Case law

Selectmen of Holliston v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad

195 Mass. 299 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1907

Smith v. Boston, 1 Gray, 72 . Brewer v. Boston, Clinton Fitchburg Railroad, 113 Mass. 52, 56, 57 . Plummer v. Waterville, 32 Maine, 566. Homer v. Fish, 1 Pick. 435 , 439. Cooper v. Reynolds, 10 Wall. 308 . … The decree being sufficiently full and exact, and the board not having exceeded their jurisdiction, no sufficient reason is shown why specific performance should not be decreed. Roxbury v.

Boston, Worcester & New York Street Railway Co. v. Commonwealth

301 Mass. 283 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 25, 1938

Commonwealth v. Temple, 14 Gray, 69 , 76. Cambridge v. Cambridge Railroad, 10 Allen, 50 , 57-58. Union Railway v. Mayor & Aldermen of Cambridge, 11 Allen, 287 , 291-294. Middlesex Railroad v. … Connecticut Valley Street Railway v. Northampton, 213 Mass. 54, 63-64 . Sawin v. Connecticut Valley Street Railway, 213 Mass. 103, 107 . Arlington Board of Survey v. Bay State Street Railway, 224 Mass. 463, 469 .

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.

Commissioner of Revenue v. AMIWoodbroke, Inc.

418 Mass. 92 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 9, 1994

L. c. 63, §§ 33 and 39A (1992 ed.). 2 The Commissioner of Revenue (com *93 missioner), appeals from two decisions of the Appellate Tax Board (board) granting the taxpayers’ applications for tax abatement. … Tracy v. Waters, 162 Mass. 562, 563 (1895). See First Nat’l Bank v.

Todd v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

208 Mass. 505 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1911

Eldridge v. Hawley, 115 Mass. 410 . Maguire v. Middlesex Railroad, 115 Mass. 239 . Rudberg v. Bowden Felting Co. 188 Mass. 365 . Everson v. Casualty Co. of America, ante, 214. … Beal v. Lowell & Dracut Street Railway, 157 Mass. 444 . Exceptions overruled. Brown, J.

Commissioner of Revenue v. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co.

419 Mass. 262 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 23, 1994

See Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. v. Bajorski, 228 Conn. 137, 146-147 (1993); Scott & Williams v. Board of Taxation, 117 N.H. 189 (1977); Letter to Commerce Clearing House [1986-1990 Transfer Binder], St. Tax Rep. … The board’s decision is affirmed. So ordered.

Commonwealth v. Bradshaw

385 Mass. 244 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 12, 1982

The defendant had showed signs of panic when he saw Officer Brown earlier in the day. … Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 488 (1963) (citation omitted). The giving of Miranda warnings alone will not make the inculpatory statements sufficiently an act of free will to purge the primary taint. Brown v.

Allen v. Bates

23 Mass. 460 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 26, 1828

See Brown v. Bellows, 4 Pick. (2nd ed.) 190, note 2; Foss v. Crisp, 20 Pick. 121 . See 2 Stark. Ev. (5th Am ed.) 560, 561, note 1.

Town of North Reading v. Drinkwater

309 Mass. 200 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 28, 1941

See Clarke v. Fall River, 219 Mass. 580 . In Commonwealth v. … Inspector of Buildings of Lowell v. Stoklosa, 250 Mass. 52, 58, 59 . Bennett v. Board of Appeal of Cambridge, 268 Mass. 419, 422 . The case of Lexington v.

Rumrill v. Ash

169 Mass. 341 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 21, 1897

Commonwealth v. Downing, 4 Gray, 29 . Commonwealth v. Whitcomb, 12 Gray, 126 . Commonwealth v. Wood, 11 Gray, 85 . Commonwealth v. Brown, 121 Mass. 69 . Commonwealth v. Bishop, 165 Mass. 148 .

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.

Lavigne v. des Patriotes

54 L.R.A. 814 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1901

He never contributed to her support except in the sense in which he did so by paying his board when able to her mother with whom he boarded. The mother kept other boarders and took in washing. … Brierly v. Equitable Aid Union, 170 Mass. 218 . American Legion of Honor v. Perry, 140 Mass. 580 .

Peabody v. Hamilton

106 Mass. 217 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1870

Hall v. Williams, 6 Pick. 232 , 241. Gleason v. Dodd, 4 Met. 333, 338 . Ewer v. Coffin, 1 Cush. 23 . Barringer v. King, 5 Gray, 9 . Carleton v. Bickford, 13 Gray, 591 . … Commonwealth v. Peters, 12 Met. 387 .

In the Matter of Hrones

457 Mass. 844 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 2010

Although this court has observed that “[i]t is not easy to define the practice of law,” Lowell Bar Ass’n v. … DeVaux v. American Home Assurance Co., 387 Mass. 814, 820 (1983).

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).

City of Revere v. Aucella

369 Mass. 138 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1975

We are inclined to agree that the local licensing board derives its authority directly from the Commonwealth and cannot be controlled in its exercise by local ordinances. See McDonald v. … In Bloom v.

McDuffy v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Education

415 Mass. 545 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 15, 1993

Nor are we detained by our decision in McNeely v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 358 Mass. 94 (1970). … See also Board of Educ. v. School Comm. of Quincy, ante 240, 246 & n.7 (1993). The board is required under G.

Hume v. Building Inspector of Westford

355 Mass. 179 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1969

See Sheehan v. Board of Appeals of Saugus, 332 Mass. 188, 189 ; Meadows v. Town Clerk of Saugus, 333 Mass. 760, 765 ; Mioduszewski v. Saugus, 337 Mass. 140, 145 . 2. … See Mioduszewski v. Saugus, 337 Mass. 140, 143-144 .

Farwell v. City of Boston

192 Mass. 15 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1906

This court having decided in Farwell v. … On July 14, 1903, the mayor sent to the board of aldermen a *19 communication purporting to be a veto of the vote.

Way v. Butterworth

108 Mass. 509 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1871

Union Bank v. Willis, 8 Met. 504 . Brown v. Butler, 99 Mass. 179 . In favor of a bond fide holder, it is presumed that the promise of such an indorser was made at the same time with the note. … Wright v. Morse, 9 Gray, 337 . If he placed his name in blank upon the back of the note after it was given, he could not be held as an original promisor. Mecorney v. Stanley, 8 Cush. 85 . Courtney v.