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  • Babize v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    394 Mass. 806 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 13, 1985

    Babize *807 appealed to the board of review (board), which denied her application for review, thereby making the decision of the director the final decision of the board. See. G. L. c. 151 A, § 41 (c). … See Starks v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 391 Mass. 640, 643 (1984).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • West v. Platt

    120 Mass. 421 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1876

    Fox v. Adams Express Co. 116 Mass. 292 . Atlantic National Bank v. Harris, 118 Mass. 147, 152 . … Bassett v. Brown, 105 Mass. 551, 557 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Kilham v. O'Connell

    315 Mass. 721 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1944

    A previous application filed by the defendant with the board of appeals of Lexington for the erection of a theatre had been refused. … Atwood v. Boston, 310 Mass. 70 . Dittoe v. Morgan, 207 Ky. 267 . Spencer v. New York, 179 App. Div. (N. Y.) 69. Orth & Bro. v. Board of Education, 272 Penn. St. 411.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Montanez

    410 Mass. 290 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 30, 1991

    There the officer approached the defendant, who was standing with a brown suitcase at the ticket counter. … The officer observed various articles of men’s clothing in the brown suitcase when a woman accompanying the defendant opened it to remove certain items.

    Cited 155 timesPublished
  • Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. City of Lynn

    306 Mass. 165 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1940

    same board and the contractor, was work included in these contracts. … Shea, Inc. v. Springfield, 252 Mass. 571 . A. L. Smith Iron Works v. Maryland Casualty Co. 275 Mass. 74 . Peerless Unit Ventilation Co. Inc. v. D’Amore Construction Co. 283 Mass. 121 . Cook Borden & Co. Inc. v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Attorney General v. Brissenden

    271 Mass. 172 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 15, 1930

    Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U. S. 168, 190 . We said in Boyd v. United States, 116 U. … Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, supra, at page 487. Dinan v. Swig, 223 Mass. 516, 520 .

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Pierce v. City of Boston

    164 Mass. 92 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 21, 1895

    Brown v. Worcester, 13 Gray, 31 . 2. The question put to the witness Merritt was properly admitted. … See Lyman v. Boston, post, 99. Bowditch v. Boston, post, 107. 4.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Hayes's Case

    348 Mass. 447 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 3, 1965

    See Cohen v. Best Made Mfg. Co. 92 R. I. 370; Duvick v. Industrial Commn. 22 Wis. 2d 155 . But see Queen City Furniture Co. v. Hinds, 274 Ala. 584, 589 ; Hirsch v. Hirsch Bros. Inc. 97 N. H. 480. Compare Mahoney v. … Soars v. Soars-Lovelace Inc. 346 Mo. 710, 719-720 . Nagy v. Ford. Motor Co. 6 N. J. 341, 349. Chadwick v. North Carolina Dept, of Conservation & Dev. 219 N. C. 766, 767 . Superior Ins. Co. v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Farnum v. Whitman

    187 Mass. 381 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1905

    See Marks v. Metropolitan Stock Exchange, 181 Mass. 251 ; Allen v. Fuller, 182 Mass. 202 ; Harvey v. Merrill, 150 Mass. 1 ; Brogden v. Metropolitan Railway, 2 App. Cas. 666, 691, per Lord Blackburn; White v. … Salter v. Woollams, 2 M. & G. 650. Benjamin, Sales, § 679.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Paine v. Farr

    118 Mass. 74 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1875

    Tubbs v. Tukey, 3 Cush. 438 . Kent v. Willey, 11 Gray, 368 , 373. … In Sampson v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Reeder v. Holcomb

    105 Mass. 93 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1870

    She boarded and kept house there till she failed in business, about January 1,1867, and afterwards continued to board there. … Fisk v. Chester, 8 Gray, 506 . Thorndike v. Boston, 1 Met. 242 . Kilburn v. Bennett, 3 Met. 199 . It is provided by the Gen.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Black v. School Committee of Malden

    365 Mass. 197 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 26, 1974

    See Bravo v. Board of Educ. of Chicago, 345 F. Supp. 155, 159 (N. D. … [his back pay]See Mass v. Board of Educ. of San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist. 61 Cal. 2d 612, 627-628 (1964); Williston, supra, § 1360 (1968). Compare Osadchuk v. Gordon, 251 Mass. 540, 544-545 (1925), with Maynard v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Gagnon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    205 Mass. 483 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1910

    There was no obscure or hidden danger connected with attempting to board such a car under these conditions. … Stevens v. Boston Elevated Railway, 184 Mass. 476 , Burns v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 193 Mass. 63, 66 , Partelow v. Newton & Boston Street Railway, 196 Mass. 24, 30 , Chadbourne v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Massachusetts Turnpike Authority v. Commonwealth

    347 Mass. 524 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1964

    Graustein v. Boston & Maine R.R. 304 Mass. 23, 25 . Zwick v. Goldberg, 304 Mass. 66, 69 . Furlong v. Cronan, 305 Mass. 464, 465 . … See Johnson-Foster Co. v. D’Amore Constr. Co. 314 Mass. 416, 419 ; Opinion of the Justices, 334 Mass. 721, 734 ; Waite Hardware Co. v. Ardini & Pfau, Inc. 339 Mass. 634, 637 ; Commonwealth v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Ward

    426 Mass. 290 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 17, 1997

    Sometime in late February or early March, 1994, the defendant began keeping a skunk in the basement, leading the board of health of Barnstable to issue an eviction notice to Frazier in mid-March. … See Commonwealth v. Mello, supra at 382-383 ; Commonwealth v. Brown, 392 Mass. 632, 637 (1984).

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Declined to follow by Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance v. Morris, 1999 Ky. LEXIS 44 (1999)Cited 60 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Eppich

    342 Mass. 487 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 1, 1961

    Commonwealth v. Barber, 261 Mass. 281, 288 . Commonwealth v. Derby, 263 Mass. 39, 46-47 . Commonwealth v. Leland, 311 Mass. 447, 456 . Commonwealth v. Curry, 341 Mass. 50, 55 . … Commonwealth v. Johnson, 188 Mass. 382, 384 . Commonwealth v. Tucker, 189 Mass. 457, 467 . Commonwealth v. Coyne, 228 Mass. 269, 270 .

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Bean v. Hubbard

    58 Mass. 85 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1849

    Buckingham v. Billings, 13 Mass 82; Gibson v. Jenney, 15 Mass. 205 ; Howard v. Williams, 2 Pick. 80 ; Brown v. Wait, 19 Pick. 240 .

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  • Everett v. Gately

    183 Mass. 503 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 17, 1903

    Watkins v. Hill, 8 Pick. 522 . Howe v. Lewis, 14 Pick. 329 . Pomroy v. Rice, 16 Pick. 22 . Swett v. Sherman, 109 Mass. 231, 233 . Further, what was conveyed to the plaintiff was an equity of redemption. Strong v. … Drury v. Tremont Improvement Co. 13 Allen, 168 . Howard v. Chase, 104 Mass. 249 . Brown v. South Boston Savings Bank, 148 Mass. 300 . Ayer v. Philadelphia & Boston Face Brick Co. 157 Mass. 57, 58 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Brine v. Parker

    271 Mass. 86 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 25, 1930

    Howe v. Ripka, 199 Mass. 359 . McKenna v. McKenna, 260 Mass. 481 . … Daniels v. Daniels, 240 Mass. 380 . The motion to recommit was addressed to the discretion of the trial judge and in his refusal to allow it we find no reversible error. Brown v. Little, Brown & Co. 269 Mass. 102, 105 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished

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