Case law

Leman v. Locke

240 Mass. 551 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1922

Boynton v. Ball, 121 U. S. 457, 466 . Savage v. Shaw, 195 Mass. 571 . Attorney General v. American Legion of Honor, 196 Mass. 151, 158 . Brown v. Hannagan, 210 Mass. 246, 248 . And in Audubon v. Shufeldt, 181 U. … Linton v. Hurley, 114 Mass. 76 .

Commonwealth v. Scanlon

412 Mass. 664 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 1992

See Commonwealth v. Pires, 389 Mass. 657 (1983); Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 170 (1979). … See Commonwealth v. Brown, .supra. Similarly, we also conclude that the trial judge properly exercised his discretion in denying the second motion for a new trial.

Batty v. Greene

206 Mass. 561 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1910

Kidney v. Stoddard, 7 Met. 252 . Stewart v. Wyoming Cattle Ranche Co. 128 U. S. 383 . Cooley on Torts, (3d ed.) 910, and cases cited. Reynolds v. Reynolds, 3 Allen, 605 . Morrill v. Palmer, 68 Vt. 1 . … See Morrill v. Palmer, 68 Vt. 1 .

Wood v. Corcoran

83 Mass. 405 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1861

Stone v. Symmes, 18 Pick. 467 ; Curtis v. Brown, 5 Cush. 492 ; Goodman v. Chase, 1 B. & Ald. 297; Butcher v. Steuart, 11 M. & W. 857.

Taggart v. City of Fall River

170 Mass. 325 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1898

Jensen v. Waltham, 166 Mass. 344 . McManus v. Weston, 164 Mass. 263 . McCann v. Waltham, 163 Mass. 344 . Hennessey v. New Bedford, 153 Mass. 260 . … Wellesley, 148 Mass. 487 , where the same persons were overseers of the poor, surveyors of highways, and selectmen, and carried on the town farm, receiving paupers from another town to board there for pay, and also boarding

Johnson v. Mayor of New Bedford

303 Mass. 381 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1939

In McDonald v. … See also Wells v. Commissioner of Public Works of North Adams, 253 Mass. 416 ; Allen v. Chief of Police of Cambridge, 259 Mass. 286 . Petition dismissed.

Sheldon v. School Committee

276 Mass. 230 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1931

The board must have the superintendent’s advice, Duffey v. School Committee of Hopkinton, 236 Mass. 5 , but nothing in the law indicates that it must control their action. … Any other position would place the superintendent above the board.

Murray v. Lincoln

277 Mass. 557 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 28, 1931

[she] fell was worn and there was two nails sticking up in the very center of the step, and you could see where this board crosses the stair was worn in way beyond the board that was beneath.” … Tompkins, 180 Mass. 302 ; Johnson v. Fainstein, 219 Mass. 537 ; Serota v. Salmansohn, 256 Mass. 224 ; Solomon v. Boston Elevated Railway, 276 Mass. 139 ; Loudon v.

Lewis v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

379 Mass. 918 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 11, 1980

A District Court judge affirmed the board of review’s decision and reported the case to this court. G. L. c. 151A, § 42. … See, e.g., Nash v. Florida Indus. Comm’n, 389 U.S. 235, 238 (1967). Robert M. Schwartz for the plaintiff. William D. Luzier, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the Director of the Division of Employment Security.

Regan v. Superb Theatre, Inc.

220 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1915

This case in principle is governed by Davis v. John L. Whiting & Son Co. 201 Mass. 92 , and does not fall into the class represented by Woodman v. Metropolitan Railroad, 149 Mass. 335 , or into that of Frost v. … Lundergan v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, 203 Mass. 460 . Gardner v. Boston Elevated Railway, 204 Mass. 213, 218 . Exceptions overruled.

Nonni v. Commonwealth

356 Mass. 264 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1969

Commonwealth v. Keyes, 11 Gray, 323 , 324-325. Noble v. Fagnant, 162 Mass. 275, 280, 286 . Sullivan v. Morse, 271 Mass. 501, 504 . Cf. Commonwealth v. Monahan, 349 Mass. 139, 168-169 . There was compliance with G. … Smith v. Commonwealth, 210 Mass. 259, 261. Ford v. Worcester, supra.

New England Trust Co. v. White

224 Mass. 332 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1916

Brown in one half the trust fund came into possession and enjoyment by her on that date. … It was said in Field v.

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 .

Commonwealth v. McGarry

135 Mass. 553 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 30, 1883

It is convenient and probably common for boards of selectmen to keep minutes of their proceedings, but such minutes are not technically records, which, like public or judicial records, are independent and conclusive evidence … Halleck v. Boylston, 117 Mass. 469 , and cases cited. These reasons do not apply where one of the selectmen, by appointment of his associates, keeps the minutes of their proceedings.

Massachusetts Ass'n of Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers, Inc. v. Commissioner of Insurance

373 Mass. 290 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 9, 1977

South Shore Nat'l Bank v. Board of Bank Incorporation, supra. Bay State Harness Horse Racing & Breeding Ass’n v. State Racing Comm’n, 342 Mass. 694, 702 (1961). … Bank v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 347 Mass. 744, 752 (1964).

Kelly v. State Ballot Law Commission

316 Mass. 512 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 21, 1944

with such board a certificate of enrolment issued by the board of registrars of voters, or the clerk of the same, where the person filing the objections resides, stating that he is an enrolled voter of the party whose nomination … See Merrell v. Tice, 104 U. S. 557, 561 . Although these words are followed by the words “Frank A. Sughrue Elect.

Seagram Distillers Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

401 Mass. 713 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 18, 1988

Co. v. Public Utils. Comm’n, 144 Conn. 516 (1957); Stancroffv. Brown, 76 Mich. App. 589 (1977); Federal Land Bank v. Miller, 199 Miss. 615 (1946); Clovis v. Southwestern Pub. Serv. Co., 49 N.M. 270 (1945). … Gurry v. Board of Pub. Accountancy, 394 Mass. 118, 126 (1985). Albert v. Municipal Court of the City of Boston, 388 Mass. 491, 493 (1983). Shamrock Liquors, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm’n, 7 Mass. App.

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.

Horan's Case

346 Mass. 128 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1963

In Murphy v. … See Von Ette’s Case, 223 Mass. 56, 61 ; Borin’s Case, 227 Mass. 452, 454 ; Bator’s Case, 338 Mass. 104, 106 ; Wabash Ry. v. Industrial Commn. 360 111. 92, 95-96; Blue Diamond Coal Co. v. Walters, 287 S. W. 2d 921 (Ky.).

Wilcox v. Attorney General

207 Mass. 198 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1911

Minot v. Baker, 147 Mass. 348 . Gill v. Attorney General, 197 Mass. 232 . Molly Varnum Chapter, D. A. R. v. Lowell, 204 Mass. 487,493 , and cases cited. New England Sanitarium v. Stoneham, 205 Mass. 335, 341 . … Nichols v. Allen, 130 Mass. 211 . Minot v. Attorney General, 189 Mass. 176 . Bowden v. Brown, 200 Mass. 269 . Decree accordingly.