Case law

Tobin v. Taintor

229 Mass. 174 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1918

Baird v. Baptist Society, 208 Mass. 29 . Sweet v. Pecker, 223 Mass. 286 . … Swampscott Machine Co. v. Rice, 159 Mass. 404 . Johnson v. Brown, 154 Mass. 105, 106 . Huntley v. Whittier, 105 Mass. 391 . Briggs v. Hervey, 130 Mass. 186 .

In re Curry

450 Mass. 503 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 6, 2008

Curry contests an information filed in the county court by the Board of Bar Overseers (board) that unanimously recommends his disbarment for violating S.J.C. … Graham v.

Commonwealth v. Reading Savings Bank

137 Mass. 431 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 10, 1884

The board of trustees is by statute to meet at least once in three months, and, at each meeting, a record is to be made of the transactions of the board. St. 1876, e. 203, § 7. Pub. Sts. c. 116, § 18. … Of this board, Pratt, as secretary, was the recording officer, and the by-laws of the corporation prescribe that the secretary “ shall keep a full, complete, and just record of all meetings of the corporation or of the board

Commonwealth v. Alvarado

423 Mass. 266 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 23, 1996

See Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Alvarado, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 650, 654 (Brown, J., dissenting). He is correct.

Warren v. Mayor of Charlestown

68 Mass. 84 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1854

Fisher v. Mc Girr, 1 Gray, 45 , 46. … It was so decided in the case of Fisher v.

Mayor v. Judge of First District Court

249 Mass. 465 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 12, 1924

Driscoll v. Mayor of Somerville, 213 Mass. 493 . Swan v. Justices of the Superior Court, 222 Mass. 542, 544 . Commissioner of Public Works of Boston v. … Swan v. Justices of the Superior Court, 222 Mass. 542, 548 . Peopl v. Board of Police Commissioners, 93 N. Y. 97, 102 . We should hesitate to order the writ to issue on this ground.

Hamel v. Sweatt

256 Mass. 581 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1926

McKechnie v. Boston Elevated Railway, 224 Mass. 36 . Salisbury v. Boston Elevated Railway, 239 Mass. 430 . Dillon v. Plimpton, 239 Mass. 588 . Daris v. Middlesex & Boston Street Railway, 241 Mass. 580, 582 . Barnett v. … Pitman & Brown Co. v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway, 255 Mass. 292 . The facts in Pigeon v. Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway, 230 Mass. 392 , and Fitzpatrick v.

Adduci v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

215 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1913

It was not in a defective condition, and was in plain sight to every one that got on the running board. … Mullen v. Springfield Street Railway, 164 Mass. 450 . Gargan v. West End Street Railway, 176 Mass. 106 . Byron v. Lynn & Boston Railroad, 177 Mass. 303. Farley v. Philadelphia Traction Co. 132 Penn. St. 58. Howell v.

Vose v. Dolan

108 Mass. 155 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1871

Brown v. Pinkham, 18 Pick. 172 . Commonwealth v. Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, 98 Mass. 12 . Chessman v. Whittemore, 23 Pick. 231 . Adams v. Frye, 3 Met. 103 . … Burns v. Lynde, 6 Allen, 305 . Basford v. Pearson, 9 Allen. 387. Exceptions overruled.

In re Mayor of Northampton

158 Mass. 299 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1893

Norwich & Worcester Railroad, 109 Mass. 103 ; Commonwealth v. Eastern Railroad, 103 Mass. 254 ; Hingham & Quincy Bridge v. Norfolk, 6 Allen, 353 ; Fitchburg Railroad v. Grand Junction Railroad, 4 Allen, 198 ; Roxbury v. … State v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co. 18 How. 421 . Davis v. Sawyer, 133 Mass. 289 . Sawyer v. Davis, 136 Mass. 239 . New London Northern Railroad v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 102 Mass. 386 .

In re Dawkins

432 Mass. 1009 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 17, 2000

A hearing panel of the Board of Bar Overseers (board), after hearing the consolidated matters, recommended that Dawkins’s request for reinstatement be denied and that he be disbarred. … Id., quoting Boston Bar Ass’n v. Greenhood, 168 Mass. 169, 183 (1897). We need not recite the evidence in detail. Suffice it to say this was not a close case.

The DOVER POOL & RACQUET CLUB, INC. v. Brooking

366 Mass. 629 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 13, 1975

A few days earlier, unknown to them, the planning board of Medfield had published a notice of a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the zoning bylaw. … Doliner v. Planning Bd. of Millis, 343 Mass. 1, 6-7 (1961). Cf. Alexander v. Building Inspector of Provincetown, 350 Mass. 370, 375-376 (1966); Nyquist v. Board of Appeals of Acton, 359 Mass. 462, 465-466 (1971).

School Committee v. Gavin

333 Mass. 632 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1956

School Committee of Springfield, 241 Mass. 325 , Callahan v. Woburn, 306 Mass. 265 , Ring v. Woburn, 311 Mass. 679 , and Hayes v. Brockton, 313 Mass. 641 , is sufficient. General Laws (Ter. … Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway v. Mayor of Fall River, 308 Mass. 232, 233 . See Hayes v. Brockton, 313 Mass. 641, 648 .

Weaver v. Commonwealth

387 Mass. 43 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 3, 1982

See Whitney v. Worcester, 373 Mass. 208 (1977); Morash & Sons v. Commonwealth, 363 Mass. 612 (1973). … Gaudette v. Webb, 362 Mass. 60, 63-64 (1972).

Stafford's Case

238 Mass. 93 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1921

St. 1911, c. 751, Part V, § 2. Admittedly the claimant was not next of kin, since the employee’s sister survived him. … The Industrial Accident Board has found that she was not a member of the employee’s family; and this finding must stand, as it finds support in the evidence.

In re Kerlinsky

428 Mass. 656 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 14, 1999

The respondent makes numerous challenges to the two-year suspension recommended by the Board of Bar Overseers (board) and imposed by the single justice. … Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp., 410 Mass. 706 (1991). The respondent also advanced misstatements about Kourou-vacilis’s employment and alleged wages lost as a result of the fire.

Bly v. City of Haverhill

110 Mass. 520 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1872

Brown v. Kendall, 6 Cush. 292 .

Commonwealth v. Lewis

381 Mass. 411 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 29, 1980

See State v. Brown, 21 Md. App. 91, 94-95 (1974). … See also State v. Brown, 21 *419 Md.

Graves v. Town of Fairhaven

338 Mass. 290 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1959

Ry. v. Mayor of Fall River, 308 Mass. 232 . Ring v. Woburn, 311 Mass. 679, 685, 688-689 . See Quinn v. School Comm. of Plymouth, 332 Mass. 410, 412 . … The cases relied upon, Ring v. Woburn, 311 Mass. 679 , and Watt v. Chelmsford, 323 Mass. 697 , are among many authorities to the contrary. See, for example, Morse v. Ashley, 193 Mass. 294 ; Decatur v.

Russell v. Leland

94 Mass. 349 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1866

Taft v. Buffum, 14 Pick. 322 . The letter of the defendant Stockman to Brown, dated October 7, substantially admits that he was still a partner. We must, then, regard him as a partner when the draft *352 was made. … Crocker v. Whitney, 10 Mass. 316 . Mowry v. Todd, 12 Mass. 281 .