Case law

ACE Property & Casualty Insurance v. Commissioner of Revenue

437 Mass. 241 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 2002

ACE filed an application for abatement and, after the commissioner denied such application, ACE appealed to the Appellate Tax Board (board). … By agreement, all *243 proceedings before the board have been stayed pending resolution of this action.

Commonwealth v. Greineder

458 Mass. 207 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 2010

He also observed a reddish-brown stain on the defendant’s sneakers, and a reddish-brown “swipe” on the left lens of his glasses. He observed that the victim’s pants were open at the waist and her shirt was pulled up. … These items had reddish-brown stains and tested positive for the presence of blood.

Ayer v. Commissioner of Administration

340 Mass. 586 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 23, 1960

Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 138-139 . An examination of the “contract of lease” discloses much of significance in determining the nature of the transaction confronting us. … The term “means a corporation not organized for pecuniary profit” (§2). 1 The facts are more fully set forth in State v. Board of Control, 65 So. 2d 469, 473 (Fla.).

Luyen Huu Nguyen v. William Joiner Center for the Study of War & Social Consequences

450 Mass. 291 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 21, 2007

See Brown v. … See also Brown v.

State Tax Commission v. Felt

331 Mass. 63 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 19, 1954

In Durfee v. … Hanson v. Hanson, 150 Neb. 337, 344-345 . Allman v. Register, 233 N. C. 531, 534 . *66 Lorenz v. Royer, 194 Ore. 355, 368 . White v. Bickford, 146 Tenn. 608, 611 . Mauldin v. Buchanan, 198 S. W. (2d) 469 (Tex. Civ.

Delano v. Bartlett

60 Mass. 364 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1850

The rule, as laid down in the case of Powers v. Russell , has been fully recognized in the cases of Parish v. Stone, 14 Pick. 198 , 201; Davis v. Jenney, 1 Met. 221 , 224; Sperry v. Wilcox, 1 Met. 267 ; Commonwealth v. … Dana, 2 Met. 329, 340 ; Brown v. King, 5 Met. 173 , 180; Tourtellot v. Rosebrook, 11 Met. 460 , 463. In Jennison v.

Boyd v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

332 Mass. 607 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 2, 1955

If he had known that the plaintiff was on board, he would have taken every precaution to see that he got off. … For example, in Lucas v.

Jahn v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

397 Mass. 61 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 11, 1986

In Faria v. … Zussman v. Rent Control Bd. of Brookline, 371 Mass. 632, 637 (1976) (Superior Court not empowered to hear evidence on whether rent control board’s rates were confiscatory).

Commonwealth v. Lagorio

141 Mass. 81 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 30, 1886

Commonwealth v. Rowe, ante, 79. 2. The license of the defendant as a hawker and pedler did not authorize him to violate a lawful police regulation of the city of Boston. Commonwealth v. Fenton, 139 Mass. 195 . 3. … Sts. c. 27, § 21, do not apply to the ordinances or regulations of the board of aldermen of the city of Boston. Commonwealth v . Davis, 140 Mass. 485 . Exceptions overruled.

DiIorio v. Jordan Marsh Co.

211 Mass. 280 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1912

Donovan v. Bernhard, 208 Mass. 181 . The case at bar is distinguishable from Flansberg v. Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Co. 190 Mass. 125 ; S. C. 199 Mass. 410 , and Russo v. Charles S. Brown Co. 198 Mass. 473 .

Whitten v. City of Haverhill

204 Mass. 95 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1910

Abbott, 160 Mass. 282, 286 ; Atkinson v. Newton, 169 Mass. 240, 249 ; and Stowell v. Board of Public Works, 184 Mass. 416 . The action in the case of Foley v. … Stowell v. Board of Public Works alone is a case where the defendant in an action of trespass undertook to justify for an entry on the land.

Phillips v. County Commissioners

122 Mass. 258 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 5, 1877

Fitchburg Railroad v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 3 Cush. 58 . Worcester v. County Commissioners, 100 Mass. 103, 106 . Call v. County Commissioners, 2 Gray, 232 , 235. 1. … Waitt, who was a resident of Malden, was interested in the subject matter, and acted as a member of the board of county commissioners when they were commenced.

Wheeler Condenser & Engineering Co. v. Libby

231 Mass. 561 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1919

Brown v. C. A. Pierce & Co. 229 Mass. 44, 47 . Dawe v. Morris, 149 Mass. 188, 191 . Knowlton v. Keenan, 146 Mass. 86, 88 . Exceptions overruled.

In the Matter of Moran

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 20, 2018

The board and its hearing committee may take notice of the disciplinary rules as a matter of course. Cf. Cohen v. … See Commonwealth v.

Stone v. Smith

159 Mass. 413 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1893

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus against the respondents, who are the board of registrars of voters for the city of Lynn. … United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542 . United States v. Reese, 92 U. S. 214 . Ex parte Yarbrough, 110 U. S. 651 . Minor v. Happersett, 21 Wall. 162 . C. A. Stone, pro se. No counsel appeared for the respondents.

Wemyss v. White

159 Mass. 484 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1893

See also Claflin v. Claflin, 149 Mass. 19 ; Billings v. … Baker v. Brown, 146 Mass. 369, 371 . Slattery v. Wason, 151 Mass. 266 . The case at bar resembles very closely that of Hall v. Williams, 120 Mass. 344 .

Dresel v. Jordan

104 Mass. 407 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1870

The suggestion of such a rule in Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545 , was foreign to the case there decided, and is not borne out by the authorities cited for it, namely, Tendring v. London, 2 Eq. Cas. … Brown ; but as the case itself is not reported, and has never been published, we are unable to learn what was the real point adjudged.

Stodder v. Rosen Talking Machine Co.

241 Mass. 245 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 14, 1922

As was said in Cadigan v. … Stevens v. Rockport Granite Co. 216 Mass. 486 . Davis v. Sawyer, 133 Mass. 289 . Godin v. Niebuhr, 236 Mass. 350 .

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.

Ide v. Pearce

75 Mass. 350 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1857

Parks v Loomis, 6 Gray, 467 . Kendall v. Brown, 7 Gray, 210 . Judgment for the plaintiff