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330 Mass. 506 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 1953
Dexter v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation, 316 Mass. 31, 37-38 . … Lehan v. North Main Street Garage, Inc. 312 Mass. 547, 550 .
Cited 10 timesPublishedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 2023
No. 8 v. … Rowe v.
Cited 0 timesPublished241 Mass. 380 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1922
Keough v. Aldermen of Holyoke, 156 Mass. 403 . Wheeler v. Carter, 180 Mass. 382 . It is sufficient for the purposes of the present case to permit him to act as amicus curiae. Commonwealth v. … Attorney General v. Loomis, 225 Mass. 372 . People v. Tilton, 37 Cal. 614 . Commonwealth v. McAfee, 232 Penn. St. 36. State v. Hadley, 64 N. H. 473. 1 Dillon, Mun. Corp. (5th ed.) § 414, and cases collected in note.
Cited 9 timesPublished329 Mass. 524 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1952
Kaplan v. Sullivan, 290 Mass. 67 . See also Perkins v. Selectmen of Framingham, 313 Mass. 322 . … Statute 1951, c. 364, did not have the effect of continuing the petitioner in the office of chairman of the board of assessors, for that statute provided for the choice of a chairman by the board. Judgment affirmed.
Cited 3 timesPublishedRevere 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 .
Cited 1 timesPublished115 Mass. 239 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1874
It is impossible to say that it did not have some influence upon their decision, and the case therefore comes within the rule laid down in Brown v. Cummings, 7 Allen, 507 . See also Ellis v. … Short, 21 Pick. 142 ; Farnum v. Farnum, 13 Gray, 508 . The plaintiff had ceased to pursue the inquiry, but the evidence, so far as he had gone, was in, against the defendant’s objection.
Cited 59 timesPublishedO'Brien v. State Tax Commission
339 Mass. 56 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 16, 1959
, the decision of the board is to be sustained. … S. 407, 413 , Carley & Hamilton, Inc. v. Snook, 281 U. S. 66, 72 , or the commerce clause. See Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of R.R. Commrs. 332 U. S. 495, 506-507 .
Cited 15 timesPublished240 Mass. 541 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1922
Anthony & Cowell Co. v. Brown, 214 Mass. 439 . Raynes v. Sharp, 238 Mass. 20 . … Harris v. Carmody, 131 Mass. 51, 55 . Morse v. Woodworth, 155 Mass. 233, 250, 251 . Silsbee v. Webber, 171 Mass. 378, 380 . Anthony & Cowell Co. v. Brown, 214 Mass. 439, 442 . Adams v.
Cited 9 timesPublishedRosary v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
370 Mass. 862 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 7, 1976
Dandridge v. … See Jefferson v. Hackney, 406 U.S. 535, 546-547 (1972).
Cited 4 timesPublished106 Mass. 289 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1871
Parker v. Farley, 10 Cush. 279 . Brown v. Lakeman, 12 Cush. 482 . The entry was made irregularly for neither the magistrate, nor the person who advised him, appear to have had any authority to make it. Gen. … See Dennehey v. Woodsum, 100 Mass. 105 . Judgment for the defendant.
Cited 19 timesPublishedLexington Print Works v. Inhabitants of Canton
167 Mass. 341 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1897
In Glover v. … Ham v. Salem, 100 Mass. 350 . Wilson v. Lynn, 119 Mass. 174 . Wamesit Power Co. v. Allen, 120 Mass. 352 . Warren v. Spencer Water Co. 143 Mass. 9 . Kenison v. Arlington, 144 Mass. 456 . Woodbury v.
Cited 8 timesPublishedBoston Young Men's Christian Ass'n v. Royal Indemnity Co.
289 Mass. 391 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 1935
Peoples National Bank v. New England Home, 209 Mass. 48, 50 . New Hampshire National Bank v. Garage & Factory Equipment Co. 267 Mass. 483, 486, 487 . … A contract of bailment cannot be imposed on a corporation unless an authorization or contract approved by the board of directors is shown. First National Bank of Lyons v. Ocean National Bank, 60 N. Y. 278, 293 .
Cited 3 timesPublished276 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 1, 1931
If an employee goes outside the scope of his employment and incurs a danger of his own choosing and one altogether outside of any reasonable exercise of his employment, Brice v. Edward Lloyd, Ltd. [1909] 2 K. … In Withers’s Case, 252 Mass. 415 , the employee was injured in attempting to board a moving railroad train. It was held that he could not re *3 cover.
Cited 16 timesPublishedTown of Hingham v. B. J. Pentabone, Inc.
354 Mass. 537 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1968
Co. v. Taylor Constr. Co. 12 F. 2d 972, 975-976 (5th Cir.); Maryland Cas. Co. v. … Lolos v. Berlin, 338 Mass. 10, 14 . Conclusion.
Cited 4 timesPublished235 Mass. 14 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1920
Valpey v. Rea, 130 Mass. 384 . Allis v. Billings, 6 Met. 415 . Gibson v. Soper, 6 Gray, 279. Brigham v. Fayerweather, 144 Mass. 48 . Brown v. Brown, 209 Mass. 388, 394 . … Allis v. Billings, supra. Gibson v. Soper, supra. Sutcliffe v. Heatley, 232 Mass. 231 .
Cited 17 timesPublished205 Mass. 523 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1910
Bronson v. Coffin, 118 Mass. 156 . Boston Molasses Co. v. Commonwealth, 193 Mass. 387 . Corcoran v. Boston, 185 Mass. 325 . See also as to the general principle, Peters v. Farnsworth, 15 Vt. 155 ; Schultz v. … Carr v. Dooley, 119 Mass. 294 . See also Hutchins v. Moody, 30 Vt. 655 ; 34 Vt. 433 ; Peters v. Myers, 22 Wis. 602 .
Cited 8 timesPublished227 Mass. 341 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1917
Harwood v. Wyken Colliery Co. [1913] 2 K. B. 158. McNally v. Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd. [1913] 3 K. B. 605. See also in this connection Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd. v. Hughes, [1911] 2 K. B. 738. … See in this connection Barry v. New York Holding & Construction Co. 226 Mass. 14 ; C. W. Hunt Co. v. Boston Elevated Railway, 199 Mass. 220 . The decision made is fairly within what was said in Maynard v.
Cited 15 timesPublishedAlger v. Justice of the District Court
283 Mass. 596 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 29, 1933
Logan v. Mayor & Aldermen of Lawrence, 201 Mass. 506 . Cassidy v. Transit Department of Boston, 251 Mass. 71 . Beckham v. Mayor of Fall River, 253 Mass. 590 . Bois v. Mayor of Fall River, 257 Mass. 471 . … Brooks v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway, 200 Mass. 8 . In Reynolds v.
Cited 16 timesPublished360 Mass. 644 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 16, 1971
See Willett & Willett v. Calhoun County, 217 Ala. 687, 688 (Tying the hands of the succeeding board” in the selection of a confidential legal adviser "contrary to public policy”); Commissioners of Jay County v. … contract can control the actions of the board.
Cited 14 timesPublished460 Mass. 50 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 17, 2011
We agree with the board that *54 the employee is entitled to obtain a copy of the § 45 report prepared at the behest of the self-insurer. To reach this conclusion, the board relied on dictum in Anzalone v. … Under Ramacorti v.
Cited 4 timesPublished
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