Case law

Beechwood Acres, Inc. v. Town of Hamilton

350 Mass. 655 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 29, 1966

Because of the town engineer’s report, the planning board rejected Beechwood’s definitive subdivision plan. … See Harrington v. Anderson, 316 Mass. 187,192 ; Ide v. Bowden, 342 Mass. 22, 24 . Cf. cases before us upon bills of exceptions, Pitman v. Medford, 312 Mass. 618, 619 ; Aronson v. Sharon, 346 Mass. 598 .

Hospital v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

382 Mass. 691 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 14, 1981

See Director of the Div. of Employment Security v. Fitzgerald, ante 159, 161-162 (1980). … The judgment of the Dorchester Division is reversed, and judgment will be entered in that court affirming the decision of the board of review. So ordered.

Winslow v. Nayson

113 Mass. 411 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1873

Cutter v. Cambridge, 6 Allen, 20 . … Jesus College v. Bloom, 3 Atk. 262; S. C. Ambl. 54. Cathcart v. Robinson, 5 Pet. 263, 278 . Franklin v. Greene, 2 Allen, 519 . Creely v. Bay State Brick Co. 103 Mass. 514 . Milkman v. Ordway, 106 Mass. 232 . Brown v.

S. Solomont & Sons Trust, Inc. v. New England Theatres Operating Corp.

326 Mass. 99 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 7, 1950

In Dunphy v. … In Brewer v.

Commonwealth v. Nichols

134 Mass. 531 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1883

Brown v. Commonwealth, 8 Mass. 59 . Josslyn v. Commonwealth, 6 Met. 236 . Commonwealth v. Hawkins, 3 Gray, 463 . Commonwealth v. Howe, 13 Gray, 26 . … Crowley v. Commonwealth, 11 Met. 575 . See also Commonwealth v. Nickerson, 5 Allen, 518 ; Commonwealth v. Fitchburg Railroad, 120 Mass. 372 ; Commonwealth v. Andrews, ubi supra; Commonwealth v.

Murray v. Mayo

157 Mass. 248 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 20, 1892

Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545 . Mead v. Parker, 115 Mass. 413 . 3. … Linton v. Allen, 154 Mass. 432 .

Nicolai v. Nicolai

283 Mass. 241 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 3, 1933

McLaughlin v. McLaughlin, 44 R. I. 429. Brown v. Brown, 51 R. I. 132. Coon v. Coon, 163 Mich. 644 , citing Adams v. Adams, 57 N. Y. Misc. 150. *248 Willoughby v. Willoughby, 71 Colo. 356 . Bishop v. Bishop, 82 N. Y. … Ousey v. Ousey, 1 P. D. 56. Halfen v. Boddington, 6 P. D. 13. Lewis v. Lewis, [1892] P. D. 212.

Souza's Case

316 Mass. 332 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 2, 1944

He was paid a salary, and in addition, when away from home, he was paid his expenses for room, board, and transportation. … Giliotti v. Hoffman Catering Co. Inc. 246 N. Y. 279 . Scott v. Hoage, 73 Fed. (2d) 114. Chitty v. Nelson, 2 B. W. C. C. 496. See Holt Lumber Co. v.

Spooner v. Lovejoy

108 Mass. 529 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1871

Brown v. Wood, 17 Mass. 68 . Godfrey v. Humphrey, 18 Pick. 537 . The provision, that she might dispose of the property by her last will, would not reduce her estate under the general bequest to a mere life estate. … Herbert v. Thomas, 3 Ad. & El. 123. Willcut v. Calnan, 98 Mass. 75 .

Wheaton's Case

310 Mass. 504 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 31, 1941

This is an appeal by the insurer from a decree awarding compensation to an employee in accordance with the decision of the Industrial Accident Board. … The board found that there was reasonable cause for this delay.

DeMello v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

281 Mass. 190 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1932

It was held in Hatch v. Mutual Life Ins. … In the opinion in that case, Hatch v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. 120 Mass. 550 , Amicable Society v. Bolland, supra, New York Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Armstrong, 117 U. S. 591 , and Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins.

Salhanick v. Commissioner of Revenue

391 Mass. 658 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1984

L. c. 58A, § 13, from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board (board) affirming the refusal of the Commissioner of Revenue (Commissioner) to abate taxes paid by her. We reverse the board’s decision. … Daley v. State Tax Comm’n, supra at 866, quoting Barnes v. State Tax Comm’n, 363 Mass. 589, 594 (1973).

Clair v. Colmes

245 Mass. 281 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1923

Woodward v. Towne, 127 Mass. 41 . Chapman v. Forsyth, 2 How. 202 . Noble v. Hammond, 129 U. S. 65 . Upshur v. Briscoe, 138 U. S. 365 . … Brown v. Hannagan, 210 Mass. 246 . It follows that the decree sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the bill must be reversed. Ordered accordingly.

McGrath v. Massachusetts Port Authority

350 Mass. 762 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1966

As commissioner, he had been subject to appointment and removal by the State Airport Management Board under G. … Attorney Gen. v. Tillinghast, 203 Mass. 539, 543-545 . See Sullivan v. Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives, 331 Mass. 135, 137-140 ; Simonian v. Boston Redevelopment Authy. 342 Mass. 573, 582 ; Cieri v.

Farrington v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

202 Mass. 315 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1909

She further testified that “ after her fall she was right close to the car, so that she could touch the running board with her hand; that she was helped up and to the nearest corner of Garrison Street and then looked back … Burke v. Haverhill, 187 Mass. 65 , and cases cited. Compare also Raymond v. Lowell, 6 Cush. 524 , 532, 533. Nor is there any evidence of the negligence of the defendant.

Burke v. McLaughlin

246 Mass. 533 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1923

See Brown v. Pierce, 7 Wall. 205, 211 . Ordinarily, a defendant must answer positively, and not merely by remembrance or belief, to recent facts charged as within his own knowledge. Story, Eq. Pl. § 854. Slater v. … Methodist Episcopal Society in Charlton City v. Akers, 167 Mass. 560 . Warner v. Brown, 231 Mass. 333, 338 . The remaining exceptions fail because of the conclusions already stated.

State Tax Commission v. Gray

340 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 10, 1960

Those of the commission’s requests for rulings refused by the board present the question of the tax-ability of these benefits. The board found the following facts. … In Lyon v.

Frisbee v. Prussian National Insurance

223 Mass. 159 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1916

Chenery v. Holden, 16 Gray, 125 . Steffe v. Old Colony Railroad, 156 Mass. 262 . … Browne & J. T. Maguire, for the plaintiff. B. G. Davis, for the defendant.

Uvello v. DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.

396 Mass. 812 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1986

Additionally, she contends that the board's failure to consider and make findings regarding the unilateral change in job duties imposed by her employer constituted an error of law. See Keough v. … See Svoboda v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 386 Mass. 1004, 1005 (1982); Jacobsen v.

Town of Somerset v. Dighton Water District

347 Mass. 738 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1964

Lynch v. Forbes, 161 Mass. 302, 308 . Rockport v. Webster, 174 Mass. 385, 391 . … Brown v. Brown, 209 Mass. 388, 394 .