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  • Ferriter's Case

    269 Mass. 267 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1929

    Daly v. New Jersey Steel & Iron Co. 155 Mass. 1, 5 ; Hodnett v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 156 Mass. 86 ; Welch v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 176 Mass. 393, 401 ; Boyle v. … See Gherardi v. Connecticut Co. supra; Benjamin F. Shaw Co. v. Palmatory, supra. See also Simms v. Lilleshall Coal Co. [1917] 2 K. B. 368, 371; Moyes v. William Dixon, Ltd. 42 Sc. L. Rep. 319, 321.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Assessors of Boston v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation

    323 Mass. 730 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 14, 1949

    These are twelve appeals by the- board of assessors of Boston from decisions of the Appellate Tax Board. The commissioner of corporations and taxation, acting under G. L. (Ter. … were business but not manufacturing corporations, the board of assessors on June 20, 1947, appealed to the Appellate Tax Board.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Taft v. Stetson

    117 Mass. 471 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1875

    They were, therefore, personal property; Howard v. Fessenden, 14 Allen, 124 ; Morris v. French, 106 Mass. 326 ; Hartwell v. … Silloway v. Brown, 12 Allen, 30 . Decree affirmed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Chase v. Proprietors of the Revere House

    232 Mass. 88 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1919

    Rowe v. Granite Bridge Corp. 21 Pick. 344 . Fall River Iron Works Co. v. Old Colony & Fall River Railroad, 5 Allen, 221 . Cadigan v. Brown, 120 Mass. 493 . State v. Ryder, 126 Minn. 95 . Coosaw Mining Co. v. … Worcester, 219 Mass. 128, 131 , where the order of condemnation was passed by a board of health, or city council, or a commission on contagious diseases among domestic cattle, without giving the defendant an opportunity to

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • Reed v. Inhabitants of Lancaster

    152 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 1890

    their duties when no such board is chosen. … Mayor & Aldermen of Worcester v. Railroad Commissioners, 113 Mass. 161 . Shea v. Milford, 145 Mass. 525 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Ralph's Case

    331 Mass. 86 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 27, 1954

    The board then concluded that the chronic cough caused by the sugar dust “aggravated . . . … Brownhill v. Kivlin, 317 Mass. 168, 170 . Nass v. Duxbury, 327 Mass. 396, 401-402 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Gordon v. Richardson

    69 L.R.A. 867 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1904

    Peachy v. Duke of Somerset, 1 Stra. 447. Hill v. Barclay, 16 Ves. 402, and 18 Ves. 56. Reynolds v. Pitt, 19 Ves. 134. *493 Howard v. Fanshawe, [1895] 2 Ch. 581, 589. The Massachusetts cases are Atkins v. … Brown v. Brown, 174 Mass. 197 . Dickinson v. Todd, 172 Mass. 183 . Edwards Hall Co. v. Dresser, 168 Mass. 136 . Lundin v. Schoeffel, 167 Mass. 465 . See also Blossom v. Negus, 182 Mass. 515 .

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Burns's Case

    218 Mass. 8 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1914

    Sharkey v. Skilton, 83 Conn. 503, 507 . Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad v. Bryan, 107 Ind. 51, 53 . Johnson v. Marshall Sons & Co. [1906] A. C. 409, 411. Lewis v. Great Western Railway, 3 Q. B. … See also Ystradowen Colliery Co. v. Griffiths, [1909] 2 K. B. 533; Meyer v. Butterbrodt, 146 Ill. *12 131 . Such cases as Daniels v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 183 Mass. 393 , Snow v.

    Cited 120 timesPublished
  • Reidy v. Old Colony Gas Co.

    315 Mass. 631 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 1944

    Joseph Browne was killed, while lawfully upon the premises of his employer, on April 10, 1935. He left a widow and six children, two of whom were over eighteen years of age. … United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Graham & Norton Co. 254 N. Y. 50 . Babb v. Conboy & Brown Construction Co. 264 N. Y. 357 . Reid v. Owens, 98 Utah, 50 . Compare Thornton v. Herman, 380 Ill. 341 ; Grand Rapids v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Kenney v. Habich

    137 Mass. 421 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1884

    Brown v. Dean, 123 Mass. 254 . Pritchard v. Hennessey, 1 Gray, 294 . *424 The case of Fuller v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Canner v. Town of Groton

