Case law

City of Newton v. Reiss Associates, Inc.

331 Mass. 114 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1954

It had no permit to keep 156 gallons or less of inflammable fluids or compounds in accordance with the regulations of the board, and it had no license from the board of aldermen of Newton, the local licensing authority, as … Co. *118 158 Mass. 475, 478 ; Rabinovitz v. National Fire Ins. Co. 258 Mass. 508 ; Thomson & Kelly Co. v. United States Merchants & Shippers Ins. Co. 263 Mass. 181, 187 .

Commonwealth v. Jones

477 Mass. 307 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 2017

Both described him as holding the right pocket of his shorts; Guerrero described the shorts as cargo shorts, and Santiago described them as being in between "light brown" and "dark brown." … I forgot about her, the woman who works as a member of the Board of Bar Overseers. That being the case, . . .

Commonwealth v. Martin

424 Mass. 301 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1997

Brown, 364 Mass. 471, 476 (1973), that “[wjhen special restraints are imposed, the judge’s charge to the jury should seek to quell prejudice by reasoning and warning against it.” See Commonwealth v. … This case is very different from Commonwealth v. Brown, 364 Mass. 471 (1973). In Brown the precautions taken were obvious and apparent.

Wong v. Luu

472 Mass. 208 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 15, 2015

Co. v. … See Byrne v.

Commonwealth v. George

406 Mass. 635 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 14, 1990

Commonwealth v. Endicott, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 1025, 1026 (1984) (Brown, J., concurring) (G. L. c. 90, § 24 [G], “reaches incidents occasioned by motor vehicles on this particular beach property” [emphasis supplied]). … See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Callahan, 405 Mass. 200, 202 (1989); Commonwealth v. Paccia, 338 Mass. 4, 5 (1958). See also Commonwealth v. Hart, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 235 (1988); Commonwealth v. Hazelton, 11 Mass. App.

Monahan v. Economy Grocery Stores Corp.

282 Mass. 548 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1933

Ward v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 231 Mass. 90 . Blanchard v. Kronick, 269 Mass. 464 . Weiner v. D. A. Schulte, Inc. 275 Mass. 379 . … See Emerson v. Lowell Gas Light Co. 6 Allen, 146 ; Hardiman v. Brown, 162 Mass. 585 ; Old Colony Trust Co. v. Di Cola, 233 Mass. 119, 124, 125 .

Thompson v. Luciano

211 Mass. 169 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1912

Devine v. Clark, 198 Mass. 56 . Brown v. Haddock, 199 Mass. 480, 485 . Borden v. Mercer, 163 Mass. 7 . … Casey v. Weaver, 141 Mass. 280 . Scannell v. Hub Brewing Co. 178 Mass. 288, 292 . R. L. c. 197, § 2.

Beal v. Nichols

68 Mass. 262 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1854

Brown v. Bellows, 4 Pick. 194 . Whitaker v. Salisbury, 15 Pick. 544 . Nor can he put leading questions to him, unless permitted so to do by the court in the exercise of a sound discretion. Moody v.

Pitman v. Commercial Travellers' Eastern Accident Ass'n

284 Mass. 467 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1933

That within sixty days from the receipt by the Board of Directors of the said Association of proof satisfactory to said Board of the death of the said member, and that his death has been caused wholly and entirely by external … Hood & Sons v. Maryland Casualty Co. 206 Mass. 223 .

Hogner v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

198 Mass. 260 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1908

This is an action of tort in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for being forcibly removed from one of the defendant’s cars after he had boarded it. … The plaintiff, relying upon cases like Brien v. Bennett, 8 Car. & P. 724, Gordon v. West End Street Railway, 175 Mass. 181 , and Smith v. St.

