Case law

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

227 Mass. 113 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1917

Marr v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 208 Mass. 446 . Jackson v. Boston Elevated Railway, 217 Mass. 515 . … Ogden v. Aspinwall, 220 Mass. 100 .

Athol Memorial Hospital v. Commissioner of the Division of Medical Assistance

437 Mass. 417 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 6, 2002

Co. v. Commissioner of Ins., supra, and Lapierre v. Maryland Cas. Co., 14 Mass. App. Ct. 248 (1982), is misplaced. In Warner Ins. Co. v. … If the board of hearings applied the law incorrectly to the facts it found, such an error could be rectified in a complaint for judicial review under G. L. c. 30A, § 14, as it was in Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary v.

Brockton Hospital v. Cooper

345 Mass. 616 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 26, 1963

Ryan v. DiPaolo, 313 Mass. 492, 494-495 . … Upon all the evidence plaintiff has failed to establish that the charges for room and board were necessary items, and, therefore, cannot recover. 3.

Steinbergh v. City of Cambridge

413 Mass. 736 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 10, 1992

See Opinion of the Justices, 408 Mass. 1215, 1217-1218 (1990); Blue Hills Cemetery, Inc. v. Board of Registration in Embalming & Funeral Directing, 379 Mass. 368 , 373 n.8 (1979). … On September 14, 1987, the board ruled that the challenged regulation barred the plaintiffs from selling individual condominium units without permission from the board.

Root v. MacDonald

260 Mass. 344 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1927

Brown’s Case, 173 Mass. 498 . Indeed, imprisonment for debt is not a criminal proceeding. See Commonwealth v. Badlam, 9 Pick. 362 ; Opinion of the Justices, 251 *356 Mass. 617, 619 . In Frankel v. … Stimpson v. Putnam, 41 Vt. 238 . Cary Mfg. Co. v. Acme Flexible Clasp Co. 48 C. C. A. 118, 120 ; S. C. 108 Fed. Rep. 873. Merchants’ Stock & Grain Co. v. Board of Trade of Chicago, 120 C. C. A. 582, 592, 593 .

Burt v. Wigglesworth

117 Mass. 302 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 11, 1875

Parks v. Boston, 15 Pick. 198 , 208. Con necticut River Railroad v. Clapp, 1 Cush. 559 . Winnisimmet Co. v. Grueby, 111 Mass. 543 . Burt v. Merchants' Ins. Co. 115 Mass. 1, 14 . 3. … Fairbanks v. Fitchburg, 110 Mass. 224 . Brown v. Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad, 5 Gray, 35 , 39. Wesson v. Washburn Iron Co. 13 Allen, 95 , 100.

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.

Boston & Albany Railroad v. New York Central Railroad

256 Mass. 600 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1926

In Stein v. … Stein v. Strathmore Worsted Mills, supra. Boston v. Treasurer & Receiver General, supra. Lapham v. Tax Commissioner, 244 Mass. 40 . Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co. 212 U. S. 1 .

Commissioner of Revenue v. Outdoor World Corp.

431 Mass. 1003 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 14, 2000

The board found, and the parties agree, that this case is factually indistinguishable from Commissioner of Revenue v. J.C. Penney Co., ante 684 (2000), decided today. … Decision of the Appellate Tax Board reversed.

Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corp. v. Inhabitants of Brookline

121 Mass. 5 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 12, 1876

Callender v. Marsh, 1 Pick. 418 . Brown v. Lowell, 8 Met. 172 . They were first made thus liable by the Rev. Sts., which went into effect May 1,1836, and which contained the same provision as the Gen. Sts., above cited.

Siegel v. Brockton Savings Bank

312 Mass. 614 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 29, 1942

told him that the “Board” had accepted his offer of $100,000. … See Schleifer v. Worcester North Savings Institution, 306 Mass. 226, 228-229 ; G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 168, § 16.

Shaffer v. Commissioner of Revenue

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 10, 2020

In reviewing decisions of the board, "[w]e review conclusions of law, including questions of statutory construction, de novo." Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette Inc. v. … Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 454 Mass. 114, 119 (2009). See Boston Professional Hockey Ass'n v.

Morrison v. City of Lawrence

98 Mass. 219 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1867

who shall be the clerk of the board of aldermen. … Mayhew v.

Hardman v. Collector of Taxes of North Adams

317 Mass. 439 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1945

That section applies only to “Every board, and every officer above-named not a member of a board.” The section is included under “Title 7. Powers and Duties of Officers.” … Ros-sire v. Boston, 4 Allen, 57 . Graton v. Cambridge, 250 Mass. 317 .

Commonwealth v. Diaz

383 Mass. 73 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1981

See Commonwealth v. Chase, 372 Mass. 736, 749 (1977). The two matters are linked; both relate to the “fundamentals of a fair trial” guaranteed by art. 12, see Brown v. … See Brown v. United States, 356 U.S. 148, 154-155 (1958) (waiver of analogous Federal constitutional privilege).

Richards v. Attleborough National Bank

148 Mass. 187 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1889

Crease v. Babcock, 23 Pick. 334 . … Richmond v. Irons, 121 U. S. 27, 54 .

Attorney General v. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 11, 2026

See Williams v. Board of Appeals of Norwell, 490 Mass. 684, 695 (2022) (applying dictionary definitions from time of bylaw's adoption when interpreting "frontage"). … See Spence v.

Cutter v. Richardson

125 Mass. 72 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 19, 1878

See Brown v. Howe, 3 Allen, 528 . Nor can it be said that the third count, in amendment of the first, introduced any new cause of action whereby these defendants were discharged. … See Mann v. Brewer, 7 Allen, 202 ; Wood v. Denny, 7 Gray, 540 , 542, and cases cited. Exceptions overruled.

Duchemin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

66 L.R.A. 980 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 7, 1904

We are unwilling to go farther than the doctrine stated in Davey v. … See Gordon v. West End Street Railway, 175 Mass. 181, 183 , and cases cited.

Dwyer v. Commissioner of Insurance

375 Mass. 227 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 1978

General Laws c. 26, § 8B, FCB’s organic statute, states that the board “may appoint and remove a chief of accident claims investigations,” but § 8B contains no further grant of power to the board to appoint or remove examiners … Larkin, 421 U.S. 35, 55 (1975): “No specific foundation has been presented for suspecting that the Board [the State examining board for physicians] had been prejudiced by its investigation or would be disabled from hearing