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  • Fairbanks v. Commonwealth

    183 Mass. 373 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1903

    The petitioner seeks to recover damages to his property under the St. 1895, c. 488, § 14, for the doings of the metropolitan water board under this statute. … This meaning was stated in Sawyer v.

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  • King's Case

    220 Mass. 290 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1915

    Morgan v. Smith, 159 Mass. 570 . Driscoll v. Towle, 181 Mass. 416, 418 . Delory v. Blodgett, 185 Mass. 126 . Oulighan v. Butler, 189 Mass. 287, 290, 291 . Haskell v. Boston District Messenger Co. 190 Mass. 189, 193 . … Carroll v. Boston Elevated Railway, 200 Mass. 527 . The dependent was required to satisfy the board that the employee’s service was such as to entitle her to compensation for his death. New Bedford v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Willcutt

    259 Mass. 406 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1927

    See Hayden v. Stoughton, 5 Pick. 528 ; Allen v. Howe, 105 Mass. 241 . We find nothing unreasonable or beyond the authority of the. board of aldermen in the restrictions imposed. … General Baking Co. v. Street Commissioners, 242 Mass. 194 . Hanley v. Cook, 245 *409 Mass. 563 . Marcus v. Street Commissioners, 252 Mass. 331 .

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  • Lawrence v. Curtis

    191 Mass. 240 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1906

    of directors, of which all of them were not members, of which those of them who were members constituted only a minority of the board, acting with their co-directors. … Weitze v. Burrage, 190 Mass. 267 , and cases there cited. And see Warren v. Para Rubber Shoe Co. 166 Mass. 97, 103 , in which the converse of this proposition *245 was held.

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  • Adams v. County of Essex

    205 Mass. 189 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1910

    Connors v. Stone, ubi supra. Boston Electric Co. v. Cambridge, ubi supra. … Morse v. Norfolk County, Wormstead v. Lynn, Connors v. Stone, ubi supra. McManus v. Weston, 164 Mass. 263 .

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  • Boston Penny Savings Bank v. Assessors of Boston

    314 Mass. 599 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 8, 1943

    Bigelow v. Willson, 1 Pick. 485 , 495. Bemis v. Leonard, 118 Mass. 502, 509 . Corey v. National Ben Franklin Fire Ins. Co. 284 Mass. 283, 286 . … Appeals to Appellate Tax Board dismissed.

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  • Brien v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.

    257 Mass. 443 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 1926

    to the ground, whereby she was swung around against the running board, and that she screamed. … Plymouth v. Russell Mills, 7 Allen, 438. Berggren v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York, 231 Mass. 173, 177 . Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway, 235 Mass. 482, 495-497 . Ryan v. Hickey, 240 Mass. 46, 47 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Kane

    362 Mass. 656 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1972

    D. tablets, which would be carried in a brown leather suitcase.” The informant also described some of the clothing Kane would be wearing. … See Commonwealth v. Chaisson, 358 Mass. 587 ; Commonwealth v. Cohen, 359 Mass. 140 ; United States v. Newsome, 432 F. 2d 51 , 53 (5th Cir.); Buelna-Mendoza v.

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  • Sylvester v. Sylvester

    330 Mass. 397 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 7, 1953

    Bailey v. Bailey, 97 Mass. 373, 380-381 . Freeman v. Freeman, 238 Mass. 150, 160 . Rudnick v. Rudnick, 288 Mass. 256, 257 . In Freeborn v. … See Turner v. Turner, 234 Mass. 37 . In Brown v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • General Motors Corp.

    344 Mass. 481 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1962

    Herlihy v. Kane, 310 Mass. 457,460 . Anderson v. Goodman, 341 Mass. 704, 705 . Medford Red Cab, Inc. v. Duncan, 341 Mass. 708, 709-710 . … The reviewing board found, “based on the opinion of Dr.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Norman

    406 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1989

    For all the reasons advanced by the Appeals Court (the facts are recited in its opinion), we conclude that the holding in Brown v. … Commonwealth v. Mahoney, 331 Mass. 510, 513-514 (1954). We also agree with the Appeals Court’s holding on the issue of waiver. 27 Mass. App. Ct. at 87-88 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Frostburg Mining Co. v. New England Glass Co.

