Case law

Parker v. Parker

211 Mass. 139 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1912

Davol v. Davol, 13 Mass. 264 . Shannon v. Shannon, 2 Gray, 285 . Page v. Page, 189 Mass. 85, 87 . … Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U. S. 714 . Haddock v. Haddock, 201 U. S. 562, 567 . Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U. S. 78,110 .

Tracy v. Merrill

103 Mass. 280 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1869

Norton v. Huxley, 13 Gray, 285 . New England Bank v. Lewis, 8 Pick. 113 . Wilbur v. Gilmore, 21 Pick. 250 . Walbridge v. Shaw, 7 Cush. 560 . Shears v. Dusenbury, 13 Gray, 292 . Gilbert v. Thompson, 9 Cush. 348 . … Andrews v. Brown, 3 Cush. 130 . Gage v. Holmes, 12 Gray, 428 . Perkins v. Parker, 10 Allen, 22 . Burlen v. Shannon, 14 Gray, 433 . Same v. Same, 99 Mass. 200 .

System Technology Associates, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

393 Mass. 539 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 17, 1984

STA appealed to the Appellate Tax Board (board) pursuant to G. L. c. 58, § 1A. The board ordered the Commissioner to put STA on the list. The Commissioner appeals here pursuant to G. L. c. 58A, § 13. … See Polaroid Corp. v. Commissioner of Revenue, ante 490,496 (1984) (“Decisions made without required regulations are invalid”). Our conclusion that the list is void disposes of this appeal.

Lydon v. Campbell

198 Mass. 29 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1908

J. in Brown v. … Among the cases bearing upon the general question, see Carlton v. Jackson, 121 Mass. 592 , and cases there cited; McCabe v. Swap, 14 Allen, 188 ; Putnam v. Collamore, 120 Mass. 454 .

Spring v. Hulett

104 Mass. 591 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1870

Evidence that the plaintiff and her ward rendered services to the defendant, while living at his house, was admissible upon the question, of the value, or the reasonable amount of compensation to be allowed for their board … Boardman v. Silver, 100 Mass. 330 . 2. The law implies a promise to pay for the reasonable value of benefits received, only when there is no evidence that they were conferred upon other grounds than that of contract.

City of New Bedford v. New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority

336 Mass. 651 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1958

See Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 4 Wheat. 518 ; Broadhurst v. Fall River, 278 Mass. 167 ; Commonwealth v. Hudson, 315 Mass. 335 ; Mayor of Gloucester v. City Clerk of Gloucester, 327 Mass. 460 . … Massachusetts Society of Graduate Physical Therapists, Inc. v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 330 Mass. 601, 605-606 .

Chokel v. Genzyme Corp.

449 Mass. 272 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 2007

Later that month, they formed a capital structure committee of board members to pursue the plan. … Kemble Fischer Realty Trust v. Board of Appeals of Concord, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 477, 478-479 n.2, cert. denied sub nom. Costello v. Board of Appeals of Concord, 449 U.S. 1011 (1980).

Boudreau v. New England Transportation Co.

315 Mass. 423 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1944

The defendant first contends that, since a foreign administrator cannot as such maintain an action in this Commonwealth (Brown v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 283 Mass. 192, 195 ; Old Colony Trust Co. v. … The case of Sterling v. Frederick Leyland & Co. Ltd. 242 Mass. 8 , does not touch the present question. None of these cases involved the effect of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 30. In Brown v.

Trustees of the Public Library v. City of Melrose

316 Mass. 584 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1944

Fellows v. Miner, 119 Mass. 541, 546 . … Cary Library v. Bliss, 151 Mass. 364 . See also Attorney General v. Parker, 126 Mass. 216, 220 ; Boston v. Doyle, 184 Mass. 373, 381, 382 ; Adams v. Plunkett, 274 Mass. 453, 459, 460 .

Attorney General v. Armstrong

231 Mass. 196 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1918

In Crawford v. … First Methodist Episcopal Church, 12 Dick. 496, 499, 502; Sanders v. Meredith, 78 W. Va. 564 . 2. The trust established by the Jackson deed provides by its express terms for the perpetuation of the board of trustees.

