Case law

Todd v. Keene

167 Mass. 157 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 1896

Noble v. Hand, 163 Mass. 289 . Brown v. Smith, 12 Cush. 366 . Bernstein v. Meech, 130 N. Y. 354 . Moss v. Tompkins, 69 Hun, 288 ; S. C. 144 N. Y. 659 . Exceptions overruled.

Kennedy v. Simmons

308 Mass. 431 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1941

Hutchins v. Browne, 253 Mass. 55, 57 . Connolly v. Phipps, 283 Mass. 584, 586 . Rev. … White v. Stowell, 229 Mass. 594 . Feehan v. Tax Commissioner, 237 Mass. 169 . Hutchins v. Browne, 253 Mass. 55 . White v. Loftus, 275 Mass. 559 . Tuells v. Flint, 283 Mass. 106, 109 . Cambridge v.

Franklin Foundation v. City of Boston

336 Mass. 39 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1957

In Boston v. … As was said in Boston v.

Rockwood v. Wilson

65 Mass. 221 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1853

Boynton v. Rees, 9 Pick. 528 ; Howland, v. Vincent, 10 Met. 371 ; Tourtellot v. Rosebrook, 11 Met. 460 ; Thurston v. Hancock, 12 Mass. 220 ; Bachelder v. Heagan, 6 Shepley, 32; Panton v. Holland, 17 Johns. 92 ; Brown v. … J. in Sutton v. Clarke, 6 Taunt. 29, is not only strictly an obiter dictum, but cannot be sustained we think upon principle or authority. Exceptions overruled.

Hosea v. Jacobs

98 Mass. 65 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1867

Burbank v. Whitney, 24 Pick. 146 . 1 Jarman on Wills, (3d ed.) 257, 258. … Brimmer v. Solder, 1 Cush. 118 . Haven v. Foster, 14 Pick. 534 .

Baker v. City of Fall River

187 Mass. 53 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 22, 1904

August 22, 1871; that the report was accepted in the common council on August 24, 1871, and that the board of aldermen on September 4, 1871, concurred with the council in accepting the report. … The case of Draper v. Mayor of Fall River, 185 Mass. 142 , is relied upon by the defendant in support of this contention.

Commonwealth v. Tay

170 Mass. 192 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1898

The King v. Marks, 3 East, 157. Ex parte Krans, 2 Dowl. & Ry. 411. Commonwealth v. Wait, 131 Mass. 417 . State v. Brewster, 7 Vt. 118 . Dow’s case, 18 Penn. St. 37. People v. Rowe, 4 Park. Cr. Rep. 253 . In People v. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 141 Mass. 78 .

Brooks v. Volunteer Harbor No. 4, American Ass'n of Masters, Mates & Pilots

233 Mass. 168 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1919

The cases of Browne v. Phelps, 211 Mass. 376 , and Ames v. Gilman, 10 Met. 239 , are not applicable. … In Ames v. Gilman , the plaintiff held himself out as an attorney at law, although not authorized to practice in this Commonwealth.

Dwyer v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

209 Mass. 419 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1911

Blackwell v. Old Colony Railroad, 122 Mass. 1 . Robinson v. Brown, 182 Mass. 266 , and cases therein cited. … Selectmen of Norwood v. New York & New England Railroad, 161 Mass. 259 . Decree affirmed.

Commonwealth v. Tsaffaras

250 Mass. 445 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1925

Commonwealth v. McCue, 16 Gray, 226 . Webber v. Davis, 5 Allen, 393 . Commonwealth v. Kane, 108 Mass. 423 . Commonwealth v. Tobin, 108 Mass. 426 . Commonwealth v. Wright, 158 Mass. 149 . Barry v. Smith, 191 Mass. 78 . … Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14, 26 . The defendant was not prejudiced because the judge, instead of ruling as matter of law, left to the jury to determine whether the duties performed were “ executive.”

Davis v. Columbia Coal Mining Co.

170 Mass. 391 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1898

Armitage v. Insole, 14 Q. B. 728. Sutherland v. Allhusen, 14 L. T. (N. S.) 666. Dwight v. Eckert, 117 Penn. St. 490. Hocking v. Hamilton, 158 Penn. St. 107. … See Milliken v. Keppler, 4 App. Div. (N. Y.) 42; Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western Railroad v. Bowns, 58 N. Y. 573 . We see no ground upon which the defendant could be held liable. jExceptions sustained.

