); Commonwealth v. Carlino, 449 Mass. 71, 72 n.7 (2007). … Commonwealth v. Brown, 470 Mass. 595, 603 (2015). The "evil" to be prevented by the double jeopardy principle in the circumstances presented by this case is a second prosecution after an acquittal.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • In re Cobb

    445 Mass. 452 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 2005

    Graham v. … Commonwealth v. Grosso, 375 Mass. 138, 139 (1978). This claim was not made before the hearing committee or the board, and is deemed waived. See Sugarman v. Board of Registration in Med., 422 Mass. 338, 347 (1996).

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Kneeland v. Braintree Street Railway Co.

    167 Mass. 161 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 1896

    Monument National Bank v. Globe Works, 101 Mass. 57 . By Pub. Sts. c. 113, § 9, the immediate government and direc, tian of the affairs of the defendant company were vested in the board of directors. … The board of directors, therefore, was tho proper body to authorize the giving of promissory notes in the name of the corporation. Sargent v. Webster, 13 Met. 497 ,503 Williams v. Cheney, 3 Gray, 215 . Lester v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • McCarthy v. Adams

    263 Mass. 300 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1928

    This fact distinguishes the case at bar from Almy v. … McIntire v. Mower, 204 Mass. 233 . Brown v. Brown, 209 Mass. 388 . Brooks v. Jackson, 125 Mass. 307 . We find no error of law in the decree of the Probate Court. Decree affirmed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Thayer

    314 Mass. 375 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1943

    Nutter v. Andrews, 246 Mass. 224, 227 . This is the law of this Commonwealth and no law of Canada to the contrary has been brought to our attention. Seemann v. Eneix, 272 Mass. 189, 195-196 . Bradbury v. … See Hart v. Tax Commissioner, 240 Mass. 37, 40 ; Shaffer v. Carter, 252 U. S. 37, 57 ; Beale, Conflict of Laws, § 118A.3.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Lopez v. Medford Community Center, Inc.

    384 Mass. 163 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 27, 1981

    Ames v. Attorney Gen, supra at 252; Dillaway v. Burton, supra at 573 . Thus, in Jessie v. … Mitchell v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Rowe Contracting Co. v. State Tax Commission

    361 Mass. 158 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 11, 1972

    In effect, the board found it unnecessary for the purposes of subsec. 6 (s) to consider whether stone crushing would now be regarded as constituting manufacture. Cf. Wellington v. … Cf. also Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. Assessors of Boston, 321 Mass. 90, 93-95 . The board’s general conclusion, as far as it went, on the meaning of “conversion or processing” is supported by cases elsewhere.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Boston Five Cents Savings Bank v. Assessors of Boston

    311 Mass. 415 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1942

    Such a proceeding must be commenced by an application conforming to statutory requirements or the Appellate Tax Board is without jurisdiction of the proceeding. Assessors of Boston v. … See Choate v. Assessors of Boston, 304 Mass. 298, 303 . The appeal of the bank, therefore, was not rightly before the Appellate Tax Board.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Kilroy v. O'Connor

    324 Mass. 238 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 15, 1949

    The members of the board can act only as a unit in performing the various functions entrusted to them, and it is important to the board that any doubt as to the validity of its action arising out of any alleged ineligibility … Seney v. Board of Health of Northampton, 314 Mass. 272, 273 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • SISTERS OF HOLY CROSS OF MASSACHUSETTS v. Brookline

    347 Mass. 486 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 13, 1964

    Oil Co. v. Board of Appeals of Bedford, 338 Mass. 719, 726 . … McCollum v. Board of Educ. 333 U.S. 203 , and Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 .

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • City of Boston v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.

    242 Mass. 305 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1922

    Carew v. Rutherford, 106 Mass. 1, 11, 12 , and cases cited. Parker v. Great Western Railway, 7 Man. & Gr. 253. Cullen v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 63 Fla. 122 . Chicago & Alton Railroad v. … Doyle v. Kirby, 184 Mass. 409 . Attorney General v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 197 Mass. 194 . Crocker v. Justices of the Superior Court, 208 Mass. 162, 178 . Warr v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • H. Hollander Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

    327 Mass. 390 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 1951

    Real Properties, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 319 Mass. 180, 181 . The burden is upon the petitioner to show such error. Tracht v. County Commissioners of Worcester, 318 Mass. 681, 686-687 . … Clarke v. Board of Collegiate Authority, ante, 279, 282.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Belt Realty Corp. v. State Tax Commission

    363 Mass. 52 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 1973

    The holding in Codman v. … The decision of the board is affirmed. So ordered.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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