    63 Mass. 115 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1851

    In Morton v. … So, also, in Bushel & others v. Wheeler, which is reported in connection with Morton v. Tibbett, the vendee ordered the goods to be forwarded by a particular sloop.

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  • Coram v. Davis

    209 Mass. 229 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1911

    Ingersoll v. Coram, 211 U. S. 335 . Walker v. Brown, 165 U. S. 654 . Fourth Street Bank v. Yardley, 165 U. S. 634 . Ketchum v. St. Louis, 101 U. S. 306 . Fletcher v. Morey, 2 Story, 555 . Stranahan v. … Bray v. Kettell, 1 Allen, 80 , 83. Howland v. Leach, 11 Pick. 151 , 154. Brown v. Fales, 139 Mass. 21, 28 .

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  • Helfman v. Northeastern University

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 27, 2020

    Co. v. … See Wills v. Brown Univ., 184 F.3d 20, 35 (1st Cir. 1999) (Lipez, J., dissenting). The protections of Title IX are "enforceable through an implied private right of action against an educational institution . . .

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  • Commonwealth v. White

    353 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 14, 1967

    Brown v. Brown, 208 Mass. 290, 292 . Rothwell v. First Natl. Bank, 286 Mass. 417, 422 . … Commonwealth v. Polian, 288 Mass. 494, 498-499 . See Clewis v. Texas, 386 U. S. 707 ; United States v. Bayer, 331 U. S. 532 ; Lyons v. Oklahoma, 322 U.

    Cited 89 timesPublished
  • Doe v. Attorney General

    425 Mass. 210 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 12, 1997

    See T & D Video, Inc. v. Revere, 423 Mass. 577, 580 (1996); Packaging Indus. Group, Inc. v. Cheney, 380 Mass. 609, 616, 617 (1980). … See Lukes v.

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Stevenson v. TND Homes I LLC.

    482 Mass. 1006 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 22, 2019

    See Brown v. Federal Nat'l Mtge. … See Varney Enters., Inc . v. WMF, Inc ., 402 Mass. 79 , 82, 520 N.E.2d 1312 (1988) ("person appearing pro se does not represent another").

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Maynard v. Cleaves

    149 Mass. 307 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 11, 1889

    Broadway National Bank v. Adams, 133 Mass. 170 . Foster v. Foster, 133 Mass. 179 . Sears v. Choate, 146 Mass. 395 . … This case is clearly distinguishable from the case of Baker v. Brown, 146 Mass. 369 . There the gift was not of the income of a fund, or of any fixed or ascertainable sum of money.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Pederzoli's Case

    269 Mass. 550 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1930

    All the material evidence received at the hearing on the employee’s petition for compensation, which was before a member of the Industrial Accident Board, and on review before the Industrial Accident Board, is reported. … See in this connection Kennerson v. Thames Towboat Co. 89 Conn. 367 ; Grinnell v. Wilkinson, 39 R. I. 447; Crane v. Leonard, Crossette & Riley, 214 Mich. 218 ; Post v. Burger & Gohlke, 216 N. Y. 544 . Decree affirmed.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Mondello v. Hanover Trust Co.

    252 Mass. 563 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1925

    Breed v. Hurd, 6 Pick. 356 . Folsom v. Barrett, 180 Mass. 439, 442 . Peugh v. Davis, 113 U. S. 542, 545 . Scott v. Franklin, 15 East, 428, 438. Sargent v. Graham, 5 N. H. 440. Lewis v. Mott, 36 N. Y. 395 . Eddy v. … Brown v. Gilmore, 8 Maine, 107. Holt v. Brown & Co. 63 Iowa, 319 . Chase v. Welsh, 45 Mich. 345 . Potter v. Thompson, 10 R. I. 1. See also cases cited in 22 Am. Dec. 223 , 224, 225, note.

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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