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Assessors of Weston v. Trustees of Boston College
296 Mass. 399 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 25, 1937
The board of tax appeals found that at the times in question the land was occupied by the Society for its corporate purposes. … Quinn v. Quinn, 260 Mass. 494 . Williams v. Commercial Trust Co. 276 Mass. 508, 517, 518 . Cook v. Howe, 280 Mass. 325 .
Cited 10 timesPublished134 Mass. 252 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 3, 1883
See also Moore v. Moore, 1 Phillim. 406; Wilson v. Wilson, 3 Phillim. 543, 554; Hooton v. Head, 3 Phillim. 26; Kirkcudbright v. Kirkcudbright, 1 Hagg. Ecc. 325; Welch v. Phillips, 1 Moore P. C. 299. In Powell on Dev. … Major v. Williams, 3 Curt. Ecc. 432. James v. Cohen, 3 Curt. Ecc. 770, 782. Brown v. Brown, 8 El. & Bl. 876. Dickinson v. Swatman, 30 L. J. (N. S.) P. & M. 84. Wood v. Wood, L. R. 1 P. & D. 309.
Cited 41 timesPublished455 Mass. 861 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 2010
In the Kobrin case, we concluded that where an expert witness, hired by the Board of Registration in Medicine (board) to assist with its investigation of a psychiatrist, provided testimony at a board hearing for which he … Fabre v.
Cited 27 timesPublished188 Mass. 163 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1905
Carpenter v. Cushman, 105 Mass. 417, 419 . Brown v. Combs, 5 Dutch. 36, 39. … Baylies v. Payson, 5 Allen, 473 , 488. Urann v. Coates, 109 Mass. 581 . Brown v. Cowell, 116 Mass. 461 . Dorr v. Clapp, 160 Mass. 538 .
Cited 44 timesPublishedHinckley v. Town of Barnstable
311 Mass. 600 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 28, 1942
Topor v. Topor, 287 Mass. 473, 476 . … Sears v. Childs, 309 Mass. 337, 339 .
Cited 28 timesPublished124 Mass. 95 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 1878
Hingham & Quincy Bridge v. Norfolk, 6 Allen, 353 . … Dorgan v. Boston, 12 Allen, 223 . Hingham & Quincy Bridge v. Norfolk , cited above. Salem Turnpike v. Essex, 100 Mass. 282 . Haverhill Bridge Proprietors v. County Commissioners, 103 Mass. 120 . Eastern Railroad v.
Cited 12 timesPublished41 Mass. 234 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 21, 1837
Brown on Sales, 396 ; Parker v. Patrick, 5 T. R. 175; Hollingsworth v. Napier, 3 Caines’s R. 186 ; Mowrey v. Walsh, 8 Cowen, 238 ; Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 133 : Hussey v. Thornton, 4 Mass. R. 405 ; Gibbs v. … R. 125 ; Buffington v. Gerrish, 15 Mass. R. 156 ; Smith v. Dennie, 6 Pick. 266 ; Rowley v. Bigelow, 12 Pick. 312 ; Boyd v. Brown, 17 Pick. 453 . These unquestioned principles are decisive of this case.
Cited 1 timesPublished291 Mass. 212 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1935
The single member of the Industrial Accident Board found that the employee suffered a personal injury arising out of and in the course of his employment on January 22, 1919, when the striking of a heavy object on the index … Cardiff Corp. v. Hall, [1911] 1 K. B. 1009, 1020. As the evidence did not warrant a finding of total incapacity the final decree entered in the Superior Court must be affirmed. So ordered.
Cited 2 timesPublishedBurt 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.
Cited 130 timesPublishedHill Manufacturing Co. v. Providence & New York Steamship Co.
113 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1873
Sutton v. Mitchell, 1 T. R. 18. Wilson v. Dickson, 2 B. & Ald. 2. Walker v. Boston Insurance Co. 14 Gray, 288 . … Smith v. M'Iver, 9 Wheat. 532, 535 . Wallace v. M' Connell, 13 Pet. 136 . Taylor v. Carryl, 20 How. 583 . Mallett v. Dexter, 1 Curtis, 178. Johnson v. Bishop, 1 Woolworth, 324 .
