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  • Moran v. Somes

    154 Mass. 200 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1891

    Campbell v. Brown, 129 Mass. 23 . 4. We think the deed from Somes to Rand must be held to convey all the interest which the grantor had, at the time of its execution and delivery, in the tract described in it. … Worthington v. Hylyer, 4 Mass. 196 . Bott v. Burnell, 11 Mass. 163 . Melvin v. Proprietors of Lochs & Canals, 5 Met. 15 . Hastings v. Hastings, 110 Mass. 280 .

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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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  • Reynolds v. Inhabitants of New Salem

    47 Mass. 340 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1843

    But it is urged that this may be treated as the act of the board of selectmen, and may avail as a substantial execution of the statute provision; and that the case of Westminster v. … In the case of Right v.

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  • Gordon v. West End Street Railway Co.

    175 Mass. 181 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1900

    It was his business to know whether those who wished to board the car had done so, and had got so far in as to make it safe to start. As a fact he was where he could see. … Warren v. Fitchburg Railroad, 8 Allen, 227 , 232. Brien v. Bennett, 8 C. & P. 724. Ganiard v. Rochester City & Brighton Railroad, 50 Hun, 22 ; S. C. 121 N. Y. 661 . Smith v. St. Paul City Railway, 32 Minn. 1 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Mayfield

    398 Mass. 615 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1986

    See Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24 (1967); Commonwealth v. … On cross-examination, Aheam stated that he did not see or find a brown lighter with a silver top in the vicinity of where the body was located.

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  • Limoli v. Accettullo

    358 Mass. 381 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 14, 1970

    Perry v. Oliver, 317 Mass. 538 . Tucker v. Poch, 321 Mass. 321, 322 . … Thomas v. Beals, 154 Mass. 51, 54-55 . Parker v. Simpson, 180 Mass. 334, 343 .

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  • Bigelow v. Union Freight Railroad

    137 Mass. 478 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 5, 1884

    Stevens v. Middle-sex Canal, 12 Mass. 466 . Dodge v. County Commissioners, 3 Met. 380 . Tower v. Boston, 10 Cush. 235 . Boston & Lowell Railroad v. Salem & Lowell Railroad, 2 Gray, 1 . Connecticut River Railroad v. … The board of aldermen cannot now entertain an application for an assessment, and there is no authority to order a hearing by a jury. Charles River Railroad v. County Commissioners, 7 Gray, 389 . Gusty v.

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  • Commissioner of Corp. & Taxation v. Aetna Life Insurance

    328 Mass. 404 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 14, 1952

    There was. *409 no error in the decision of the board granting the abatement. We now consider the motion to dismiss. This petition for a correction of the tax was filed with the Appellate Tax Board on October 11, 1948. … Gallo v. Foley, 299 Mass. 1, 4 . Styrnbrough v. Cambridge Savings Bank, 299 Mass. 22, 23 . Charles I. Hosmer, Inc. v. Commonwealth, 302 Mass. 495, 498 . Frost v. Kendall, 320.

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  • Bellin v. Kelley

    435 Mass. 261 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 11, 2001

    For access under clause (c), the criminal history systems board (established by G. … This mandate, in and of itself, provides the board with broad powers to address situations not specifically enumerated in the statute. See Dowell v.

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  • Saperstein v. City of Everett

    265 Mass. 195 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1928

    Pursuant to that authority an ordinance was enacted creating a board of public works and conferring upon it, among other powers, those of the street commissioner, and requiring the board to appoint a street commissioner. … Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co. v. Wakefield, 223 Mass. 485, 487 . McGovern v. Boston, 229 Mass. 394, 397 . Blaisdell v. Stoneham, 229 Mass. 563, 565 . Stevens v. Dedham, 238 Mass. 487 . Myers v. Boston, 247 Mass. 36 .

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  • Hacker v. Nitschke

    310 Mass. 754 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1942

    of the upper berth, the iron would hook over the top of the side board; and that the ladder was designed to be used in this way. … In Ingalls v.

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  • Faulkner v. National Sailors' Home

    155 Mass. 458 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 19, 1892

    a home established there in 1866, from which time it has been in active operation as a home for sailors; that all the trustees have been business men of Boston, except two naval officers stationed there, members of the board … Bartlett v. Nye, 4 Met. 378, 380 . Washburn v. Sewall, 9 Met. 280 . Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen, 539 . Russell v. Allen, 107 U. S. 163 . Decree affirmed.

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  • 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 .

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  • Raytheon Co. v. Director of Division of Employment Security

    344 Mass. 369 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 11, 1962

    Upon the denial of Raytheon’s application to the board of review for rehearing, the review examiner’s decisions became the decisions of the board of review. § 41. … Commn. v. Cochran Foil Co. 331 S. W. 2d 903, 906 (Ky.), Woodmen of the World Life Ins. Soc. v. Olsen, 141 Neb. 776 , and Stone Mfg. Co. v. South Carolina Employment Security Commn. 219 S. C. 239.

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  • Lockwood v. City of Charlestown

    114 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1874

    The effect of this statute was to confer jurisdiction under the betterment act upon the same tribunals or boards of officers which already had jurisdiction of laying out streets. … Bay v. Aldermen of Springfield, 102 Mass. 310 .

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  • Langevin's Case

    326 Mass. 43 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1950

    The single member and the reviewing board found and ruled (Pequod Realty Corp. v. … In Coughlan v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Isenburger v. Hotel Reynolds Co.

    177 Mass. 455 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1901

    Waterhouse v. Kendall, 11 Cush. 128 . Traver v. Stevens, 11 Cush. 167 . Stanton v. Maynard, 7 Allen, 335 . Knitted Mattress Co. v. Griggs, 154 Mass. 5 . … Spaulding v. Backus, 122 Mass. 553 . Murray v. Toland, 3 Johns. Ch. 569 . Beall v. Brown, 7 Md. 393 . Smith v. Washington Gaslight Co. 31 Md. 12 . Birdsall v. Fischer, 17 Minn. 100 . Exceptions overruled.

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  • Anton's of Reading, Inc. v. Town of Reading

    346 Mass. 575 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1964

    Merit Oil Co. v. Director of the Div. on the Necessaries of Life, 319 Mass. 301, 302-303 . … See Schacht v. New York, 30 Misc. 2d (N. Y.) 77, 79, modified 14 App. Div. 2d (N.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Judge v. National Security Bank

    272 Mass. 286 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1930

    Taylor v. Badger, 226 Mass. 258 . Farquhar v. New England Trust Co. 261 Mass. 209, 212, 213, 214 . … Brown v. Bradlee, 156 Mass. 28, 31 . J. P. Eustis Manuf. Co. v. Saco Brick Co. 198 Mass. 212, 217 . The various requests need not be discussed in detail. What has been stated disposes of them.

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  • Inhabitants of Duxbury v. County Commissioners

    172 Mass. 383 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1899

    The fact that the boards sawed were box boards and were mainly used by the partners in the manufacture of boxes at their box factory in Hanover does not, we think, change the principle. … See Barker v. Watertown, 137 Mass. 227 . It is unnecessary to consider whether the property was taxable in Duxbury under Pub. Sts. c. 11, § 20, cl. 1. Writ of certiorari to issue.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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