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  • Gaylord v. Pelland

    169 Mass. 356 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 22, 1897

    Bernard's Township v. Stebbins, 109 U. S. 341, 349 . Bullock v. Whipp, 15 R. I. 195. Conover v. Brown, 4 Dick. 156. Lebanon Savings Bank v. Hollenbeck, 29 Minn. 322 . Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank v. … Lee v. Butler, 167 Mass. 426 . Church v. Fowle, 142 Mass. 12 . Nickerson v. Swett, 135 Mass. 514 . Holden v. Hoyt, 134 Mass. 181 . Drum v. Drum, 133 Mass. 566 . Greenfield Savings Bank v. Stowell, 123 Mass. 196 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Bent v. Inhabitants of Hubbardston

    138 Mass. 99 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 1, 1884

    Brown v. Lamb, 6 Met. 203 . Gray v. Bennett, 3 Met. 522 . Lothrop v. Reed, 13 Allen, 294 . … Baker v. Atlas Bank, 9 Met. 182 , 197. Holbrook v. Bliss, 9 Allen, 69 , 76. Lewis v. United States, 92 U. S. 618, 621 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Dow

    217 Mass. 473 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1914

    The treasurer was forbidden by the by-laws to disburse the moneys of the corporation except in accordance with the directions of the board of directors. … The case was tried before Brown, J.

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  • Zelman v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

    335 Mass. 515 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1957

    Coyne v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, 312 Mass. 224, 227, 228 . In Connolly v. … See Jubinville v. Jubinville, 313 Mass. 103, 106-107 ; Rigs v. Sokol, 318 Mass. 337, 345 ; Tracy v. Ginzberg, 189 Mass. 260 , affirmed, 205 U. S. 170 ; Fisher v.

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  • Davis v. New York & New England Railroad

    143 Mass. 301 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1887

    Ames v. McCamber, 124 Mass. 85, 91 . … Wilbur v. Gilmore, 21 Pick. 250 .

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  • Witham v. Gregory & Read Co.

    243 Mass. 595 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 22, 1923

    Brown v. Wimpenny, 239 Mass. 278 . … Tolchester Beach Improvement Co. v. Steinmeier, 72 Md. 313 . Porter v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, 41 Iowa, 358 . Allen v. London & South Western Railway, L. R. 6 Q. B. 65. Abrahams v. Deakin, [1891] 1 Q.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Leyden v. Sweeney

    118 Mass. 418 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 25, 1875

    Commonwealth v. O’Neil, 6 Gray, 343 . Commonwealth v. Calhane, 108 Mass. 431 . Commonwealth v. Sheehan, Ib. 432 note. Wallace v. Brown, 5 Foster, 216 . … Noyes v. Sherburne, 117 Mass. 279 . No error being shown in the judgment of the Superior Court, it must be Affirmed.

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  • LeBeau v. Commissioner of the Department of Employment & Training

    422 Mass. 533 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 24, 1996

    The board of review (board) denied her application for review. 5 The plaintiff filed a timely appeal to the Northhampton District Court. … On denial by the board of the application for review, the review examiner’s findings became the board’s final decision. See G. L. c. 151A, § 41 (c) (1994 ed.).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Keenan

    310 Mass. 166 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1941

    Ed.) c. 250, §§ 13, 15, 22; Clarke v. Bacall, 171 Mass. 292 ; Perkins v. Bangs, 206 Mass. 408, 412 ; Lee v. Fowler, 263 Mass. 440, 443 ; Lynch v. Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 300 Mass. 14, 16 . … Russell v. Howe, 12 Gray, 147 , 153. Commonwealth v. Leach, 246 Mass. 464, 470 .

