Case law

Pierce v. Cate

66 Mass. 190 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1853

Brown, payable to the defendant or his order, three months after date, and indorsed by the defendant. … Pinkham v. Macy, 9 Met. 174 . Similar decisions have recently been made in England. Furze v. Sharwood, 2 Ad. & El. N. R. 388; King v. Bickley, 2 Ad. & El. N. R. 419; Robson v. Curlewis, 2 Ad. & El. N. R. 421.

Commissioner of Revenue v. Oliver

436 Mass. 467 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 2002

Co. v. … The commissioner contends that the board’s *473 unreported decisions have no precedential value. Compare New England Power Serv. Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 25 Mass. App. Tax Bd.

Ladd v. Brockton Street Railway Co.

180 Mass. 454 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1902

It also appeared that the running board on the opposite side of the car *456 would have been entirely safe, and that there was nothing requiring him to use the running board on one side of the car rather than the other. " … Lemoine v. Aldrich, 177 Mass. 89 .

Selby v. Kuhns

345 Mass. 600 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 20, 1963

Brown v. Cambridge, 3 Allen, 474 , 476 (concurrent torts, citing Cocke v. Jennor, Hob. 66 and Co. Litt. 232 a). Stone v. Dickinson, 5 Allen, 29 , S. … Accord, McDonald v. Employers’ Liab. Assur. Corp. Ltd. 288 Mass. 170, 173-175 . The opinions do not discuss the effect of an Industrial Accident Board order as a prior judgment.

Ryder v. Town of Lexington

303 Mass. 281 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1939

, park commissioners, and board of health. … , an attempt on the part of the board to designate in what capacity the board was sitting or acting.”

Beard v. Town of Salisbury

378 Mass. 435 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1979

Byrne v. Middleborough, 364 Mass. 331, 333-334 (1973). Butler v. East Bridgewater, 330 Mass. 33, 36 (1953). See North Reading v. … Although the Home Rule Amendment confers broad powers on municipal governments, see generally Board of Appeals of Hanover v.

American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Commonwealth

379 Mass. 398 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 26, 1979

Ry. v. Trustees E. Mass. St. Ry., 254 Mass. 28, 33 (1925). The judgment of the Superior Court is reversed and a new judgment should be entered in accordance with the decision of the board. So ordered. … Vinciullo, 364 Mass. 624, 627 (1974); School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., 366 Mass. 315, 337 (Quirico, J., concurring), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 947 (1975). See also Porter v.

Chelsea Yacht Club v. Mystic River Bridge Authority

330 Mass. 566 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1953

It does not appear who owned Chelsea North Bridge, or that the board could have granted an easement over it. There is no basis for the implication of an easement in the presumed intention of the parties. See Dale v. … Union National Bank v. Nesmith, 238 Mass. 247, 249 . Hurley v. Guzzi, 328 Mass. 293, 297 . Sorel v. Boisjolie, ante, 513.

Osgood v. City of Boston

165 Mass. 281 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1896

Woodward v. Bos ton, 115 Mass. 81 . … The action of the board of aldermen in ordering the permit was not a ratification of the contract interpreted as the plaintiff interprets it.

Kelley v. Barton

174 Mass. 396 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1899

Schwarz v. Boston, 151 Mass. 226 . Lowell v. County Commissioners, 152 Mass. 372, 384 . … The prayer that this court should enter a decree declaring that the board of assessors shall apportion the tax was abandoned at the argument. Bill dismissed.

Mills v. Shirley

110 Mass. 158 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1872

and board,” and the lien may be enforced as provided in the preceding sections. … Bayley v. Merrill, 10 Allen, 360 . The wife of the plaintiff left him under such circumstances that she carried his credit with her, and he was liable for the board of herself and child. Hancock v.

Bannerman v. City of Fall River

391 Mass. 328 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1984

CHR *331 Gen., Inc., v. Newton, 387 Mass. 351, 354 (1982); Marshal House, Inc. v. Rent Review & Grievance Bd., 357 Mass. 709, 716 (1970). … The ordinance in CHR Gen., Inc. v.

Snelling v. Hall

107 Mass. 134 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1871

It appears to ns that the defendants were bound, by their contract, not merely to sell the coal to the plaintiff at the agreed price and to transport it to Port Richmond at their own expense, but also to deposit it on board … This, according to the rule laid down in Dickinson v. Gray, 7 Allen, 29 , the law does not allow. Exceptions overruled.

Nevanranta v. Koski

335 Mass. 760 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1956

See Dombrowski v. Gedman, 299 Mass. 87 ; O’Neill v. McDonald, 301 Mass. 256, 259 ; McGaffigan v. Kennedy, 302 Mass. 12, 14-15 . … See Hardiman v. Brown, 162 Mass. 585, 587 .

Connors v. City of Medford

334 Mass. 260 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 1, 1956

City Manager of Medford v. Civil Service Commission, 329 Mass. 323 . When the plaintiff first became an assessor, the city was governed under a charter providing for a mayor and board of aldermen. … The plaintiff’s status under the civil service law was, as the auditor found, as an assessor and not as chairman of the board. See City Manager of Medford v. Civil Service Commission, 329 Mass. 323 .

Dalton v. Barnard

150 Mass. 473 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1890

Poole v. Dyer, 123 Mass. 363 . Campbell v. Brown, 121 Mass. 516 . All of the defendants are liable upon the bond. Judgment for the plaintiff against all the defendants.

Green v. Nightingale

211 Mass. 273 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1912

existing danger, is a correct statement of the obligation of a landlord to a tenant (Shute v. … Mahoney v. Libbey, 123 Mass. 20 . There was evidence to which it was applicable.

McNamara v. Commonwealth

184 Mass. 304 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 21, 1903

Fairbanks v. Commonwealth, 183 Mass. 373 . Burnett v. Commonwealth, 169 Mass. 417 . Nashua River Paper Co. v. Commonwealth, ante, 279. … Parker v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 3 Cush. 107 . Trowbridge v. Brookline, 144 Mass. 139 . Dana v. Boston, 170 Mass. 593 . Sheldon V. Boston & Albany Railroad, 172 Mass. 180 . Bickford v. Hyde Park, 173 Mass. 552 .

Revere Housing Authority v. Commonwealth

351 Mass. 180 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 1966

See Demetropo-los v. Commonwealth, 342 Mass. 658, 661 . … See Franklin Foundation v. Attorney Gen. 340 Mass. 197, 203 .

Russell v. Berger

314 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1943

Brown v. Alter, 251 Mass. 223 . McKenna v. Andreassi, 292 Mass. 213, 216, 218-219 . … Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway, 230 Mass. 370 . Brown v. Henderson, 285 Mass. 192 . Murphy v. Smith, 307 Mass. 64 . Consequently this requested instruction could not properly have been given.