Case law

Pioneer Insulation & Modernizing Corp. v. City of Lynn

331 Mass. 560 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 6, 1954

Ullman v. Payne, 127 Conn. 239, 241 . Wood v. District of Columbia, 39 Atl. (2d) 67. Douglas v. Melrose Park, 389 Ill. 98, 101-102 . Navin v. Early, 56 N. Y. Sup. *565 (2d) 346. … King County v. High, 36 Wash. (2d) 580, 582. State v. Manders, 206 Wis. 121, 123-124 .

Seaboyer v. Director General of Railroads

244 Mass. 122 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1923

Phillips v. Gookin, 231 Mass. 250 . Porcino v. … Fleischner v. Durgin, 207 Mass. 435 . Weiner v. Mairs, 234 Mass. 156 . Brown v. Jarvis Engineering Co. 166 Mass. 75 . McManus v. Thing, 202 Mass. 11 . Harrington v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 213 Mass. 338 . Douglas v.

Bloch v. Pfaff

101 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1869

Lincoln v. Edgecomb, 28 Maine, 275. Brown v. Gay, 3 Greenl. 126. The case here presented does not come within this description. For these reasons the demandant fails to show a title by deed to the demanded premises. … Carbrey v. Willis, 7 Allen, 364 . Verdict set aside

Plymoucth Stove Foundry Co. v. Fee

182 Mass. 31 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1902

See Parry v. Libbey, 166 Mass. 112, 113 ; Brown v. Pierce, 97 Mass. 46, 48 . … Newhall v. Kingsbury, 131 Mass. 445 . Robinson v. Bird, 158 Mass. 357, 360 . Exceptions overruled.

Hennessey v. Town of Bridgewater

388 Mass. 219 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 22, 1983

On April 24, 1978, the board of selectmen notified the plaintiff that he was terminated; the reasons enumerated by the board for the discharge are set forth below. 4 The plaintiff’s compen *222 sation under G. … See Broderick v. Police Comm’r of Boston, 368 Mass. 33, 38 (1975), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 1048 (1976), quoting Gardner v.

Riordan's Case

362 Mass. 882 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1972

The employee’s widow (the claimant) made a claim for compensation which was denied by the single member and the reviewing board of the Industrial Accident Board and by the Superior Court. … Cook v. Farm Serv. Stores, Inc. 301 Mass. 564, 566 . Lysaght’s Case, 328 Mass. 281, 284-285 .

Jean W. v. Commonwealth

414 Mass. 496 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1993

The plaintiffs claim that they suffered injuries as a result of a parole board clerk’s having incorrectly informed Department of Correction personnel that the parole board had voted to parole an identified prisoner and department … Brown, 305 S.C. 291, 294 (1991); Rollins v. Petersen, 813 P.2d 1156, 1162 (Utah 1991); Mull v. Bellevue, 64 Wash. App. 245 , 250- 251 (1992); Randall v. Fairmont City Police Dep’t, 186 W. Va. 336, 346-347 (1991).

Ryder's Case

341 Mass. 661 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 12, 1961

The single member ruled that he was, and awarded compensation; the reviewing board ruled that he was not, and denied compensation. … See Frost v. Thompson, 219 Mass. 360, 365-366 ; Howe v. Chmielinski, 237 Mass. 532, 534-535 ; Neville v. Gifford, 242 Mass. 124 ; Flint v. Godman, 247 Mass. 463, 469-470 ; First Natl. Bank v.

Caswell's Case

305 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 1940

Clinton Falls Nursery Co. 155 Minn. 286 ; to one who was hurt when the building in which she was working was demolished by a cyclone, Scott County School Board v. Carter, 156 Va. 815 , Industrial Commission of Ohio v. … Abell Chevrolet Co. v. Industrial Commission, 370 Ill. 460 ; S. C. 371 Ill. 76 . Gale v. Krug Park Amusement Co. 114 Neb. 432 . Baker v. State Industrial Commission, 138 Okla. 167 . Stone v.

Arena v. John P. Squire Co.

