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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 .

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  • Pickens v. Davis

    134 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.

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  • Fustolo v. Hollander

    455 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.

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  • Sawyer v. Cook

    188 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 .

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  • Hinckley 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 .

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  • Brayton v. City of Fall River

    124 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.

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  • George v. Kimball

    41 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.

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  • Strycharz's Case

    291 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.

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  • 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.

    Cited 130 timesPublished
  • Hill 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 timesPublished
  • Perez 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.

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  • Bridgeman 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]).

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  • Blair v. Forehand

    100 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.

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  • Commissioner 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.

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  • Davis v. Caverly

    120 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.

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  • Chadwick v. Covell

    6 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.

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  • Commonwealth v. Vick

    454 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).

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  • Gaston v. Gaston

    320 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 timesPublished
  • Treasurer 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 .

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  • Blaisdell 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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