    402 Mass. 804 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 12, 1988

    Lighting Plant v. Massachusetts Mun. Wholesale Elec. Co., 399 Mass. 640 (1987). … Ballantine v. Falmouth, 363 Mass. 760, 765 (1973). Concord v. Attorney Gen., 336 Mass. 17, 22 (1957).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Foss v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York

    247 Mass. 10 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1923

    Lee v. Prudential Life Ins. Co. 203 Mass. 299 . Kidder v. United Order of the Golden Cross, 192 Mass. 326 . McDonough v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 228 Mass. 450 . Smardon v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 243 Mass. 599 . … Hogan v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 164 Mass. 448 . Dolan v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, 182 Mass. 413 . Barker v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 198 Mass. 375, 384 . Everson v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Department of Public Welfare v. Town of Billerica

    350 Mass. 56 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1966

    See Police Commr. of Boston v. Boston, 279 Mass. 577, 583 . Cf. County Commrs. of Essex v. Mayor of Newburyport, 252 Mass. 407, 410-411 ; Seney v. Board of Health of Northampton, 314 Mass. 272, 274-277 . … by such local board.’’

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Miszoian v. Taft

    206 Mass. 227 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1910

    Only one board fell in.” It appeared that the board which fell in had been placed in position by the deceased and the end which fell was the end next to the wall. … McCafferty v. Lewando’s Dyeing Cleansing Co. 194 Mass. 412 . For cases resembling the case at bar in regard to the physical conditions, see Elvey v. Powers, 191 Mass. 588; McDonald v. Lovell, 196 Mass. 583 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Martin

    467 Mass. 291 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 2014

    Police also spoke with Pizarro and her cousin, William Brown. … The jury heard that the defendant placed a call to Brown shortly before his first call to a taxicab dispatcher, telling Brown to wait by his telephone, and that the defendant and Robinson went to Cleveland Circle with knives

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Ham

    150 Mass. 122 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 18, 1889

    The court having announced before the verdict that it should exclude from the case the declaration made by the workman Brown, and should instruct the jury to disregard it, the defendant has no ground of exception on that … Whitney v. Bayley, 4 Allen, 173 . Smith v. Whitman, 6 Allen, 562 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Hodgdon v. City of Haverhill

    193 Mass. 327 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 1, 1907

    Sears v. Boston, 173 Mass. 71 . … Sawyer v. Boston, 144 Mass. 470, 472 . Thomas v. Waterman, 7 Met. 227 , 229.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Selectmen of Gardner v. Templeton Street Railway Co.

    184 Mass. 294 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 21, 1903

    Carpenter v. County Commissioners, 21 Pick. 258 . Lexington v. Mulliken, *298 7 Gray, 280 . Murray v. Stevens, 110 Mass. 95 . Stackpole v. Seymour, 127 Mass. 104 . Attorney General v. Boston, 123 Mass. 460, 471 . … Perry v. Hull, 180 Mass. 547 . State v. Manchester & Lawrence Railroad, 62 N. H. 29. See also in this connection Jefferson v. Board of Education, 35 Vroom, 59; Sabine v. Rounds, 50 Vt. 74 ; Brennan v. Butler, 22 R.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Perkins v. Perkins

    225 Mass. 392 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1917

    Patterson v. Buckminster, 14 Mass. 144 . Perry v. Wilson, 7 Mass. 393 . Terry v. Briggs, 12 Cush. 319 . Tapley v. Martin, 116 Mass. 275 . Mitchell v. Overman, 103 U. S. 62 . Martin v. Tapley, 119 Mass. 116 . Rugg v. … Burrows v. Purple, 107 Mass. 428 . Graves v. Graves, 108 Mass. 314 . Parker v. Parker, 211 Mass. 139 . Brown v. Brown, 222 Mass. 415 .

    Cited 58 timesPublished
  • State Tax Commission v. John H. Breck, Inc.

    336 Mass. 277 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1957

    Matson Navigation Co. v. State Board of Equalization, 297 U. … See, for example, Matson Navigation Co. v. State Board of Equalization, 297 U. S. 441, 444-445 ; Butler Brothers v. McColgan, 315 U. S. 501, 506-508 ; International Harvester Co. v. Evatt, 329 U.

    Cited 15 timesPublished

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