Case law

Horrigan v. City of Pittsfield

293 Mass. 17 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 30, 1935

Bushell v. Mayor of Malden, 260 Mass. 476, 481 . In the Superior Court, the judge found for the defendant. … In Rich v.

Attorney General v. City of Boston

123 Mass. 460 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 19, 1877

, under the power conferred upon that board by the first section of the statute of 1869. … Farnsworth v.

Collins's Case

342 Mass. 389 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1961

The general finding of the reviewing board is final unless it is not supported by evidence or is affected by errors of law, and this is so even if a different finding could have been made by the board. … See also Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346, 349 .

England v. Dearborn

141 Mass. 590 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 8, 1886

with the board of directors except William H. … Smith v. Smith, 117 Mass. 72 . E. Carver Co. v. Manufacturers' Ins. Co. 6 Gray, 214 . See Titus v. Cairo & Fulton Railroad, 8 Vroom, 98 ; Walworth County Bank v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. 14 Wis. 325 ; Stokes v.

Daigneau v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.

231 Mass. 166 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 10, 1918

Altavilla v. Old Colony Street Railway, 222 Mass. 322, 326 . Selibedea v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 223 Mass. 76 . O’Donnell v. Bay State Street Railway, supra. … The case cannot be distinguished in principle from Connors v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 228 Mass. 357 , O’Donnell v. Bay State Street Railway, supra, Selibedea v.

Jordan v. C. I. T. Corp.

302 Mass. 281 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1939

Brown v. Boston Ice Co. 178 Mass. 108 . Witham v. Gregory & Read Co. 243 Mass. 595 . Henriques v. Franklin Motor Car Co. 260 Mass. 518 . … Coupal v. Ward, 106 Mass. 289 . Mullen v. Brown, 138 Mass. 114 . Langford v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 144 Mass. 431 . MacLean v. Naumkeag Trust Co. 268 Mass. 437 .

Poole v. Dean

152 Mass. 589 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1891

Brown to the last two questions set out in the bill. The competency of the witness as an expert is not in dispute, and no objection is made to the form of the questions. … See Hunt v. Lowell Gras Light Co. 8 Allen, 169 ; May v. Bradlee, 127 Mass. 414 ; Rex v. Wright, Russ. & Ry. 456; Farrell v. Brennan, 32 Misso. 328. Exceptions overruled.

Home Builders Ass'n of Cape Cod, Inc. v. Cape Cod Commission

441 Mass. 724 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 2004

See Fitzsimonds v. Board of Appeals of Chatham, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 53, 57 (1985). The plaintiffs have not satisfied their burden. … The Act provides that a municipality’s chief executive officer may be substituted for a board of selectmen where no such board exists in the municipality. St. 1989, c. 716, § 2 (v).

Commonwealth v. Daniel Rogers

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 17, 2024

Explaining his view, the motion judge referenced this court's decision in Commonwealth v. Brown, 477 Mass. 805, 825 (2017), cert. denied, 139 S. … See also Commonwealth v. Tate, 486 Mass. 663 , 674, 677 (2021) (rejecting defendant's request to apply Brown retroactively on direct appeal and declining to reduce conviction under § 33E); Commonwealth v.

Prudential Trust Co. v. Moore

245 Mass. 311 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1923

It was not a meeting of the board of directors. … Hurd v. Kelly, 78 N. Y. 588 . Best v. Thiel, 79 N. Y. 15 . Union Bank of Brooklyn v. Sullivan, 214 N. Y. 332 . Skordal v. Stanton, 89 Minn. 511 . State Bank of Pittsburgh v. Kirk, 216 Penn. St. 452.

Putney v. Lapham

64 Mass. 232 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1852

Thom linson v. Brown, Sayer, 215; Jesser v. Gifford, 4 Bur. 2141 ; Kidgill v. Moor, 9 Common Bench Rep. 364; Woolrych on Window Lights, 67-69. … Gould Pl. c. 5, §§ 111, 112; Thompson v. Hoskins, 11 Mass. 419 ; Call v. Buttrick, 4 Cush. 345 .

In re Concemi

422 Mass. 326 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1996

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In re Goldberg

434 Mass. 1022 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 18, 2001

Bar counsel appeals from an order of a single justice of this court affirming the recommendation of the Board of Bar Overseers (board) that an admonition be administered to the respondent for certain misconduct that resulted … Kersey v. Crane, 531 U.S. 1127 (2001). Matter of Doyle, 429 Mass. 1013, 1013 (1999). Matter of Kennedy, 428 Mass. 156, 156 (1998).

Commonwealth v. Molina

467 Mass. 65 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 2014

Two of the three testified that the shooter wore a mustard-colored or yellow shirt, and two of the three also stated that soon after the shooting, they observed the shooter in a brown jogging suit or brown sweatshirt. … Commonwealth v.

Hendrick v. Whittemore

105 Mass. 23 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1870

Martin v. Commonwealth, 1 Mass. 347, 389 . Thayer v. Commonwealth, 12 Met. 9 . Valier v. Hart, 11 Mass. 300 . Arnold v. Tourtellot, 13 Pick. 172 . Gay v. Richardson, 18 Pick. 417 . … The case of Brown v. Cady, 19 Wend. 477 also cited by the court in Rossiter v. Peck , does support that decision ; and is in direct conflict with Hawes v. Hathaway. But the only question discussed in Brown v.

Commonwealth v. Vincente

405 Mass. 278 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1989

Vincente’s only reference to Massachusetts law concerns our holding in Brown, petitioner, 395 Mass. 1006 (1985). … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 23 Mass. App. Ct. 612, 615-617 (1987).

Corporation Way Realty Tr. v. Build. Commr. of Medford

348 Mass. 732 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1965

Building Commr. of Medford v. C. & H. Co. 319 Mass. 273, 280-281 . See Coolidge v. Planning Bd. of No. Andover, 337 Mass. 648, 651 . … Compare King v. Mayor of Quincy, 270 Mass. 185 . Order for judgment dismissing petition affirmed..

Elwell v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.

230 Mass. 248 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1918

Byington v. Simpson, 134 Mass. 169 . Brown v. Bradlee, 156 Mass. 28, 32 . Crawford v. Moran, 168 Mass. 446, 449 . Brown v. Franklin Mutual Fire Ins. Co. 165 Mass. 565 . … Peters v. Westborough, 19 Pick. 364 . Somerby v Buntin, 118 Mass. 279, 286 . Scribner v. Flagg Manuf. Co. 175 Mass. 536 . Carnig v. Carr, 167 Mass. 544 .

O'Brien v. City of Worcester

172 Mass. 348 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1899

Child v. Boston, 4 Allen, 41 . Emery v. Lowell, 104 Mass. 13 . Merrifield v. Worcester, 110 Mass. 216, 221 . Bates v. Westborough, 151 Mass. 174 . Allen v. Boston, 159 Mass. 324 . … But no rule of the board of health required them, so far as appears, to enter the new sewer.

Bryant v. Nolin

261 Mass. 358 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 22, 1927

Assuming the physician rendered services outside the terms of his employment as town physician to the board of health, and further assuming that such services were reasonably required by the board of health in making the … Haverhill v. Marlborough, 187 Mass. 150 . Exceptions overruled.