Cited 10 timesPublishedPerez v. Department of State Police
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 16, 2023
Board of Registration & Discipline in Med., 378 Mass. 519, 525 (1979). … Safety v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedBridgeman v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District
476 Mass. 298 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 18, 2017
Later in Bridgeman v. … See Green v. County Sch. Bd., 391 U.S. 430, 437-438 (1968) (using phrase to describe obligation to dismantle school segregation fourteen years after command to do so in Brown v. Board of Educ., 347 U.S. 483 [1954]).
Cited 29 timesPublished100 Mass. 136 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1868
Putnam, v. Payne, 13 Johns. 312 . Brown v. Carpenter, 26 Verm. 638 . Woolf v. Chalker, 31 Conn. 121 . … Cummings v. Perham, 1 Met. 555. Similar statutes have been held in other states to be reasonable and constitutional regulations of police. Morey v. Brown, 42 N. H. 373. Carter v. Dow, 16 Wisc. 298.
Cited 70 timesPublishedCommissioner of Banks v. Cosmopolitan Trust Co.
253 Mass. 205 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1925
Casey v. Galli, 94 U. S. 673, 679 . Chubb v. Upton, 95 U. S. 665 . McCormick v. Market Bank, 165 U. S. 538, 548 . Bailey v. Tillinghast, 99 Fed. Rep. 801, 808. Brown v. Tillinghast, 35 C. C. A. 323 . … He paid $200 per share for some of his shares of the increase of capital stock, that being the price fixed to the general public by vote of the board of directors of the trust company.
Cited 41 timesPublished120 Mass. 414 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1876
Nelson v. Boynton, 3 Met. 396 . Alger v. Scoville, 1 Gray, 391 . Furbish v. Goodnow, 98 Mass. 296 . Ames v. Foster, 106 Mass. 400 . Wills v. Brown, 118 Mass. 137 . Exceptions sustained.
Cited 1 timesPublished6 L.R.A. 839 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1890
See Browne, Trade-marks, (2d ed.) § 361 and note; Lowell, Transfer of *193 Stock, § 43 ; 2 Kent, Com. (13th ed.) 439; Grover v. Grover, 24 Pick. 261 , 263; Bond v. Bunting, 78 Penn. St. 210, 218; Hewlins v. … Co. v. Loog, 8 App. Cas. 15, 29 et seq.; Wotherspoon v. Currie, L. R. 5 H. L. 508, 514, 519 ; Ainsworth v. Walmsley, L. R. 1 Eq. 518, 525; Collins Co. v. Brown, 3 Kay & Johns. 423, 426.
Cited 58 timesPublished454 Mass. 418 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 30, 2009
Gallant, supra at 413-416 (distinguishing Morey test from conduct-based analysis); Commonwealth v. Pileeki, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 505, 515-517 (2004) (Brown, J., concurring in result) (same); Commonwealth v. Howze, 58 Mass. … Id. at 515 n.l (Brown, J., concurring in result).
Cited 113 timesPublished320 Mass. 627 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1947
Gallagher v. McKeague, 125 Wis. 116 . See also Corcoran v. Gage, 289 Mass. 111 ; Titus v. Terkelsen, 302 Mass. 84 . … Dole v. Johnson, 3 Allen, 364 . Browne v. Cogswell, 5 Allen, 556 . Woodcock v. Woodcock, 152 Mass. 353 . Old Colony Trust Co. v. Hale, 302 Mass. 68 , 120 Am. L. R. 1207. First National Bank v.
Cited 10 timesPublishedTreasurer of Worcester v. Department of Labor & Industries
327 Mass. 237 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1951
Jordan Marsh Co. v. Labor Relations Commission, 312 Mass. 597 . Flynn v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 320 Mass. 29 . Kenworthy & Taylor, Inc. v. State Examiners of Electricians, 320 Mass. 451, 454 . … Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 134 .
Cited 9 timesPublishedBlaisdell v. Inhabitants of Stoneham
229 Mass. 563 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1918
(St. 1902, c. 263); which board had the care of highways, drains and catch basins, with the powers and duties of surveyors of highways. … Woodbury v. Beverly, 153 Mass. 245 . Brainard v. Newton, 154 Mass. 255 . Holleran v. Boston, 176 Mass. 75 .
Cited 8 timesPublished
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