Case law

Briggs v. Brown

332 Mass. 757 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 3, 1955

Brown, who died on November 10, 1952, seeks to set aside a joint bank account created by the decedent with her daughter Theresa L. Brown. … Hiller v. Hiller, 305 Mass. 163 . MacLennan v. MacLennan, 316 Mass. 593, 595 .

Brown v. Isaacs

326 Mass. 793 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1950

Mangan v. Howard, 238 Mass. 1, 5 . Millett v. Temple, 280 Mass. 543, 549 . Gowell v. Twitchell, 306 Mass. 482, 487 . Greeley v. Flynn, 310 Mass. 23, 26 .

Mendoza v. Licensing Board

444 Mass. 188 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 11, 2005

See DiGiovanni v. Board of Appeals of Rockport, 19 Mass. App. … DiGiovanni v. Board of Appeals of Rockport, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 339, 346-347 (1985).

O'Connell v. Retirement Board

254 Mass. 404 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1926

In consequence of the action of the retirement board, the auditor and the treasurer of the city of Boston refused to certify the plaintiff’s name on the salary list. … "Under the authority of Attorney General v. Tillinghast, sufra, and the numerous cases there collected and reviewed, the petitioner is an officer and not an employee.

Brown v. Boyd

158 Mass. 470 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1893

See also Webb v. Noah, 1 Edw. Ch. 604, 615 ; Hughes v. Sanders, 3 Bibb, 360 ; Foley v. Kirk, 6 Stew. 170 , 174. … Fowler v. Palmer, 62 N. Y. 533 .

Kelley v. Brown

71 Mass. 108 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1855

Garland v. Salem Bank, 9 Mass. 408 . Exceptions sustained.

Brown v. Harris

68 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1854

Griggs v. Austin, 3 Pick. 20 . Watson v. Duykinck, 3 Johns. 335 . Caze v. Baltimore Ins. Co. 7 Cranch, 358 . Welch v. Hicks, 6 Cow. 504 . Pitman v. Hooper, 3 Sumner, 66. 3 Kent Com. (6th ed.) 219. … Mulloy v. Backer, 5 East, 321. See also Howland v. Brig Lavinia, 1 Pet. Adm. 123 ; 3 Kent Com. 219; Abbott on Shipping, (5th Amer. ed.) 405, note ; Angell on Carriers, § 391; Watson v. Duykinck, 3 Johns. 335 .

Hubbard v. Brown

90 Mass. 590 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1864

Donaldson v. Wood, 22 Wend. 400 . McDermott v. Palmer, 4 Selden, 383. Barclay’s Appeal, 13 Penn. State R. 497. Gaule v. Bilyeau, 25 Penn. State R. 522, 523. Truesdell v. Gay, 13 Gray, 311 . Rathbun v. … Parker v. Bell, 7 Gray, 433 . Whitford v. Newell, 2 Allen, 426 . In Lewin v.

Adams v. Brown

61 Mass. 220 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1851

Each case in this respect must depend on its own peculiar circumstances, *223 Cazenove v. Cutler, 4 Met. 246 . … The reasoning of the court in Mann v. Richardson , before cited, fully sustains these views, and we can see no difference in principle between that case and the case at bar. Stewart v. Clark, 11 Met. 384 ; 2 Dan. Ch.

Freeman v. Planning Board

419 Mass. 548 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1995

It is not enough to show that the board “exceeded, abused or ‘distorted’ its legal authority,” Creative Env’ts, Inc. v. … In Littlefield v.

Brown v. Kendall

90 Mass. 209 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1864

Coburn v. Palmer, 10 Cush. 273 . So if the plaintiff had consented to the proceeding, the judgment would have been discharged. But he cannot be regarded as consenting to it. … The case of Kellogg v. Gilbert, 10 Johns. 220 , seems to show that he had not such power.

Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Bd.

483 Mass. 131 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 2019

No. 496501 v. Sex Offender Registry Board , 482 Mass. 643 , 650, 126 N.E.3d 939 (2019) ( Doe No. 496501 ), quoting 803 Code Mass. Regs. § 1.20(2) (2016). … No. 151564 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd ., 456 Mass. 612 , 625-626, 925 N.E.2d 533 (2010) (error for board to disregard mitigating evidence). See also New Boston Garden Corp . v.

Brown v. Inhabitants of Wenham

51 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1845

Commonwealth v. Brown

149 Mass. 35 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1889

The instructions given upon the weight to be given to the evidence of the confession were substantially in accordance with the decisions in Commonwealth, v. Galligan, 113 Mass. 202 ; Commonwealth v. … Sanborn, 116 Mass. 61 ; and Commonwealth v. Christie, 145 Mass. 232 . Exceptions overruled.

Merrill v. Brown

29 Mass. 216 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 11, 1831

The relation of Moses Brown the elder was that of a mortgagee, who had not entered for condition broken. … Goodwin v. Richardson, 11 Mass. R. 469 . So because the debt goes to personal representatives, the executor and not the heir shall be deemed seised of the mortgaged premises and have an action for them. Smith v.

Swett v. Brown

22 Mass. 178 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1827

Allen v. Megguire, 15 Mass. R. 490 ; Parker v. Kinsman, 8 Mass. R. 486 ; Burlingame v. Bell, 16 Mass. … According to the case of Burlingame v.

Sibley v. Brown

21 Mass. 137 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 3, 1826

Mitchell, 1 Cowen, 319; Parish v. Stanton, 2 Root, 154 ; Carpenter v. Crane, 1 Root, 98 ; Warren v. Powers, 5 Connect. R. 373; Wolcott v. Dwight, 2 Day, 405 ; Henries v. … R. 308; Keay v. Goodwin, 16 Mass. R. 1 , Gould’s Pl. c. 8, § 78; Sterns v. Patterson, 14 Johns. R. 132; Andrus v. Waring, 20 Johns. R. 263; but it is aided by verdict Gould’s Pl. c. 8, § 79.

Brown v. Evans

88 Mass. 333 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1863

Shearer v. Handy, 22 Pick. 417 . Barrows v. Capen, *335 11 Cush. 37 . … See Fletcher v. Webster, 5 Allen, 566 . In the case of Skillings v.

Yeomans v. Brown

49 Mass. 51 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1844

In Hays v.

Brown v. Bailey

42 Mass. 254 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1840

Porter v. Hill, 9 Mass. 34 . Bartlet v. Harlow, 12 Mass. 348 . French v. Lund, 1 N. Hamp. 42. … Varnum v. Abbot, 12 Mass. 474 . Nichols v. Smith, 22 Pick. 316 . Such conveyance or levy, therefore, is good against the grantor and all claiming under him.