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215 Mass. 344 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1913
Attorney General v. Old South Society, 13 Allen, 474 . Sohier v. Burr, 127 Mass. 221 . Sears v. Attorney General, 193 Mass. 551 . Masonic Education & Charity Trust v. Boston, 201 Mass. 320, 325 . Little v. … The case *347 is distinguishable from Teele v. Bishop of Derry, 168 Mass. 341 , Bowden v. Brown, 200 Mass. 269 , and like cases.
Cited 29 timesPublished449 Mass. 183 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 2007
We reject the Commonwealth’s argument that Commonwealth v. Brown, 431 Mass. 772 (2000), and Commonwealth v. Berte, 57 Mass. App. Ct. 29 (2003), are dispositive. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, supra at 772 n.1 (construing portion of G.
Cited 14 timesPublished1 L.R.A. 348 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1888
Smith v. Chandler, 3 Gray, 392 . Jones v. Dexter, 125 Mass. 469 . … See Gifford v. Helms, 98 U. S. 248 ; Wisner v. Brown, 122 U. S. 214; Cleveland v. Boerum, 24 N. Y. 613 ; Moses v. St. Paul, 67 Ala. 168 ; Buckingham v. Buckingham, 36 Ohio St. 68 , 77.
Cited 8 timesPublishedPioneer 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 .
Cited 27 timesPublishedSeaboyer 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.
Cited 13 timesPublished220 Mass. 472 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1915
Green v. Commonwealth, 12 Allen, 155 , 164. Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346 . The determination of the question is approached with every effort to im *476 partiality. … V. Any two of the following: — (a) Physiology and Hygiene, (jb) Physics, (c) Chemistry, (d) Botany, (e) Physical Geography.”
Cited 32 timesPublished101 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
Cited 5 timesPublished355 Mass. 671 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 15, 1969
Malone v. Walsh, 315 Mass. 484, 490 , and cases cited.” Seder v. Gibbs, 333 Mass. 445, 447 . … See Brightman v. Bates, 175 Mass. 105, 111 . Sagalyn v. Meekins, Packard & Wheat Inc. 290 Mass. 434, 440 .
Cited 8 timesPublished362 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 .
Cited 2 timesPublished305 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.
Cited 92 timesPublished321 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.
Cited 16 timesPublished243 Mass. 584 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 22, 1923
Hotenbrink v. Boston Elevated Railway, 211 Mass. 77 . See Lyons v. Boston Elevated Railway, 204 Mass. 227, 229 . Foster v. Old Colony Street Railway, 182 Mass. 378 , is to be distinguished. … Kingston v.
Cited 17 timesPublishedUtility Workers of America v. Labor Relations Commission
389 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 1983
School Comm. of Wellesley v. Labor Relations Comm’n, 376 Mass. 112, 116 (1978), quoting School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., 362 Mass. 417, 442 (1972). … See Board of Appeals of Hanover v. Housing Appeals Comm., 363 Mass. 339, 355 (1973).
Cited 6 timesPublished305 Mass. 165 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1940
At that time the water in the section of pond No. 1 nearest its sluiceway was low, being fourteen inches below the top of the uppermost sluice board. … Nichols v. Boston, 98 Mass. 39 . Miles v. Worcester, 154 Mass. 511 . Jones v. Great Barrington, 273 Mass. 483 . See Hill v. Boston, 122 Mass. 344, 358 , and cases cited; Johnson v.
Cited 15 timesPublished450 Mass. 97 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 21, 2007
Brown, a psychologist, examined him. … Doe v. Creighton, supra at 286 .
Cited 54 timesPublishedMASS. ASSOC. OF IND. INS. AGENTS v. Commr. of Ins.
373 Mass. 290 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 9, 1977
South Shore Nat'l Bank v. Board of Bank Incorporation, supra . Bay State Harness Horse Racing & Breeding Ass'n v. State Racing Comm'n, 342 Mass. 694, 702 (1961). … Bank v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 347 Mass. 744, 752 (1964).
Cited 18 timesPublished366 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.
Cited 5 timesPublished333 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 .
Cited 3 timesPublished121 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 .
Cited 11 timesPublishedKelly 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 .
Cited 3 timesPublished
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