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  • Koleshinski v. David

    328 Mass. 276 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1952

    The plaintiff in leaving his home on March 3, 1947, stepped on a board which broke off four or five inches from the front end and the rest of the board was split. The jury could find that Dr. … Feeley v. Doyle, 222 Mass. 155 . Cleary v. Union Realty Co. 300 Mass. 312, 313 . Diamond v. Simcovitz, 310 Mass. 150, 153 . Blood v. Dewey, 318 Mass. 79, 84 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Associated Testing Laboratories, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    429 Mass. 628 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 10, 1999

    The board’s citation to Arizona Dep’t of Revenue v. Sonee Heat Treating Corp., 178 Ariz. 278 (1994) (construing Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 42-1409 [B] [1], renumbered as § 42-5159 [B] [1]), and Pledger v. … The taxpayer urges the court not to defer to the board’s factual findings because the board member who conducted the hearing did not participate in the decision. Contrast Kennametal, Inc. v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Page v. Commercial Travellers' Eastern Accident Ass'n

    225 Mass. 335 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1916

    November 25, 1912, the board of directors by letter advised the beneficiary that her claim was disallowed, “as proofs filed at this office on November 6th, 1912, are not satisfactory to this Board. … Traiser v. Commercial Travellers’ Eastern Accident Association, 202 Mass. 292 . The exceptions are sustained and judgment must be entered for the defendant under St. 1909, c. 236. So ordered.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Poole v. Dyer

    123 Mass. 363 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1877

    See also Campbell v. Brown, 121 Mass. 516 . The result, so far as the sureties are concerned, is the same whether the plaintiff discontinues against one defendant, or fails to recover against him upon trial. … Sanderson v. Stevens, 116 Mass. 133 . The case is clearly to be distinguished from Tucker v. White, 5 Allen, 322 , and Richards v. Storer, 114 Mass. 101 , relied on *365 by the defendants.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • BOSTON ASS'N OF SCH. ADM'RS & SUP. v. Boston Ret. Bd.

    383 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 1981

    See Averell v. Newburyport, 241 Mass. 333, 335 (1922); Attorney Gen. v. Woburn, 317 Mass. 465, 467-468 (1945); Quinlan v. Cambridge, 320 Mass. 124 (1946); Fitchburg Teachers Ass'n v. … v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Holcombe v. Creamer

    231 Mass. 99 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 18, 1918

    Cambridge Board of Health, 200 Mass. 474,478 . O’Keeffe v. Somerville, 190 Mass. 110 . Gleason v. McKay, 134 Mass. 419 . Opinion of the Justices, 208 Mass. 619, 622 . Bogni v. Perotti, 224 Mass. 152 . … Nelson v. State Board of Health, 186 Mass. 330 . Binan v. Swig, 223 Mass. 516, 520 . It follows that the statute does not violate art. 30 of the Declaration of Rights. Boston v. Chelsea, 212 Mass. 127 .

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Tilton v. Boston & Albany Railroad

    169 Mass. 253 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 20, 1897

    Randall v. Connecticut *257 River Railroad, 132 Mass. 269 . Johanson v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 153 Mass. 57 . Hubbard v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 162 Mass. 132 . Hicks v. … Clark v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 164 Mass. 434 . Conaty v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 164 Mass. 572 . Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Cater v. Bednarek

    462 Mass. 523 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 15, 2012

    Parlante v. Brooks, 363 Mass. 879, 880 (1973), citing Sindler v. William M. Bailey Co., 348 Mass. 589, 592 (1965). … Desotell v. Szczygiel, 338 Mass. 153, 159 (1958). See Willets v. Langhaar, 212 Mass. 573, 575 (1912).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

    348 Mass. 538 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1965

    Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 134 ; Clark v. Board of Appeals of Newbury, ante, 407. … Norton v. Board of Commrs. of the Taxing Dist. of Brownsville, 129 U. S. 479, 490 .

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Shavelson v. Marcus

    273 Mass. 237 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1930

    upper side of the board. … In Hannan v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Walters

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 12, 2018

    He also argues that his sentence was illegal because the resentencing judge did not properly apply our holding in Brown v. … Ct. 31, 34- 35 (2002) (Brown and Manning v. Superintendent, Mass.

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  • New England Medical Center Hospital, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    381 Mass. 748 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1980

    The board held that G. … Hutton v. Phillips, 45 Del. 156, 160 (1949). Applying this definition, we agree with the board’s conclusion that the statute is unambiguous.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Louis's Case

    424 Mass. 136 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1997

    Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346, 349 (1914). … The board was faced with this issue once as an ancillary issue in Hunnicutt v. General Dynamics, 5 Mass. Workers’ Comp.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Manchester v. Selectmen of Nantucket

    335 Mass. 156 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1956

    Kenworthy & Taylor, Inc. v. State Examiners of Electricians, 320 Mass. 451 . … Peckham v. Mayor of Fall River, 253 Mass. 590, 592 . Compare Massachusetts Society of Graduate Physical Therapists, Inc. v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 330 Mass. 601, 605-606 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Buck's Case

    342 Mass. 766 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 9, 1961

    The board made two efforts to arrange for further testimony by Dr. … Tafralian v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 316 Mass. 429, 431 . The decree is reversed. The case is to be remanded to the board for further hearing to determine the opinion of Dr.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Lodge v. Fletcher

    184 Mass. 238 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 20, 1903

    board of said city, appointed under the provisions of the R. … Washburn v. Phillips, 2 Met. 296 . Connecticut River Railroad v. County Commissioners, 127 Mass. 50, 58 . Hyde Park v. Wiggin, 157 Mass. 94, 99 . Smith v. Whitney, 116 U. S. 167 . In re Radl, 86 Wis. 645 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • 1010 Memorial Drive Tenants Corp. v. Fire Chief of Cambridge

    424 Mass. 661 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 1997

    The plaintiffs, owners of shares representing individual residential units, appeal from a determination by the Automatic Sprinkler Appeals Board (board) that G. … Telesetsky v. Wight, 395 Mass. 868, 872 (1985), quoting Commonwealth v. Galvin, 388 Mass. 326, 328 (1983).

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Morrison v. City of Lawrence

    181 Mass. 127 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 1, 1902

    In Spear v. … In Bishop v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Gloucester v. County Commissioners

    116 Mass. 579 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1875

    decision, as the board in its discretion may deem sufficient. … Balch v. Shaw, 7 Cush. 282 . Ellis v. County Commissioners, 2 Gray, 370 . Andover v. County Commissioners, 5 Gray, 393 . Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners , 112 Mass. Petition dismissed.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Massachusetts General Hospital v. Commissioner of Public Welfare

    350 Mass. 712 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1966

    The Boston board refused to pay his hospital expenses after July 30. … Co. v. Commissioner of Ins. 298 Mass. 161, 166-169 . Boott Mills v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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