Ryan v. Charles E. Reed & Co.

266 Mass. 293 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1929

Fay v. Noble, 12 Cush. 1 . Rathbun v. Snow, 123 N. Y. 343 . There is no evidence reported, and it is not argued by the defendant, that the plaintiffs had actual knowledge of the by-law above quoted. … See O’Meara v. Smyth, 243 Mass. 188 ; Sullivan v. Roche, 257 Mass. 166 .

Howes Bros. v. Unemployment Compensation Commission

296 Mass. 275 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 29, 1936

Wyeth v. Cambridge Board of Health, 200 Mass. 474, 478 . Chas. Wolff Packing Co. v. Court of Industrial Relations, 262 U. S. 522 . The cases at bar are not in our opinion governed by Railroad Retirement Board v. … United States, 3 Dallas, 171 ; on sales at exchanges or boards of trade, Nicol v. Ames, 173 U. S. 509 ; on the transmission of property from the dead to the living, Knowlton v. Moore, 178 U.

Lord v. Bigelow

124 Mass. 185 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1878

Small v. Franklin Mining Co. 99 Mass. 277 . He had not so conducted that he could be said to have sold collateral security within the meaning of the Gen. Sts. o. 161, § 64. In the case of Fletcher v. … Gordon v. Parmelee, 2 Allen, 212 . Bliss v. Nichols, 12 Allen, 443 . Bogle v. Chase, 117 Mass. 273 . Brown v. Jewett, 120 Mass. 215 .

Commonwealth v. Ducey

126 Mass. 269 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1879

Under the St. of 1878, a. 244, the board of police commissioners of the city of Boston is vested with all the powers and duties' given to and imposed upon the mayor and aldermen by the St. of 1875, o. 99. … Commonwealth v. Kane, 108 Mass. 423, 425 . And the exceptions alleged are not to the instructions given, but only to the refusal to give the instructions requested. Thayer v. Boston, 124 Mass. 132, 148 .

Charon's Case

321 Mass. 694 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1947

Yates v. South Kirkby Featherstone & Hemsworth Collieries, Ltd. [1910] 2 K. B. 538. George L. Eastman Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, 186 Cal. 587 . Stier v. Derby, 119 Conn. 44 . J. Norman Geipe, Inc. v. … Monk v. Charcoal Iron Co. of America, 246 Mich. 193 . Hall v. Doremus, 114 N. J. L. 47. Geltman v. Reliable Linen & *698 Supply Co. 128 N. J. L. 443. Church v. County of Westchester, 253 App. Div. (N. Y.) 859.

Mosesso's Case

327 Mass. 525 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1951

Flower v. Billerica, 320 Mass. 193, 196 . Collins v. Curtin, 325 Mass. 123, 126 . The only question open in this case is whether the claimant was dependent upon the deceased employee. In G. L. (Ter. … The single member and the board could believe such part only of the evidence as they might think proper. Lindenbaum v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 197 Mass. 314, 323 . Roney’s Case, 316 Mass. 732, 734 .

Bryant v. Clifford

54 Mass. 138 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1847

This subsequent abuse of his authority made him a trespasser ah initio, as was decided in Melville v. Brown, 15 Mass. 82 . … The doctrine laid down by the court, in Ryder v. Hathaway, 21 Pick. 298 , 305, is decisive on this point.

Malkin v. Pine

351 Mass. 358 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1966

Brown, 218 Mass. 33, 35 (trustees of a charitable trust declared invalid could appeal). Compare Hirshson v. … Ridgeway v. Cels, 350 Mass. 274, 281-282 . Compare Wilkins v. Wilkins, 324 Mass. 261 . Decree affirmed.

Barry v. Page

76 Mass. 398 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1858

Brown v. Webber, 6 Cush. 564 . Loomis v. Wadhams, 8 Gray, 561 . 2. … Taintor v Prendergast, 3 Hill, 72 . Ilsley v. Merriam, 7 Cush. 242 .