Case law

Waxman v. Cohen

253 Mass. 548 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 16, 1925

Suburban Land Co., Inc. v. Brown, 237 Mass. 166,168 . Nashua River Paper Co. v. Lindsay, 242 Mass. 206 . Since that finding is supported by evidence, it cannot be set aside.

Thayer v. Kinsey

162 Mass. 232 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1894

Wiggin v. Swett, 6 Met. 194 . Newcomb v. Williams, 9 Met. 525 , 538, 539. Fay v. Muzzey, 13 Gray, 53 . Browne v. Doolittle, 151 Mass. 595, 600 . Foster v. Bailey, 157 Mass. 160 . … Bean v. Farnam, 6 Pick. 269 . Chadbourn v. Chadbourn, 9 Allen, 173 . Blake v. Ward, 137 Mass. 94 .

Commonwealth v. McCafferty

145 Mass. 384 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1888

The part of the ordinance which applies to the case is as follows: “ No person shall place or carry, or cause to be placed or carried, on any sidewalk, any show-board, placard, or sign, for the purpose of there displaying … St. 1850, c. 184, § 20. * Commonwealth v. Davis, 140 Mass. 485 . Commonwealth v. Brooks, 109 Mass. 355 . The defendant also contends that the ordinance is unreasonable, and therefore void.

Leonard v. Woodward

305 Mass. 332 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1940

Jacobs v. Brown, 259 Mass. 232, 237 . Salem Trust Co. v. Deery, 289 Mass. 431, 436 . … Greenwood v. Lamson, 106 Vt. 37, 43 . Gleason v. Brown, 129 Wash. 196, 201 .

Lucas v. Nichols

71 Mass. 309 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1855

Lewis v. Denney, 4 Cush. 588 . The corporation, being quasi local, could be properly summoned as trustees only in the county óf Norfolk, where they had their place of business and held their meetings. … Belknap v. Gibbens, 13 Met. 475 . Brown v. Webber, 6 Cush. 569 . The ruling of the court upon the question of delivery of the organs was correct.

DeRoche v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

447 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 12, 2006

L. c. 164, § 55, and the department’s board of commissioners (board) is comprised of members elected by those same citizens. Id. It is the town that owns the light plant that the department operates. G. L. c. 164, § 34. … The plaintiff’s complaint with the commission also charged the town of Wakefield (town) and the Wakefield retirement board (board) with age discrimination.

In re Ngobeni

453 Mass. 233 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 13, 2009

Anusavice v. Board of Registration in Dentistry, 451 Mass. 786, 793-798 (2008). … See Ramirez v. Board of Registration in Med., 441 Mass. 479, 482-483 (2004), quoting Marek v. Board of Podiatric Med., 16 Cal.

Dexter v. Blanchard

93 Mass. 365 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1865

Kendall v. Lawrence, 22 Pick. 540 . Nightingale v. Withington, 15 Mass. 274 . McCarty v. Murray, 3 Gray, 578 . … Brown, 5 Cush. 488 , and cases cited. Exceptions overruled.

Murray v. Rossmeisl

284 Mass. 263 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 25, 1933

Moore v. Spiegel, 143 Mass. 413, 417 . See Palmer v. Whitney, 166 Mass. 306, 310 . … Chaves v. Weeks, 242 Mass. 156 . Christensen v. Bremer, 263 Mass. 129, 133-134 .

Avery v. County of Norfolk

279 Mass. 598 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1932

It is against the policy of this Board to commence a new man at the same salary as that paid a former incumbent of many years service. … In McCourt v. Mayor & City Council of Boston, 254 Mass. 100 , this court upheld an order of the Chief Justice *601 of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston (approved by the associate justices of that court under G.

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.

Van Liew v. Stansfield

474 Mass. 31 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 30, 2016

See Benoit v. … See Arlington v. Board of Conciliation & Arbitration, 370 Mass. 769, 777 (1976).

Harrison v. Building Inspector of Braintree

350 Mass. 559 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 7, 1966

Brady v. Board of Appeals of Westport, 348 Mass. 515, 520-522 . The demurrers of course raise no issue of discretionary refusal of the writ. We note that the facts alleged suggest no basis therefor. … Yonkers v. Rentways, Inc. 304 N. Y. 499 . Wolf v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of Park Ridge, 79 N. J. Super. 546, 550. See Cary v.

Sciaba Construction Corp. v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority

412 Mass. 606 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 8, 1992

Group, Inc. v. Cheney, 380 Mass. 609, 617 (1980). The judge determined that the plaintiff demonstrated little likelihood of success. … Co. v. Lowell, 391 Mass. 829 , 840 (1984), “prequalification ... is a cornerstone of the competitive bidding statute.”

Green

475 Mass. 624 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 4, 2016

See Commonwealth v. … Tomich, a representative of the community access board.

Jones v. Adams

162 Mass. 224 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1894

An easement of drainage was created by the reservation ; Claflin v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 157 Mass. 489, 493 ; and it passed by the deed to the plaintiff without express words. Barnes v. Lloyd, 112 Mass. 224 . … Wood v. Boyd, 145 Mass. 176 . Brown v. South Boston Savings Bank, 148 Mass. 300, 304 . The reservation being express, there is no occasion to consider the doctrine of easements reserved by implication.

Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives

300 Mass. 615 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1938

In Wyeth v. Cambridge Board of Health, 200 Mass. 474, 478 , occurs this language: "The right to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is secured to every one under the Constitution of Massachusetts. … In principle, we think Wyeth v. Cambridge Board of Health, 200 Mass. 474 , in the point decided and in the reasoning adopted, requires the conclusion that the proposed bill would be unconstitutional.

Commonwealth v. Fraser

410 Mass. 541 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1991

On arriving at the scene, the officer saw a group of young men standing on the sidewalk, the defendant among them, but no brown Toyota. … Sullivan v.

Woodruff v. Halsey

25 Mass. 334 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 12, 1829

See Lunt v. Brown, 13 Maine R. (1 Shepley,) 236; Phelps v. Willard, 16 Pick. 32 ; 1 Chitty on PI. (7th Am. edit.) 193, 194.

Lovequist v. Conservation Commission of Dennis

379 Mass. 7 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 21, 1979

Observing that this court has approved other towns’ wetland by-laws as exercises of the zoning power, e.g., MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 369 Mass. 512 (1976); Turnpike Realty Co. v. … See MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 369 Mass. 512, 516 (1976) (MacGibbon III); MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 356 Mass. 635 (1970) (MacGibbon II); MacGibbon v.