Case law

Adams v. City of Boston

461 Mass. 602 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 2012

See City Bank & Trust Co. v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 346 Mass. 29, 31 (1963) (“The distinction between ‘may’ and ‘shall’ is not lightly to be held to have been overlooked in legislation”). … list,” reviews and inspections by the board, and appeals of adverse determinations by the board.

Bulkeley v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

216 Mass. 432 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1914

See Pratt v. American Bell Telephone Co. 141 Mass. 225 , and Bratten v. Catawissa Railroad, 211 Penn. St. 21. … Rep. 472, nor with the right or duty of public boards created under other statutes with different powers, to authorize the issuance of such securities, Laird 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.

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.

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.

Durand v. Superintendent of Public Buildings

354 Mass. 74 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1968

Sinclair v. Mayor of Fall River, 198 Mass. 248, 256 . Byfield v. Newton, 247 Mass. 46, 55 . See Coleman v. Louison, 296 Mass. 210, 213 ; Young v. Westport, 302 Mass. 597 . The case of Kitty v. … The rationale supporting the action of the city council is adequately and amply expressed in Lanner v. Board of Appeal of Tewksbury, 348 Mass. 220 , at pages 228 and 229.

Commonwealth v. Williamson

462 Mass. 676 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 2012

At all three levels, offenders “must register with the board, provide home and work addresses, notify the board of any changes, and verify their information at regular intervals.” Commonwealth v. … with the sex offender registry board (board).

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.

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 .

Nickols v. Commissioners of Middlesex County

341 Mass. 13 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 3, 1960

See also Dickson v. United States, 125 Mass. 311, 313 ; MacDonald v. Board of St. Commrs. of Boston, 268 Mass. 288, 295-296 (no words indicative of a trust found); Wakefield v. … See Jewett v. Brown, 319 Mass. 243, 248 . See also Suburban Land Co. Inc. v. Billerica, 314 Mass. 184, 189 ; Knowlton v. Forbush, 322 Mass. 703, 704 ; Morris v.

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).

Casey v. Gallagher

326 Mass. 746 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 1951

. *747 On his return the plaintiff and he went to see one Browne, the manager of a garage, with whom the plaintiff wished to confer relative to the proposed sale to Wobby. … to give a bill of sale was a material but not decisive factor in determining whether the plaintiff intended to pass title when she delivered the automobile to Wobby, especially when considered with the ad *748 vice which Browne

Torrey v. Munroe

119 Mass. 490 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 31, 1876

Hubbell v. Bissell, 13 Gray, 298 . 2d. Because the award could not be enforced by any judgment that the Superior Court could render. Gen. Sts. c. 147, § 10. Brown v. Evans, 6 Allen, 333 . Award set aside.

Coulouras v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

394 Mass. 817 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 13, 1985

Graves v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 384 Mass. 766, 769 (1981). Because both the review examiner and the *820 board failed to make findings on a factual issue essential to the decision, Jean v. … The board denied the claimant’s application for review. Thus, we treat the review examiner’s findings as the findings of the board. G. L. c. 151 A, § 41 (c).

Longo v. Touraine Stores, Inc.

319 Mass. 727 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 1946

Payne v. R. H. White Co. 314 Mass. 63, 65 . … Flynn v. Bedell Co. of Massachusetts, 242 Mass. 450, 454 . See also Bradt v. Hollaway, 242 Mass. 446, 449 . C. A. Kane, for the plaintiff. W. L. Allen, for the defendant.

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 .

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.

Wilson v. Caswell

272 Mass. 297 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1930

In Oakes v. Oakes, 266 Mass. 150 , Southworth v. Treadwell, 168 Mass. 511 , and Brown v. … Brown, 222 Mass. 415 , the agreements involved were invalid, and the question here presented was, consequently, not before the court. Here we have a valid agreement, Fox v. Davis, 113 Mass. 255 , Grime v.

Breed v. City of Lynn

126 Mass. 290 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1879

the assessment by that board, until final action on the *291 petition is had. … New Haven & Northampton Co. v. Northampton, 102 Mass. 116 . Commonwealth v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 3 Cush. 25 , 55. Williams v. Taunton, ante, 287.