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  • Tallman v. New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank

    138 Mass. 330 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1885

    This case is disposed of by Brown v. New Bedford Institution for Savings, 137 Mass. 262 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Kelley v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    210 Mass. 454 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1912

    Jackson v. Old Colony Street Railway, 206 Mass. 477, 485, 486 . … Kuhlen v. Boston & Northern Street Railway, 193 Mass. 341 . Magee v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 195 Mass. 111 . Jackson v. Old Colony Street Railway, 206 Mass. 477 . Glennen v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Weeks v. Grace

    194 Mass. 296 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1907

    Thus it was said in Brown v. … Clark v. Worcester, 125 Mass. 226, 231 . Brigham v. Fayerweather, 140 Mass. 411, 413 . See also The Avon, Brown, Adm. 170 ; Certain Logs of Mahogany, 2 Sumner, 589.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Greenfield Savings Bank v. Abercrombie

    211 Mass. 252 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1912

    It is alleged also that the rules (which are specified in the bill) adopted by the board of trustees were not complied with in the respects specified in the bill. … It is not without significance that in this statute, as in former and subsequent ones, the governing board of officers is given the name of trustees.

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • George H. & Irene L. Walker Home for Children, Inc. v. Town of Franklin

    416 Mass. 291 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1993

    Board of Educ. v. School Comm. of Amesbury, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 508, 512 (1983). … See Northbridge v. Natick, supra (interpreting and applying 603 Code Mass. Regs. § 28, par. 202.1 [d]); Board of Educ. v. School *297 Comm. of Amesbury, 16 Mass. App.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • M. A. Delph Brokerage Co., Inc. of New England v. State Tax Commission

    347 Mass. 64 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1964

    See Judson Freight Forwarding Co. v. Commonwealth, 242 Mass. 47 .” The tax board correctly ruled, in accordance with the taxpayer’s first and third requests, that Gr. … Atlantic Lumber Co. v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. 292 Mass. 51, 53 , affd. 298 U. S. 553 . Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. Ford Motor Co. 308 Mass. 558, 564 . State Tax Commn. v. John H.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Farrington v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

    280 Mass. 121 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 7, 1932

    Brown v. Brown, 222 Mass. 415 .... Neither the decree, nor the agreement of March 18 contained any reference to the wife’s rights upon the death of the husband.” … In Storey v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Connolly v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

    334 Mass. 613 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1956

    See Commonwealth v. Crane, 158 Mass. 218 ; Finlay v. … In this he said, “It also seems reasonable that local licensing boards should grant local licenses in the first instance, subject to approval of the State Board” (emphasis supplied).

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Marzynski

    149 Mass. 68 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1889

    Commonwealth v. Peckham, 2 Gray, 514 . Commonwealth v. Crowley, 145 Mass. 430 . Cigars are manufactured articles familiar to everybody. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 121 Mass. 69 . *73 The instructions to the jury, in regard to their duty to follow the charge of the judge in matters of law, were in_ accordance with the rule laid down in Commonwealth v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Herbert's Case

    283 Mass. 348 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1933

    S. 128 , John *352 Baizley Iron Works v. Span, 281 U. S. 222 , Crowell v. Benson, 285 U. S. 22 , and Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. Hicks, 285 U. S. 502 . … She testified that her father paid for her board and room and that there was no other source except him for the money to purchase her clothing.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Wadsworth v. Williams

    97 Mass. 339 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1867

    In Brown v. Worcester Bank, 8 Met. 47 , the court intimated an opinion that this was the proper course to pursue; and it certainly seems to be equitable and just to both parties.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Labonte v. Hutchins & Wheeler

    424 Mass. 813 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 5, 1997

    See Browning-Ferris Indus. of Vt., Inc. v. … Board of Educ., Oakland Unified Sch. Dist., 217 Cal.

    Cited 138 timesPublished
  • Bryant v. Bigelow Carpet Co.

    131 Mass. 491 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 17, 1881

    Rowe v. Granite Bridge, 21 Pick. 344 . Estabrooks v. Peterborough & Shirley Railroad, 12 Cush. 224 . Perry v. Worcester, 6 Gray, 544 . Sprague v. … Wendell v. Pratt, 12 Allen, 464 .

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • National Bank of the Republic v. Delano

    185 Mass. 424 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 1, 1904

    State Trust Co. v. Owen Paper Co. 162 Mass. 156, 160 . Mulcare v. Welch, 160 Mass. 58 . Legg v. Vinal, 165 Mass. 555 . Brooks v. Stackpole, 168 Mass. 537 . … Fowle v. Torrey, 135 Mass. 87, 93 . Roby v. Phelon, 118 Mass. 541 . Browning v. Carson, 163 Mass. 255 . National Granite Co. v. Whicher, 173 Mass. 517 . 0. 3. Sprague, for the plaintiff. J. B.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Hart v. Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corp.

    133 Mass. 488 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 23, 1882

    It was decided in Attorney General v. … Cadigan v. Brown, 120 Mass. 493 . Fall River Iron Works v. Old Colony & Fall River Railroad, 5 Allen, 221 . Winslow v. Nayson, 113 Mass. 411 . Creely v. Bay State Brick Co. 103 Mass. 514 . Dickenson v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Aronson v. Commonwealth

    331 Mass. 599 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 20, 1954

    When asked before the board “whether she had been pressured by the police into telling the story that she had testified to [in court], she stated that it had been jammed down her throat.” … Allen v. Commonwealth, 324 Mass. 558 . Lindsey v. Commonwealth, ante, 1. Jones v. Commonwealth, ante, 169.

    Cited 14 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
  • Cohen v. Maritime Transportation Co.

    353 Mass. 760 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1968

    Commonwealth v. D’Agostino, 344 Mass. 276, 280 . See also O’Brien v. Wellesley College, 346 Mass. 162, 173 . Thomas D. Dolan for Maritime Transportation Co., Inc., & another. John J. Jennings for Gardner L. … Brown Co. & others, are the plaintiffs.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Fontanez

    473 Mass. 1022 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 3, 2016

    It concerns the same single issue that we address in Commonwealth v. Morales, 473 Mass. (2016), also decided today: whether a court has the authority to revoke a defendant’s bail pursuant to G. … Justin Kyle Brown, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant. arraigned on a new crime in the Boston Municipal Court, but the Commonwealth did not move to revoke bail on this basis.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Dana v. City of Boston

    170 Mass. 593 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1898

    These cases grow out of acts done by the city of Boston in the year 1884 or 1885 upon a highway, under orders adopted in 1884 by the board of aldermen, and approved by the mayor. … They were in fact specific repairs, and they were ordered by the board of aldermen in proceedings which specifically determined the nature and extent of the changes to be made. Sisson v. New Bedford, and Sullivan v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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