Sullivan v. Crowley

307 Mass. 189 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1940

Walton v. New York Central Sleeping Car Co. 139 Mass. 556 . Bowler v. O’Connell, 162 Mass. 319 . Fairbanks v. Boston Storage Warehouse Co. 189 Mass. 419 . Douglas v. Holyoke Machine Co. 233 Mass. 573 . Ciarmataro v. … Since the record does not show that this regulation was made by the board, we are not called upon to consider what would be the effect of the violation of such a regulation. See Fox v.

Levin v. Goodwin

191 Mass. 341 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1906

Commonwealth v. Kinsley, 133 Mass. 578 . Nor can there be any doubt that a person carrying on a business may be licensed to make a noise, which but for the license would be a nuisance. In Davis v. … The question involved in the case before us was fully discussed in Martha v.

Miller v. Levitt

226 Mass. 330 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 10, 1917

Burnham v. Windram, 164 Mass. 313 . Whitwett v. Brigham, 19 Pick. 117 . Brick v. Freehold National Banking Co. 8 Vroom, 307 . … Franklin v. Browning, 54 C. C. A. 258 . Carver v. Steele, 116 Cal. 116 . Brick v. Freehold National Banking Co., supra. Sterling v. Marietta & Susquehanna Trading Co. 11 Serg. & R. 179.

Bruce v. Johnson

277 Mass. 273 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1931

The case at bar falls within the class illustrated by Manning v. Simpson, 261 Mass. 494 , Blood v. Adams, 269 Mass. 480 , Kirby v. Keating, 271 Mass. 390 , Logan v. *275 Reardon, 274 Mass. 83 , and Smiddy v. … Ayers v. Ratshesky, 213 Mass. 589, 593 . Claffey v. Fenelon, 263 Mass. 427, 432 . Browning-Drake Corp. v. AmerTran Sales Co. 274 Mass. 545, 550 .

McCarthy v. Reid

237 Mass. 371 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 25, 1921

Burnham v. Upton, 174 Mass. 408 . Roche v. Smith, 176 Mass. 595 . … So far as Deweese v. Brown, 55 Col. 430 , is not in accord with our views, we cannot follow it. Order of judgment for the plaintiff reversed. Judgment for the defendants.

Butler's Case

278 Mass. 218 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 26, 1932

L. c. 152, § 10, so as to require the reviewing board to assess costs including a reasonable counsel fee against the insurer in cases where it has claimed a review and where the reviewing board by its decision orders the … Perotti, 224 Mass. 152, 156 , Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway v. Ellis, 165 U. S. 150 , and St.. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Wynne, 224 U. S. 354 .

Roscigno v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.

294 Mass. 234 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1936

Boston Elevated Railway, 272 Mass. 346, 352, 353 ), and the tribunal of fact is never required to conclude that there was negligence, by dint of technical presumption (Brown v. … Graham v. Badger, 164 Mass. 42, 47 . Poole v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 216 Mass. 12, 17, 18 . Gilchrist v. Boston Elevated Railway, 272 Mass. 346, 351 . Sweeney v. Erving, 228 U. S. 233 . Glowacki v.

DiNatale v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

393 Mass. 655 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 16, 1985

DiNatale appealed to the board of review (board). The board, after consideration of written argument and of the record, affirmed the review examiner’s decision. DiNatale then appealed to the Cambridge District Court. … The board adopted the findings of the review examiner.

Northampton Institution for Savings v. Putnam

313 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1943

Wentworth v. Day, 3 Met. 352, 354-355 . Bishop v. Eaton, 161 Mass. 496, 499 . Buffington v. McNally, 192 Mass. 198, 201 . John McClure Estate, Inc. v. Fidelity Trust Co. 243 Mass. 408, 412 . Des Brisay v. … Cohen v. Bailly, 266 Mass. 39, 45 . Mathey v. Louis G. Freeman Co. 295 Mass. 361, 363 . See Lewis v. Blume, 226 Mass. 505, 507 ; Jewett v. Warriner, 237 Mass. 36 ; Elliott v. Kazajian, 255 Mass. 459, 463 .

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.