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  • Parker v. Dudley

    118 Mass. 602 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 30, 1875

    Thayer v. Thayer, 101 Mass. 111 . … Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald, 2 Allen, 297 . Whether, if he had been permitted to contradict it, the party first availing himself of such evidence could have objected thereto, might present a different question. Brown v.

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  • Roberts v. State Tax Commission

    360 Mass. 724 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1972

    She then seasonably appealed to the Appellate Tax Board (board) with the same result. The case is before this court on her appeal from the decision of the board under the provisions of G. … The decision of the Appellate Tax Board is affirmed.

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  • Director of the Division of Water Pollution Control v. Town of Uxbridge

    361 Mass. 589 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 12, 1972

    Waltham, 144 Mass. 184, 185-186 (notice to city clerk through board of aldermen); Garvey v. Revere, 187 Mass. 545, 546 (filing with selectmen when not in session) ; Bauer v. … Welfare v. Billerica, 350 Mass. 56, 57 . Commissioner of Pub. Health v. Board of Health of Tewksbury, 350 Mass. 507, 508 .

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  • Dabney v. New England Mutual Marine Insurance

    96 Mass. 300 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1867

    In regard to it Chief Justice Marshall observes, in Mason v. … Perkins v Augusta Ins. & Banking Co. 10 Gray, 316 . I am authorized to say that Mr. Justice Chapman fully concurs in this dissenting opinion. Judgment for the defendants.

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  • Meagher v. Hoyle

    173 Mass. 577 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1899

    Manning v. Brown, 10 Maine, 49. Niles v. Phinney, 90 Maine, 122. Canfield v. Westcott, 5 Cowen, 270. Mancius v. Sergeant, 5 Cowen, 271, n. Church v. Ayers, 5 Cowen, 272, n. Folts v. Huntley, 7 Wend. 210 . Barbour v. … Mason v. Caldwell, 10 Ill. 196 . Wilcoxson v. Stitt, 65 Cal. 596 . See also Cartwright v. Gardner, 5 Cush. 273 . Judgment reversed.

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  • Spear v. H. V. Greene Co.

    246 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 14, 1923

    Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Brown, 213 U. S. 25, 51 . Rogers v. Boston Club, 205 Mass. 261 . Tribette v. Illinois Central Railroad, 70 Miss. 182, 187 . … Brown v. Tilley, 25 R. I. 579. Hayden v. Thompson, 71 Fed. Rep. 60, 67.

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  • Pongonis v. Saab

    396 Mass. 1005 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 11, 1985

    McLellan v. Fuller, 226 Mass. 374, 377-378 (1917). Glidden v. Terranova, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 597, 598 (1981). … Bank v. Callahan, 18 Mass. App. Ct. 76, 82 (1984). Brown v. Gerstein, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 558, 566 (1984). DiPiero v. Goodman, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 929, 929-930 (1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1029 (1983). Glidden v.

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  • McLane v. Curran

    133 Mass. 531 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1882

    Brown v. Howe, 9 Gray, 84 . Mason v. Mason, 19 Pick. 506 . … In Smith v. Philbrick, 2 N.

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  • Commonwealth v. Cronin

    245 Mass. 163 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1923

    Bearce v. Bowker, 115 Mass. 129 . Churchill v. Palmer, 115 Mass. 310 . Noble v. Boston, 111 Mass. 485 . Golden v. Knowles, 120 Mass. 336 . Russell v. Lathrop, 119 Mass. 531 . Newburyport Institution for Savings v. … Browne v. Turner, 176 Mass. 9, 12 . Boston v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 237 Mass. 403, 409, 410 . Knights v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 237 Mass. 493 . Samuel v. Page-Storms Drop Forge Co. 243 Mass. 133 .

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  • Mayor of Newton v. Civil Service Commission

    333 Mass. 340 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1955

    Adamsky v. City Council of New Bedford, 326 Mass. 706 . Hannigan v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, 328 Mass. 366 . Compare Feener Business Schools, Inc. v. Board of Collegiate Authority, 329 Mass. 170 . … Whitney v. Judge of the District Court of Northern Berkshire, 271 Mass. 448, 458 . Real Properties, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 319 Mass. 180, 181 .

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  • Luvera v. DeCaro

    317 Mass. 222 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 26, 1944

    “The scooter was a board, a two by four, with roller skates on the bottom of the board, with sort of a box on top; there was no handle. . . . … In Conley v.

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  • Browning-Drake Corp. v. AmerTran Sales Co.

    274 Mass. 545 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1931

    Graves v. Washington Marine Ins. Co. 12 Allen, 391 . Boston Dairy Co. v. Mulliken, 175 Mass. 447, 448 . Hart v. Brierley, 189 Mass. 598, 604 . Walsh v. Adams, 245 Mass. 1, 6 . … Bourne v. Whitman, 209 Mass. 155, 164 . Hunt v. Boston Terminal Co. 212 Mass. 99, 101 . Ayers v. Ratshesky, 213 Mass. 589, 593 .

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  • Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. State Tax Commission

    346 Mass. 100 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1963

    In Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. … Trust Co. v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • 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.

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  • Alves v. Hayes

    381 Mass. 57 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1980

    The town was not liable for the acts of its officers under the doctrine of respondeat superior, the immunity of the town implied immunity of its board of selectmen, and the members of the board were not personally liable … See Gildea v. Ellershaw, 363 Mass. 800, 820-825 (1973); Whitney v. Worcester, 373 Mass. 208, 220-221 (1977).

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  • Surrey v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.

    384 Mass. 171 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 28, 1981

    Brown v. Progressive Mut. Ins. Co., 249 So. 2d 429, 430 (Fla. 1971). See generally A. Widiss, supra at 156-157. … Co. v. Novak, 83 Wash. 2d 576 (1974). Category (b) includes: State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Lambert, 291 Ala. 645 (1973); Farmers Ins. Exch. v. McDermott, 34 Colo. App. 305 (1974); Brown v. Progressive Mut. Ins.

    Cited 54 timesPublished
  • Prior v. Pye

    164 Mass. 316 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 2, 1895

    The case cannot be distinguished from Campbell v. Brown, 121 Mass. 516 , which it resembles in every particular, except in the fact that in that case the property of both defendants was attached. In Eveleth v. … The case of Walker v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Peoples Express Co.

    201 Mass. 564 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1909

    Rearick v. Pennsylvania, 203 U. S. 507 . State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 102 Maine, 385. Loverin & Browne Co. v. Travis, 135 Wis. 322 . Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad v. Commonwealth, 31 Ky. … Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 12 How. 299, 320 . Packet Co. V. St. Louis, 100 U. S. 423 . Packet Co. v. Keokuk, 95 U. S. 80 . Martin v. Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad, 203 U. S. 284 . Mississippi Railroad v.

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Reid v. Berry

    178 Mass. 260 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1901

    In Perry v. Potashinski, 169 Mass. 351 , it was assumed that there was a lien for grading. In Beatty v. … And in Hubbard v. Brown, 8 Allen, 590 , 594, it would seem that a lien was established for steps leading into the garden.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Yale University v. Weissman

    296 Mass. 239 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 28, 1936

    Brown v. Hannagan, 210 Mass. 246, at 248 . 2. … Brown v. Hannagan, 210 Mass. 246, 248 .” The judge denied requests numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5, and found for the defendant.

    Cited 5 timesPublished

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