Akers Motor Lines, Inc. v. State Tax Commission

344 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 10, 1962

See Barrett v. Brooks Hosp. Inc. 338 Mass. 754, 757-758 . See also Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 139 ; Commonwealth v. D’Avella, 339 Mass. 642, 645 ; Northeastern Malden Barrel Co. Inc. v. … See Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. Chilton Club, 318 Mass. 285, 287-288 . The board properly adopted this view in its rulings. 2. So far as here pertinent, G.

Quinn v. Mayor of Springfield

233 Mass. 595 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 10, 1919

The board of aider-men were authorized to deal with the whole improvement as a unit and to charge those assessed with a share of the total expense. Yeamans v. County Commissioners, 16 Gray, 36 . Upham v. … Alden v. Springfield, 121 Mass. 27 . Lincoln v. Street Commissioners, 176 Mass. 210 . Sears v. Street Commissioners, 180 Mass. 274 . Smith v. Mayor & Aldermen of Worcester, 182 Mass. 232, 234 . The case of Arnold v.

American Tube & Iron Co. v. Crafts

156 Mass. 257 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1892

Gleason v. Dodd, 4 Met. 333 . Bodurtha v. Goodrich, 3 Gray, 508 . Carleton v. Bickford, 13 Gray, 591 . Bissell v. Wheelock, 11 Cush. 277 . Knapp v. Abell, 10 Allen, 485 . Folger v. Columbian Ins. Co. 99 Mass. 267, 273 . … Brown,” and also one of the plaintiffs and his-counsel.

Reithel's Case

222 Mass. 163 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1915

The finding of the Industrial Accident Board proceeds as follows: "Bombard appeared again on July 9, 1914, having a revolver in his possession, and engaged Mrs. King in conversation. He finally threatened Mrs. … Trim Joint District School Board v. Kelly, [1914] A. C. 667. Nisbet v. Rayne & Burn, [1910] 2 K. B. 689. Anderson v. Balfour, [1910] 2 Ir. R. 497. Challis v. London & South Western Railway, [1905] 2 K. B. 154. Weekes v.

Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. v. Town of Weston

346 Mass. 657 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1964

Barney & Carey Co. v. … See DiRico v. Board of Appeals of Quincy, 341 Mass. 607, 609-610 .

City of Northampton v. Northampton Street Railway Co.

231 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1919

Flood v. Leahy, 183 Mass. 232 . Cheney v. Barker, 198 Mass. 356, 364 . Board of Survey of Arlington v. Bay State Street Railway, 224 Mass. 463,469 . … Selectmen of Hyde Park v. Old Colony Street Railway, 188 Mass. 180 . The case of Fall River v.

Lynch's Case

281 Mass. 454 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1933

The case of Loney v. … In Nickell v.

Shaw Stocking Co. v. City of Lowell

199 Mass. 118 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1908

We see no reason to doubt the authority of the water board of the defendant city to make the regulations here in question. … Its counsel relies upon the decisions in Red Star Steamship Co. v. Jersey City, 16 Vroom, 246 ; Albert v. Davis, 49 Neb. 579 ; Smith v. Birmingham Water Works Co. 104 Ala. 315 ; Spring Valley Water Works v.

Solomon v. Continental Insurance

261 Mass. 360 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 1927

Lindsay v. Larned, 17 Mass. 190 , 197. Newell v. Newton, 10 Pick. 470 . Colt v. Partridge, 7 Met. 570 , 574. … Neszery v. Beard, supra, page 307. That defence to that extent may be in many cases more justly secured by a continuance of the subsequent proceedings than by abating the writ. See Brown v. Brown, 110 Maine, 280.

Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Stratton

259 Mass. 465 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1927

Cummings v. Stearns, 161 Mass. 506, 508 . Clarke v. Fay, 205 Mass. 228, 231-236 , and cases there collected. O’Brien v. Lewis, 208 Mass. 515, 518 . Porter v. Porter, 226 Mass. 204 . Stowell v. … The trustees retain exclusive control over the two buildings known as boarding houses, and let rooms and furnish board to pupils and teachers and others, for which they receive money.