321 Mass. 423 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 1947

Bierce v. Stocking, 11 Gray, 174 . Hardiman v. Brown, 162 Mass. 585 . Commonwealth v. Bartolini, 299 Mass. 503, 513 . Commonwealth v. Capalbo, 308 Mass. 376, 380 . Commonwealth v. Noxon, 319 Mass. 495, 538-539 . … The patties were fried in oil until they were brown on the inside, and the shoulder was roasted for more than two hours in an oven at which she set the heat at four hundred degrees.

State Bank v. Fearing

33 Mass. 533 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1835

Bayley on Bills, 313 ; Critchlow v. Parry, 2 Campb. 182. … Smith v. Chester, 1 T. R. 654 ; Lambert v. Pack, 1 Salk. 127. So an acceptor is bound, though the bill be forged. Jengs v. Fawler, 2 Strange, 946.

Miller v. Miller

19 Mass. 570 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1824

Motion overruled.' 2 Gile v. Moore, ante, 386. Dean v. Dean, ante, 25, 26, n. (1) and n. (3). See Howe’s Pract. 454 See Olney v. Brown, post, 572.

Luz v. School Committee

366 Mass. 845 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 22, 1974

See DeCanio v. School Comm. of Boston, 358 Mass. 116 (1970). … Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U. S. 564, 577-578 (1972). Unlike the situation in Perry v. Sindermann, 408 U. S. 593 (1972), the Lowell school system was controlled by the provisions of G.

Williams's Case

333 Mass. 271 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1955

Mosher v. Cape Ann Savings Bank, 309 Mass. 512 . He could also reject any subsequent inconsistent testimony of Williams. The board adopted and affirmed the findings of the single member and denied both claims. … Abbott v. Link-Belt Co. 324 Mass. 673, 677 .

Snell v. Dwight

121 Mass. 348 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1876

Maxwell v. Newbold, 18 How. 511 . Boggs v. Mining Co. 3 Wall. 304 . Railroad Co. v. Rock, 4 Wall. 177 . … Armstrong v. Athens County, 16 Pet. 281, 285 . Parmelee v. Lawrence, 11 Wall. 36 . Caperton v. Bowyer, 14 Wall. 216 . Brown v. Atwell, 92 U. S. 327 .

Phelps v. Stearns

70 Mass. 105 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1855

Damport v. Sympson, Cro. Eliz. 520, Owen, 158, and 2 Anderson, 47. Eyres v. Sedgewicke, Cro. Jac. 601, and 2 Rol. R. 197. Harding v. Bodman, Hut. 11. Dawling v. Wenman, 2 Show. 446. Bostwick v. Lewis, 2 Day, 447 . … Smith v. Lewis, 3 Johns. 157 . Cunningham v. Brown, 18 Verm. 123 . Dunlap v. Glidden, 31 Maine, 439. On these authorities, this demurrer must be sustained ; there being no statute provision for the action.

Kelly v. Mutual Life Insurance

207 Mass. 398 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1911

That the applicant was addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors was held to be such a matter in Rainger v. Boston Mutual Life Association, 167 Mass. 109 .” Barker, J., in Brown v. … See in addition to cases before cited Hogan v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 164 Mass. 448 ; Coughlin v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 189 Mass. 538 ; Barker v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 198 Mass. 375 .

Dexter v. State Tax Commission

350 Mass. 380 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 9, 1966

The trustees then appealed to the Appellate Tax Board (the board) under the formal procedure. The facts set forth above were stipulated. … The board found that each trustee was in 1944, and at the date of the board’s decision, a resident of Massachusetts.

Eaton v. Green

39 Mass. 526 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 22, 1839

So, where a conveyance is made to secure a debt, and the debt continues to subsist, it is deemed in equity a mortgage, and not a conditional sale. 4 Kent’s Comm. (2d edit.) 144 ; Kelleran v. Brown, 4 Mass. R. 444 . … In the case of Kelleran v.

Young v. Snell

200 Mass. 242 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1908

Lindenbaum v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 197 Mass. 314 . The case does not come within Jennings v. Tompkins, 180 Mass. 302 . … Further, in our opinion this is not the case of a transitory risk, as in Donovan v. American Linen Co. 180 Mass. 127 , and McCann v. Kennedy, 167 Mass. 23 .