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  • Flanagan v. Cutler

    121 Mass. 96 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 23, 1876

    Martin v. Bayley, 1 Allen, 381 , 383. See Furber v. Dearborn, 107 Mass. 122 , and cases cited. … In the case of Brown v. Neale, 3 Allen, 74 , after the attachment of the property, the name of the mortgagee was inserted and he was summoned as trustee.

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  • Bergeron

    220 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.”

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  • 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.

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  • Mutual Marine Insurance v. Munro

    73 Mass. 246 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1856

    Wolcott v. Eagle Ins. Co. 4 Pick. 429 . Alsop v. Commercial Ins. Co. 1 Sumner, 451. Rickman v. Carstairs, 5 B. & Ad. 660. … Co. v. Munro is decisive of this case.

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  • Cioch v. Treasurer of Ludlow

    449 Mass. 690 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 10, 2007

    See American Lithuanian Naturalization Club, Athol, Mass., Inc. v. Board of Health of Athol, 446 Mass. 310, 322 (2006). … See, e.g., TBI, Inc. v. Board of Health of N. Andover, 431 Mass. 9, 19 (2000); Boston Gas Co. v. Somerville, 420 Mass. 702, 703 (1995). But G.

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  • MacLaurin v. City of Holyoke

    475 Mass. 231 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 18, 2016

    See also Hoffer v. Board of Registration in Med., 461 Mass. 461, 457 (2012). … Restaurant & Lounge v. Selectmen of Randolph, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 296, 302-304 (1985) (Yerardi's), citing Milligan v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 348 Mass. 491, 495-496 (1965) (Milligan).

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  • Buss v. Dyer

    125 Mass. 287 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 30, 1878

    Carbrey v. Willis, 7 Allen, 364 , and cases cited. Randall v. McLaughlin, 10 Allen, 366 . The case of Pyer v. Carter was denied by Lord Chancellor Westbury in Suffield v. … Brown, 4 De G., J. & S. 185, which has been since recognized as containing the correct doctrine. Grossley v. Lightrwler, L. R. 2 Ch. 478. Watts v. Kelson, L. R. 6 Ch. 166.

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  • Lavoie's Case

    334 Mass. 403 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 6, 1956

    The decision of the single member was affirmed by the reviewing board. … Byrne Doors, Inc. 324 Mich. 540 , Cook v. Minneapolis Bridge Construction Co. 231 Minn. 433 , Baduski v. S. Gumpert Co. Inc. 277 App. Div. (N. Y.) 591, and Spietz v. Industrial Commission, 251 Wis. 168 .

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  • Selig v. Wexler

    355 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 .

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  • Leigh v. Commissioner of Public Health & Charities

    310 Mass. 343 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1941

    Jaffarian v. Mayor of Somerville, 275 Mass. 264. Lowry v. Commissioner of Agriculture, 302 Mass. 111 . Turner v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 305 Mass. 189 . … Morley v. Police Commissioner of Boston, 261 Mass. 269 . Downey v. School Committee of Lowell, 305 Mass. 329 . Gibney v.

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  • Nichols v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    231 Mass. 299 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 1918

    See, in this connection, Brown v. Kendall, 6 Cush. 292 . Exceptions overruled.

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  • Giles v. Swift

    170 Mass. 461 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1898

    Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545 . Murray v. Mayo, 157 Mass. 248 . The defendant also contends that the plaintiff was not authorized to make an agreement to purchase the land, but only to get an option to purchase it.

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  • Utility 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).

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  • Pateshall v. Apthorp

    1 Super. Ct. Jud. 179 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 15, 1765

    Rep. 221, 225. 3 Lev. 55. 1 Brown. 47. (2) The opposite doctrine has long been ectabliched, both in this country and England. See Story on Partn. § 155 and note. Arnold v. Camp, 12 Johns, 409. French v.

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  • Old Colony Trust Co. v. Merchant Enterprises, Inc.

    332 Mass. 484 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1955

    Jenks v. Williams, 115 Mass. 217 . Hagerty v. McGovern, 187 Mass. 479 . O’Brien v. Turner, 255 Mass. 84 . Mullholland v. State Racing Commission, 295 Mass. 286, 290-291 . Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. … Board of Appeal of Boston, 324 Mass. 427, 430-431 . Boyle v. Building Inspector of Malden, 327 Mass. 564, 566-567 . Compare Sunderland v. Building Inspector of North Andover, 328 Mass. 638, 640 .

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  • Weinberg v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

    348 Mass. 669 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1965

    . *670 The jury would have been warranted in finding that MBTA negligently discharged the plaintiff from a streetcar at a point on Causeway Street in Boston, not reasonably safe (Brown v. … Snow v. Metropolitan Transit Authy. 323 Mass. 21, 24 . See Cheng v. Chin Wai Yip, 339 Mass. 173,174-175 . 2.

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  • Mahoney v. Attorney General

    346 Mass. 709 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1964

    They placed the “care, control and management” in a board of trustees. … Adams v. Plunkett, 274 Mass. 453, 465 . Drury v. Natick, 10 Allen, 169 ,176.

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  • Commonwealth v. Holland

    410 Mass. 248 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1991

    There she described her attacker as very pale, thirty to thirty-five years old, stocky, with a pot-belly, and with very short, reddish-brown hair, and a reddish-brown moustache. … Commonwealth v.

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  • Bagge's Case

    369 Mass. 129 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1975

    A hearing was held by a single member of the Industrial Accident Board (board), who found that the deceased, had he lived, would have been entitled to compensation for total loss of vision in both eyes (§ 36 [a]), total loss … Ann. cc. 281:22, 281:26 V (1966 repl. ed.), as amended, Laws of 1973, cc. 481:5, 481:10; N.J. Stat. Ann. tit. 34:15-12 e (1975); N.Y. Workmen’s Comp. Law §§ 15 (4), 16, 33 (McKinney, 1965).

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  • Huntington v. American Bank

    23 Mass. 340 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 19, 1828

    The contrary doctrine was held in the case of Yate v. Willan, 2 East, 128, but we think the case of Clarke v. … See Seaton v. Benedict, 5 Bingh. 31; 2 Stark. Ev (5th Am. ed.) 600 to 603; Jones v. Hoar, 5 Pick. (2nd ed.) 291, note 1; Cox v. Brain, 3 Taunt. 95; Bulwer v. Horne, 1 Nev. & Man. 117.

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