Case law

Commonwealth v. Roy

464 Mass. 818 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 2013

The skull fracture could have been caused by “some force applied” to the head by a flat solid object such as “a floor,” “a board,” “a tree,” “a rock,” or “the ground.” … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 449 Mass. 747, 770 (2007), quoting Commonwealth v. Carroll, 439 Mass. 547, 553 (2003) (“judge may exclude evidence that is ‘cumulative, repetitive, or confusing’ ”).

Pierce v. Le Monier

172 Mass. 508 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1899

See Browning v. Carson, 163 Mass. 255 . But, in order *512 that the rights of all persons in interest may be concluded, we think that they should be made parties. See Nelson v. Ferdinand, 111 Mass. 300 ; Coles v. … See Carll v. Emery, 148 Mass. 32 ; Harvey v. Varney, 98 Mass. 118 ; Crowninshield v. Kittridge, 7 Met. 520 ; Oriental Bank v. Haskins, 3 Met. 332 ; Thomas v. Goodwin, 12 Mass. 140 ; Hutchins v. Sprague, 4 N. H. 469.

Department of Community Affairs v. Massachusetts State College Building Authority

378 Mass. 418 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1979

See Commissioner of the *423 Dep’t of Community Affairs v. Medford Hous. Auth., 363 Mass. 826, 832-835 (1973); Kelley v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 351 Mass. 187, 192 (1966). … Board of Bank Incorporation, 351 Mass. 363, 368 (1966).

Massachusetts General Hospital v. City of Revere

346 Mass. 217 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 1963

See Smith v. Colerain, 9 Met. 492 , 495-497; Charlestown v. Groveland, 15 Gray, 15 , 17. *222 In the first Massachusetts Gen. … See Loring v. Mercier, 318 Mass. 599, 601 . See also Symmes Arlington Hosp. Inc. v.

Cheevers's Case

219 Mass. 244 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1914

The Industrial Accident Board, on review of this decision of the committee of arbitration, made the following decision: “The *246 Board, upon the facts found by the committee, believes that an error of law was made in the … For a similar case see Sabella v. Brazileiro, 91 Atl. Rep. 1032 . In Schaeffer v. De Grottola, 56 Vroom, 444 , and in Scott v.

Bryan Corp. v. Abrano

474 Mass. 504 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 14, 2016

McCourt Co. v. … Maling v.

Lincoln Stores, Inc. v. Grant

309 Mass. 417 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1941

Beaudette v. Graham, 267 Mass. 7, 12 . Brown v. Little, Brown & Co. (Inc.) 269 Mass. 102, 117 . … Colorado & Utah Coal Co. v. Harris, 97 Colo. 309 . Guth v. Loft, Inc. 5 Atl. [2d] 503, 510, 511. See Trice v. Comstock, 121 Fed. 620, 626-627 .

In the Matter of Diviacchi

480 Mass. 1016 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 23, 2018

Rule 4:01, § 18 (4), as appearing in 453 Mass. 1315 (2009) which was then transmitted to the Board of Bar Overseers (board). See S.J.C. Rule 4:01, § 18 (5). … Maddocks v. Ricker, 403 Mass. 592, 597 (1988). Diviacchi has a choice. He may choose to provide the information requested on the reinstatement questionnaire, or he may maintain his objections to doing so.

Commonwealth v. Hodgkins

401 Mass. 871 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1988

Commonwealth v. Dubois, 353 Mass. 223, 226 (1967). Keefe v. Hart, 213 Mass. 476, 482 (1913). The reasonableness of *877 the delay is to be decided on a case-by-case basis. Commonwealth v. … As we have noted in the context of courtroom security, Commonwealth v.

Galloway's Case

354 Mass. 427 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 5, 1968

“In Coughlan v. … Weinberg v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Authy. 348 Mass. 669, 670-671 . 4.

Carroll v. Intercolonial Club

243 Mass. 380 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1923

Across the bottom of the hole there were five or six pieces of timber, referred to in the evidence variously as “beams,” "boards,” "slats” and "straps.” … Fiorntino v. Mason, 233 Mass. 451, 456 .

Monotype Composition Co. v. Kiernan

319 Mass. 456 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 1, 1946

“No stockholder shall sell or transfer any stock in this corporation except upon the following conditions, which however may be waived by the board of directors in any particular instance: A stockholder wishing to sell or … party and the third by the two appointed; or the board may after such determination elect to buy the said stock at the price of the proposed sale or transfer.”

Davies v. Burns

87 Mass. 349 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1862

The language is, “ smuggled or concealed, or intended to be smuggled from on board the ships.” … The case is therefore clearly within the principles of the decision in Pool v. Boston, 5 Cush. 219 , and cases there cited.

Wall v. Hickey

112 Mass. 171 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1873

Mills v. Gore, 20 Pick. 28 . Chandler v. Temple, 4 Cush. 285 . Wheelwright v. Wheelwright, 2 Mass. 447 . Maynard v. Maynard, 10 Mass. 456 . … Browne on the Statute of Frauds, § 94. Kerr on Fraud & Mistake, 47-50 and notes. Bartlett v. Pickersgill, 1 Eden, 515. Dixon v. Parker, 2 Ves. Sen. 219, 225. Walker v. Walker, 2 Atk. 98. Joynes v. Slatham, 3 Atk. 388.

Brooks v. City of Boston

334 Mass. 285 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 1956

MacDonald v. Street Commissioners of Boston, 268 Mass. 288, 294, 297 . Loomis v. Boston, 331 Mass. 129, 131 . … Wright v. Walcott, 238 Mass. 432, 437 . Lowell v. Boston, 322 Mass. 709, 730-731 . Loomis v. Boston, 331 Mass. 129, 132 .

Willitts v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston

411 Mass. 202 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 18, 1991

As noted in Bally v. … Catholic Bishop of Chicago, 440 U.S. 490 (1979), the board concluded, among other things, that because “St.

Berger v. H.P. Hood, Inc.

416 Mass. 652 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 23, 1993

See Bouley v. Norwich, 222 Conn. 744 (1992); Gullet v. Brown, 307 Ark. 385 (1991). … We transferred the case from the Appeals Court on our own motion. 8 See Bouley v. Norwich, 222 Conn. 744 (1992); Gullet v. Brown, 307 Ark. 385 (1991). But see Wright v. Smallwood, 419 S.E.2d 219 (S.C. 1992); William v.

Ransom v. Mayor of Boston

193 Mass. 537 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1907

Raisch v. Board of Education, 81 Cal. 542 . … Board of Public Parks, 17 N. Y. Supp. 589 . Shaw v. City Council of Marshalltown, 104 N. W. Rep. 1121 . Union Pacific Railroad v. Hall, 91 U. S. 343, 355 , quoted in Attorney General v. Boston, 123 Mass. 460, 479 .

LaPointe v. Boston & Maine Railroad

182 Mass. 227 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1902

Very little reliance, however, can be placed upon the estimate of a witness as to distances; Sweat v. … England v. Boston Maine & Railroad, 153 Mass. 490 . Brown v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 181 Mass. 365 . Exceptions overruled.

In re Cohen

435 Mass. 7 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 28, 2001

Ass’n v. … Co. v. *17 Niziolek, 395 Mass. 737, 745 (1985). See Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore, 439 U.S. 322, 331 (1979); Haran v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 398 Mass. 571, 579 (1986).