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Lynn Redevelopment Authority v. City of Lynn
360 Mass. 503 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1971
appropriated for the purpose of the department under the control of said board.’ . . . … See relative to similar problems Salisbury Water Supply Co. v. Salisbury, 341 Mass. 42, 47 .
Cited 7 timesPublished168 Mass. 261 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1897
Hatt v. Nay, 144 Mass. 186 . Kennedy v. Spring, 160 Mass. 203, 205 . Connors v. Morton, 160 Mass. 333 . Driscoll v. Fall River, 163 Mass. 105 . … See Baulec v. New York & Harlem Railroad, 59 N. Y. 356 ; Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, & Chicago Railway v. Ruby, 38 Ind. 294 ; Frazier v. Pennsylvania Railroad, 38 Penn. St. 104.
Cited 28 timesPublished86 Mass. 313 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1862
Commonwealth v. Pray, 13 Pick. 359 . Stratton v. Commonwealth, 10 Met. 217 . A. R. Brown, for the defendant. Foster, A. G., for the Commonwealth. … Commonwealth v. Boon, 2 Gray, 74 . Exceptions overruled.
Cited 1 timesPublishedWalsh v. District Court of Springfield
297 Mass. 472 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1937
Commissioner of Public Works of Quincy v. Judge of the District Court of East Norfolk, 258 Mass. 444 . Bradley v. Board of Zoning Adjustment of Boston, 255 Mass. 160, 163 . Blankenburg v. … Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 453 . New-comb v. Aldermen of Holyoke, 271 Mass. 565, 567 .
Cited 24 timesPublishedChartrand v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles
347 Mass. 470 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 8, 1964
Coyne v. City Manager of Cambridge, 331 Mass. 270, 273 . See Branche v. … See Beaumont v. Director of Hosps. & Superintendent of Boston City Hosp. 338 Mass. 25, 26 . 5. It is undisputed that the registrar never sent a notice of discharge to the State retirement board in conformance with Gr.
Cited 16 timesPublished97 Mass. 373 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1867
By St. 1785, c. 69, § 3, extreme cruelty was the only cause for which a divorce from bed and board could be granted. In Hill v. … Justice Dewey had said, in Pidge v.
Cited 41 timesPublished121 Mass. 492 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1877
Brown v. Neale, 3 Allen, 74 . Denny v. Ward, 3 Pick. 199 . Brigham v. Este, 2 Pick. 420 . *494 The alteration in this case was equivalent to the commencement of a new action.
Cited 7 timesPublishedTrustees of Amherst College v. Allen
165 Mass. 178 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1896
James v. Townsend, 104 Mass. 367 . Matthewson v. Moulton, 135 Mass. 122 . Smith v. Brown, 136 Mass. 416 . Manning v. Nettleton, 140 Mass. 421 . Riley v. Hale, 146 Mass. 465 . … In Sylvester v.
Cited 19 timesPublished434 Mass. 1021 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 17, 2001
Fleet Nat’l Bank v. Mackey, 433 Mass. 1009 (2001). BankBoston v. Marlow, 428 Mass. 283 (1998). First Agric. Bank v. Coxe, 406 *1022 Mass. 879 (1990). … Smith v. Brown, 430 Mass. 1005, 1005-1006 (1999). We decide this case despite its procedural impropriety because the plaintiffs represent that only a decision from this court will suffice. See Walker v.
Cited 7 timesPublished207 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1911
This is an action of contract to recover for board and lodging furnished by the plaintiff to one William H. … Larson v. Wyman, 14 Wend. 246 . Payne v. Baldwin, 14 Barb. 570 . Halsted v. Pelletreau, 91 N. Y. Supp. 927 . Dixon v. Frazee, 1 E. D. Smith, 32.
Cited 4 timesPublishedHowlett v. Inhabitants of Holland
72 Mass. 418 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1856
The ruling of the court as to the effect of the tender was in conformity with the principles laid down in Hubbard v. Knous, 7 Cush. 557 . … The account does not state with sufficient certainty that there was any contract to pay for the board of the pauper for an entire year, whether he should be actually boarded for the whole year, or not.
Cited 0 timesPublished100 Mass. 405 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1868
Thus in Strickland v. … Leonard v. Tidd, 3 Met. 6 . See also Loring v. Mulcahy, 3 Allen, 575 .
Cited 9 timesPublished410 Mass. 38 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 8, 1991
The officer also discovered that the defendant was a deck hand on board the vessel. … Commonwealth v. Upton, 394 Mass. 363, 370 (1985).
Cited 18 timesPublishedInhabitants of Brookfield v. Inhabitants of Warren
128 Mass. 287 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1880
Wright v. Boston, 126 Mass. 161 . Weld v. Boston, 126 Mass. 166 . … Brown, 4 Mass. 675 . Worcester v. Mar chant, 14 Pick. 510 . Gen. Sts. c. 70, § 4. The fact, therefore, that his stepchildren, upon his application, received aid from the town, would not operate to make him a pauper.
Cited 5 timesPublished297 Mass. 164 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1937
Stewart v. Stewart, 177 Mass. 493, 496 . … Colwell v. Alger, 5 Gray, 67 . Damon v. Damon, 8 Allen, 192 . Martin v. Martin, 131 Mass. 547 . In Brennan v. Brennan, 185 Mass. 560 , the estate was expressly made conditional by the very sentence which created it.
Cited 2 timesPublished251 Mass. 550 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1925
Commonwealth v. O’Donnell, 8 Allen, 548 , 550. Commonwealth v. McCabe, 163 Mass. 98, 102 . Commonwealth v. Haddad, 251 Mass. 391 . *552 It is provided by G. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 150 Mass. 334, 341 .
Cited 1 timesPublished235 Mass. 320 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1920
Sections 2, 3, 4 and 7 relate to the appointment, meetings, records, reports and compensation of a board of registration in optometry. … Dent v. West Virginia, 129 U. S. 114 . Hawker v. New York, 170 U. S. 189 . Reetz v. Michigan, 188 U. S. 505 . Watson v. Maryland, 218 U. S. 173 .
Cited 16 timesPublishedSch. Comm. of W. Bridgewater v. W. Bridgewater Tchrs'
372 Mass. 121 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1977
Board of Educ., Bellmore-Merrick Cent. High School Dist., Nassau County v. Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers, Inc., 39 N.Y.2d 167 (1976). … We agree with the conclusions of the Court of Appeals of New York in Board of Educ., Bellmore-Merrick Cent. High School Dist., Nassau County v.
Cited 39 timesPublished97 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1867
Bailey v. Blanchard, 12 Pick. 166 . The competency of the appellant in this case therefore dépends upon the statutes making parties to the record competent witnesses. The Gen. … Chamberlain v. Chamberlain, 4 Allen, 184 . Brown v. Brightman, 11 Allen, 226 . The appellant was not a competent witness within the letter or the spirit of this statute.
Cited 11 timesPublished229 Mass. 87 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1918
Peabody v. Fellows, 181 Mass. 26 . Earnshaw v. Whittemore, 194 Mass. 187, 192 . DeMontague v. Bacharach, 187 Mass. 128, 134 . American Stay Co. v. Delaney, 211 Mass. 229 . … DeMontague v. Bacharach, ubi supra.
Cited 8 timesPublished
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