Case law

Burt v. Advertiser Newspaper Co.

13 L.R.A. 97 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1891

Watson v. Moore, 2 Cush. 133 , 140. Parkhurst v. Ketchum, 6 Allen, 406 . Clark v. Brown, 116 Mass. 504, 507 . Then as to damages. The damages recovered are measured in all cases by the injury caused. … Watson v. Moore, 2 Cush. 133 . Parkhurst v. Ketchum, 6 Allen, 406 . Clark v. Brown, 116 Mass. 504 . Apart from the statute, (Pub.

Jenney v. Hynes

282 Mass. 182 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 21, 1933

It is found, however, that several bill boards have been erected in block C on the Commonwealth Avenue side. … It was held in Inspector of Buildings of Falmouth v. General Outdoor Advertising Co. Inc. 264 Mass. 85, 88 , that a bill board was not a building.

MacDougall v. Commonwealth

447 Mass. 505 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 28, 2006

The petitioner cites Brown v. Commissioner of Correction, 394 Mass. 89 (1985), to support his claim that his transfer to Cedar Junction subjects him to an “infamous punishment” without the benefit of trial. … Brown v. Commissioner of Correction, supra at 92, 93. In so ruling, the court agreed that confinement in the “state prison retains the ‘character of infamy,’ ” *512 id. at 94, and that insofar as G.

Metcalf v. Weld

80 Mass. 210 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1859

A principle nearly analogous was applied in the case of Bowen v. Stoddard, 10 Met. 381 . 3. But whatever the nature of the custom, the evidence in the cases before us did not show that it had been complied with. … It does not appear that the plaintiffs had any relations to a boarding-house keeper, or that the advance wages have ever been paid to any one for their use.

Wells v. Street Commissioners

187 Mass. 451 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1905

Warren v. Street Commissioners, 181 Mass. 6 . … It is manifest that most if not all of the provisions of the board of survey act were inapplicable to the changes to be made under this statute.

Bowditch v. Soltyk

99 Mass. 136 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1868

Talbot v. Seeman, 1 Cranch, 38 . Di Sora v. Phillipps, 10 H. L. Cas. 624. Knapp v. Abell, 10 Allen, 488 . … The decree of divorce is from bed and board only, and permits and indeed advises the parties to come together again.

Way v. Towle

155 Mass. 374 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1892

In re Brown, 2 Story, 502 . Champion v. Gordon, 70 Penn. St. 474. Westminster Bank v. Wheaton, 4 R. I. 30. Ivory v. Bank of Missouri, 36 Misso. 475. Henderson v. Pope, 39 Ga. 361 . Morrison v. Bailey, 5 Ohio St. 13 . … Minturn v. Fisher, 4 Cal. 35, 36 . Bowen v. Newell, 3 Kernan, 290. In the present case the instrument appears to be upon one of the ordinary printed blanks of the bank on which it is drawn.

French v. Folsom

181 Mass. 483 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1902

Daniell v. Shaw, 166 Mass. 582 . That did not occur in the present case till a long time after the bringing of this suit and after the time for performance had expired. … Whittemore v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 174 Mass. 363 . The representation that the premises could be subdivided as shown upon the plan has not been relied upon.

Federal National Bank v. Commonwealth

282 Mass. 442 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 30, 1933

Marden v. Howard, 242 Mass. 350, 355 ; Walsh v. Cornwell, 272 Mass. 555, 562 . … Co. of Newark v.

Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Hale

315 Mass. 556 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1944

The taxpayer died after filing a petition for abatement with the Appellate Tax Board, and. his executors prosecuted the petition before the board. … Lyon v.

Hoosac Tunnel Dock & Elevator Co. v. O'Brien

137 Mass. 424 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1884

Jones v. Brown, 54 Iowa, 74 . It follows that this suit cannot *427 be maintained against the defendant Sprague, and his demurrer must be sustained. The demurrer of the defendant O’Brien presents a different question. … Rice v. Coolidge, 121 Mass. 393 .

Commonwealth v. Racine

372 Mass. 631 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 31, 1977

Harborview Residents’ Comm., Inc. v. Quincy Housing Auth., supra. … See Harborview Residents’ Comm., Inc. v.

Dulgarian v. Stone

420 Mass. 843 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 24, 1995

See Phantom Touring, Inc. v. … Bertill Jansson, member of the Massachusetts auto damage appraiser licensing board. Frank Bisceglia, former member of the same board.

McManus v. Inhabitants of Weston

31 L.R.A. 174 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 9, 1895

And it is apparent that a board so constituted, and acting within the scope of its powers and duties, would act as a board of public officers, and not as servants of the town. Walcott v. Swampscott, 1 Allen, 101 . … Denniston v. Clark, 125 Mass. 216 . Pratt v. Weymouth, 147 Mass. 245 . Hennessey v. New Bedford, 153 Mass. 260 . In Craigie v.

State Tax Commission v. Loring

350 Mass. 568 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 1966

The trustee then appealed to the board. … Trust Co. v.

Richards v. Security Mutual Life Insurance

230 Mass. 320 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1918

Reynolds v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, 228 Mass. 584 . Dolan v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, 173 Mass. 197 . … Adopting the language of this court in Kimball v. St.

Keenan v. Knight

91 Mass. 257 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1864

Brown v. Seymour, 1 Pick. 32 . Brigham v. Este, 2 Pick. 420 . Rathbone v. Rathbone, 5 Pick. 221 . Guilford v. Adams, 19 Pick. 376 .

Gannon's Case

352 Mass. 568 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 5, 1967

In Commonwealth v. … Since there was no error in the board’s denial of the self-insurer’s motion to exclude the expert opinions, we need not consider the self-insurer’s second contention that, absent such opinions, the board’s decision was not

Selectmen of Saugus v. Mathey

305 Mass. 184 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 2, 1940

Newcomb v. Aldermen of Holyoke, 271 Mass. 565 . Mathey duly claimed an appeal to the fire marshal under G. L. (Ter. … The sole issue presented to the court at that time was whether the cause assigned by the board was sufficient, as a matter of law, to sustain the order of revocation.

Santos

461 Mass. 565 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 22, 2012

Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Bladsa, 362 Mass. 539, 541 (1972). See also Commonwealth v. Reese, 438 Mass. 519, 527 (2003).