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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 timesPublished
  • Olsen v. Andrews

    168 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 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Parker

    86 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 timesPublished
  • Walsh 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 timesPublished
  • Chartrand 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 timesPublished
  • Bailey v. Bailey

    97 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 timesPublished
  • Simeon v. Cramm

    121 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 timesPublished
  • Trustees 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 timesPublished
  • Riley v. Riley

    434 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 timesPublished
  • Downs v. Perkin

    207 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 timesPublished
  • Howlett 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 timesPublished
  • Parker v. Lombard

    100 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 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Lapine

    410 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 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants 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 timesPublished
  • Bobblis v. Cupol

    297 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 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Lewandowski

    251 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 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Houtenbrink

    235 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 timesPublished
  • Sch. 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 timesPublished
  • Ela v. Edwards

    97 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 timesPublished
  • Lavoie v. Dube

    229 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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