Case law

Peaslee v. Peaslee

147 Mass. 171 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1888

She obtained a divorce from bed and board against Rowe on November 4, 1868. … As we have said, the validity of the act as applied to existing divorces from bed and board is established by decision.

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.

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 .

Hoffer v. Commissioner of Correction

412 Mass. 450 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1992

See Blake v. Commissioner of Correction, 403 Mass. 764, 770 (1989). … McLeod’s Case, 389 Mass. 431, 434 (1983), citing Hormel v. Helvering, 312 U.S. 552, 557 (1941).

Smith v. Mayor of Haverhill

187 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 11, 1905

And thereafter, as the terms of the regular police officers so appointed expire, the mayor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by said board, their successors for a term of four years.” … Bartlet v. King, 12 Mass. 537, 545 . Ashley, appellant, 4 Pick. 21 , 23. Nichols v. Squire, 5 Pick. 168 . Commonwealth v. Cooley, 10 Pick. 37 , 39. Commonwealth v. Kelliher, 12 Allen, 480 , 481.

Andres v. Justices of the Municipal Court

225 Mass. 454 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1917

Apparently he took no further action, as the licensing board issued the license and it expired of its own limitation. … Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners, 112 Mass. 206, 212 . Noyes v. City Council of Springfield, 116 Mass. 87 . Rudnick v. Murphy, 213 Mass. 470 . Petition dismissed.

Brady's Case

256 Mass. 267 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1926

We cannot hold as matter of law on the foregoing facts, that the conclusions of the board member, which were adopted by the full board on review, that the accident arose out of, and in the course of the claimant’s employment … White v. E. T. Slattery Co. 236 Mass. 28 .

Walker v. Mayo

143 Mass. 42 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 1886

Johnson v. Johnson, 11 Mass. 359 . Stebbins v. Smith, 4 Pick. 97 . Ramsdell v. Soule, 12 Pick. 126 . … Leonard v. Taunton Congregational Society, 2 Cush. 462 . Turner v. Browne, 3 C. B. 157. For these reasons, in the opinion of the majority of the court, the entry must be, Judgment for the plaintiffs affirmed.

Moneyweight Scale Co.

225 Mass. 473 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1917

The certificate of the judge is referred to expressly in Whitcomb v. Williams, 4 Pick. 228 , 232, Browne v. Hale, 127 Mass. 158, 161 , and Purcell v. … Brown v. Hale, 127 Mass. 158,161 . In any event it could not be disregarded. The prima facie case made out by the judge’s certificate is not controlled or contradicted by any other facts.

Credit Service Corp. v. Barker

308 Mass. 476 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1941

Day v. Mayo, 154 Mass. 472, 474 , and cases cited. Gillingham v. Brown, 178 Mass. 417, 422 , et seq. Kennedy v. Drake, 225 Mass. 303, 308 . Turner v. Buttrick, 272 Mass. 261, 264, 265 . Markiewicz v. … Littlefield v. Littlefield, 91 N. Y. 203 . Lang v. Gage, 65 N. H. 173. Green v. Morris, 58 Vt. 35 . Wanamaker & Brown v. Plank, 117 Ill. App. 327 .

Indeck Maine Energy, LLC v. Commissioner of Energy Resources

454 Mass. 511 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 11, 2009

Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 324 Mass. 427, 429 (1949). … School Comm. of Hudson v. Board of Educ., 448 Mass. 565, 584 (2007). 15 Judgment affirmed.

Fletcher v. Sturtevant

235 Mass. 249 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 5, 1920

Brown, 124 Mass. 77 , that *252 paroi evidence is inadmissible to show that this was not the real contract. But St. 1874, c. 404, Pub. … Fenno v. Gay, 146 Mass. 118 . Peirce v. Tobey, 5 Met. 168 . Balcom v. Richards, 6 Cush. 360 . Faulkner v. Bailey, 123 Mass. 588 .

Finlay v. City of Boston

196 Mass. 267 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 14, 1907

O'Connell v. Matthews, 177 Mass. 518 . Perry v. Hull, 180 Mass. 547 . Selectmen of Gardner v. Templeton Street Railway, 184 Mass. 294 . Fowler v. … See in this connection State v. Board of Education, 35 Vroom, 59 ; Ellison v. Raleigh, 89 N. C. 125, 130 ; State v. Board of Supervisors, 29 Wis. 79 . Petition dismissed.

Commonwealth v. Fletcher

157 Mass. 14 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1892

See Commonwealth v. Brown, 150 Mass. 334, 342 . In Richardson v. … Commonwealth v. Edwards, 12 Cush. 187 . See also Crosby v. Harrison, 116 Mass. 114 . Commonwealth v. Donahue, 126 Mass. 51 . Commonwealth v. Brown, ubi supra.

Harvey's Case

295 Mass. 300 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 9, 1936

We sustain the result reached, the award of compensation, although the ground *305 on which the board and the judge of the Superior Court based it was untenable. Slocum v. Natural Products Co. 292 Mass. 455, 458 . … Co. v. Lowell, 274 Mass. 477, 487 . O’Keeffe v. John P. Squire Co. 188 Mass. 210 . Decree affirmed.

Work-A-Day of Fitchburg, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Department of Employment & Training

412 Mass. 578 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 6, 1992

L. c. 151 A, § 2. 2 *580 On appeal to the board of review, which heard no additional evidence, the board affirmed the decision. A judge of the District Court denied Work-A-Day’s petition for review. … See Harrison Conference Servs. of Mass., Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue, 394 Mass. 21, 24 (1985); Restatement (Second) of Agency § 1 (1) (1958).

Commonwealth v. Bellamy

391 Mass. 511 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 20, 1984

McCarty testified that on the day Vasquez was murdered, Bellamy complained of heroin withdrawal symptoms and set out in search of drugs wearing, among other items, a brown leather jacket and cap. … See Commonwealth v. Walden, 380 Mass. 724, 729 (1980); Commonwealth v. Harrington, supra; Commonwealth v. Kendrick, 351 Mass. 203, 211 (1966). Additionally, as in Commonwealth v.

Barnett v. Loud

226 Mass. 447 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 7, 1917

Atwill v. Mackintosh, 120 Mass. 177 . Morasse v. Brochu, 151 Mass. 567 . Dow v. Long, 190 Mass. 138 . Merrill v. Post Publishing Co. 197 Mass. 185 . Wynne v. Parsons, 57 Conn. 73 . May v. Brown, 3 B. & C. 113, 138. … Rogers v. Coy, 164 Mass. 391 . Bradley v. Rea, 14 Allen, 20 . Bennett v. Kupfer Brothers Co. 213 Mass. 218, 221 , and cases cited. Dushane v. Benedict, 120 U. S. 630 .

Police Department of Boston v. Kavaleski

463 Mass. 680 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 2012

Board of Registration in Nursing, 456 Mass. 666, 674 (2010), quoting Cobble v. Commissioner of the Dep’t of Social Servs., 430 Mass. 385, 390-391 (1999). … See, e.g., Daniels v. Board of Registration in Med., 418 Mass. 380, 392 (1994), quoting Commonwealth v.

Letteney v. Commissioner of Commerce & Development

358 Mass. 10 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1970

See Bessette v. Commissioner of Pub. Works, 348 Mass. 605, 609-610 . … The respondents contend that the board’s chairman could not give Letteney an appointment extending beyond his own five year term which expired by lapse of time on January 7, 1965. See Cieri v.