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Emery's Case

    271 Mass. 46 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 24, 1930

    Dewey v. Dewey Fuel Co. 210 Mich. 370 . Skouitchi v. Chic Cloak & Suit Co. 230 N. Y. 296 . Hubbs v. Addison Electric Light & Power Co. 230 N. Y. 303 . Compare Kolpien v. O’Donnell Lumber Co. 230 N. Y. 301 . … The evidence warranted the findings of the reviewing board.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Bergman v. Granstein

    235 Mass. 378 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1920

    Taylor v. Wilson, 11 Met. 44 , 51. Illustrated Card & Novelty Co. v. Dolan, 208 Mass. 53 . Brown v. Hannagan, 210 Mass. 246 . Keystone Grape Co. v. Hustis, 232 Mass. 162, 165 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Gordon v. State Tax Commission

    335 Mass. 431 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 11, 1957

    Modern Finance Co, v. Holz, 307 Mass. 281, 284-286 . Bernhardt v. Atlantic Finance Corp. 311 Mass. 183, 187 . Compare Skinner v. Kapples, 320 Mass. 269, 270 . … It provides, among other matters, that the “court shall not consider any issue of law which does not appear to have been raised in the proceedings before the board.” See Assessors of Worcester v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Safford v. Knight

    117 Mass. 281 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1875

    Good v. Lehan, 8 Cush. 299 . Anderson v. Brown, 10 Gray, 92 . … Foster v. Plummer, 3 Cush. 381 . Gifford v. Whalon, 8 Cush. 428 . Brown v. Brigham, 5 Allen, 582 . Fuller v. Storer, 111 Mass. 281 .

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  • Lienow v. Ritchie

    25 Mass. 235 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1829

    See Hall v. Snowhill, 2 Green, 8; Ran dell v. Cleaveland, 7 Connect. R. 328. See Hinghani v. Sprague, 15 Pick. 102 . In New York, case only will lie even where the land is in possession of tenant at will. Campbell v. … R. 511; Tobey v. Webster, 3 Johns. R. 468. See also Revett v. Brown, 5 Bingh. 7; Harper v. Charleicorth, 4 Barn. & Cressw. 574, and cases cited in Starr v Jackson, 11 Mass. R. (Rand’s edit.) 527, note (a).

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  • Rogers's Case

    318 Mass. 308 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 1, 1945

    And in the very recent case of Murphy v. … The board relied upon Savage’s Case, 257 Mass. 30 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Stiles v. Western Rail Road

    49 Mass. 44 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1844

    Fairlie v. Hastings, 10 Ves. 126. Haven v. Brown, 7 Greenl. 424. New trial granted,.

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  • Sullivan v. Allen

    1 Rep. Cont. Elect. Case. 99 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1897

    The petitioner in his petition alleges that certain votes which should have been counted for him by the Board of Election Commissioners were improperly rejected by said Board, and not counted at all. … following reasons: — *101 Assuming, for the purpose of this case, that the committee has a right to go behind the returns and examine the original ballots, the committee, following .the precedent established by the case of Rice v.

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  • Sylvia's Case

    298 Mass. 27 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1937

    In Watkins v. … Compare Vitas v. Grace Hospital Society, 107 Conn. 512 , and Daly v. Bates & Roberts, 224 N. Y. 126 . This is not a case for the imposition of costs under G. L. (Ter.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Godfrey v. Massachusetts Medical Service

    359 Mass. 610 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 11, 1971

    Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 139 . “One assailing a statute on constitutional grounds has the burden of proving the absence of any conceivable grounds upon which the statute may be supported. … Spear v. H. V. Greene Co. 246 Mass. 259, 266 . Compare MacDonald v. Carr, 355 Mass. 120, 126-127 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Retkovitz

    222 Mass. 245 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 1915

    Griffin v. Boston, 188 Mass. 475 . Brown v. Brown, 208 Mass. 290 . See for a full discussion of all the principles, Commonwealth v. Tucker, 189 Mass. 457 , 479 to 485. … Commonwealth v. Cody, 165 Mass. 133, 138 . It was said in Anthony v.

    Cited 61 timesPublished

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