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  • 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 .

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  • Taylor v. Lovering

    171 Mass. 303 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1898

    Brown v. Chase, 4 Mass. 436 . If they defend actions brought against him, they must defend in his name and not in their own. … See Van Horn v. Hann, 10 Vroom, 207 ; Sturges v. Longworth, 1 Ohio St. 544 ; Lamprey v. Nudd, 29 N. H. 299, 303; Allison v. Taylor, 6 Dana, 87 ; Swan v. Horton, 14 Gray, 179 ; Davenport v.

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  • Codman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

    253 Mass. 144 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1925

    Since then it has endeavored to secure a representation on *148 its board of directors and at the annual meeting of 1924 two persons proposed by the Holding Company were elected to the board composed of seventeen members. … Perkins v. Westwood, 226 Mass. 268, 271 . Attorney General v. Pelle *152 tier, 240 Mass. 264, 299 . Commonwealth v. Slavski, 245 Mass. 405, 418 .

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  • 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.

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  • Inhabitants of Southborough v. Boston & Worcester Street Railway Co.

    250 Mass. 234 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 12, 1924

    Board of Survey of Arlington v. Bay State Street Railway, 224 Mass. 463, 469 . Northampton v. Northampton Street Railway, 231 Mass. 540, 545 . Cambridge v. Boston Elevated Railway, 241 Mass. 374, 378 . … While there is no decision exactly like the case at bar in its facts, it is governed in principle by Keefe v. Lexington & Boston Street Railway, 185 Mass. 183 , and Board of Survey of Arlington v.

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  • Marlborough Building Ass'n v. American Broaching Machine Co.

    234 Mass. 506 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1920

    . *508 LaPointe (the individual defendant), of New London, Connecticut, opened negotiations with the officers of the Marlborough Board of Trade, with a view to the erection of a factory in Marlborough for the manufacture … See American Broaching Machine Co. v. Marlborough Board of Trade, 231 Mass. 522 .

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  • Millard v. Brayton

    52 L.R.A. 117 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1901

    In Central Bank of Washington v. Hume, 128 U. S. 195 , a similar decision was made upon a similar contract. See also Brown's appeal, 125 Penn. St. 303; Continental Ins. Co. v. Palmer, 42 Conn. 60 ; Connecticut Ins. … .; Voss v. Connecticut Ins. Co. 119 Mich. 161 ; Harley v. Heist, 86 Ind. 196 . See also for a collection of some of the authorities, Brown's appeal, 125 Penn. St. 303. Judgment on the finding.

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  • Emery v. Hildreth

    68 Mass. 228 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1854

    Harrington v. Brown, 5 Pick. 519 . The probate court therefore had jurisdiction of the subject. … Allen v. Dundas, 3 T. R. 125. 1 Williams on Executors, (4t.h ed.) 450. The limitation is to be observed; it is to decrees made in the exercise of their jurisdiction. In the cases of Sigourney v.

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  • Noble v. Greenbaum

    311 Mass. 722 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1942

    in the street near the skid-board. … Cook v. Crowell, 273 Mass. 356 . Jenkins v. North Shore Dye House, Inc. 277 Mass. 440 . Di Cecca v. Bucci, 278 Mass. 15 . Cahill’s Case, 295 Mass. 538 . Crofoot v. Rozewski, 310 Mass. 824 . Blair v.

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  • Bryant v. Rich

    106 Mass. 180 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1870

    It violated the contract of the defendants as to how the plaintiff should be treated by their servants who were employed on board the ship and during the passage. … Wetherbee v. Johnson, 14 Mass. 412 . Parsons v. Bedford, 3 Pet. 433 . Justices v. Murray, 9 Wallace, 274.

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  • Coggins v. New England Patriots Football Club, Inc.

    397 Mass. 525 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1986

    The board of directors of the Old Patriots and the board of directors of the New Patriots 5 executed an agreement of merger of the two corporations providing that, after the merger, the voting stock of the Old Patriots would … Each member of the board of directors of the Old Patriots (as constituted after Sullivan had regained control) was a member of the board of directors of the New Patriots.

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  • Banionis v. Lake

    289 Mass. 146 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1935

    White v. Beverly Building Association, 221 Mass. 15, 18 . Forbes v. Allen, 240 Mass. 363, 367 . Waitzkin v. Glazer, 283 Mass. 86, 87 . Williston, Contracts, §§ 1842, 1843, 1847. … However good the agreement for settlement may have been as an executory contract (Hunt v. Brown, 146 Mass. 253 ; Segal v. Allied Mutuals Liability Ins. Co. 285 Mass. 106 ; Taborsak v. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins.

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  • Hampden Cornice Works, Inc. v. Leo Spear Construction Co.

    348 Mass. 798 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1965

    This decision was appealed to the chairman of the State Housing Board who upheld the architect. A further appeal was taken by means of this petition. … There is no error in the findings and rulings of the trial judge who quoted apt words from Foster v. Commonwealth, 318 Mass. 190, 209 , in rendering his decision which is reflected in the final decree. Joseph M.

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  • Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Chief Justice of the Trial Court

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 2020

    See Commonwealth v. McCulloch, 450 Mass. 483, 488 (2008), quoting Commonwealth v. … Amirault, 415 Mass. 112, 117 (1993), quoting Commonwealth v. Sitko, 372 Mass. 305, 313–314 (1977). "The granting of parole, [on the other hand,] is a discretionary act of the parole board."

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  • Lord v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles

    347 Mass. 608 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 8, 1964

    In Gerry v. Worcester Consol. St. Ry. 248 Mass. 559, 567 , a similar result was reached with respect to reports of accidents to the Industrial Accident Board, made under G. … In Finnegan v.

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  • Manners v. City of Haverhill

    135 Mass. 165 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1883

    Knapp v. Slocomb, ubi supra. Phelps v. Morse, 9 Gray, 207 . Merriam v. Willis, 10 Allen, 118 . … Haskell v. New Bedford, 108 Mass. 208, 211 . Barney v. Lowell, 98 Mass. 570 . Hafford v. New Bedford, 16 Gray, 297 .

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  • Burke v. Burke

    170 Mass. 499 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 14, 1898

    Alvord v. Collin, 20 Pick. 418 . Knowlton v. Moore, 136 Mass. 32 . Williams v. Peyton, 4 Wheat. 77 . Phillips v. Phillips, 40 Maine, 160. Brown v. Wright, 17 Vt. 97 . Polk v. Rose, 25 Md. 153 . … Guild v. Cranston, 8 Cush. 506 . Burnham v. Seaverns, 101 Mass. 360 . Bradford v. French, 110 Mass. 365 . Tripp v. Gifford, 155 Mass. 109 . Gray v. Parke, 155 Mass. 433 . 10 Am. & Eng. Encyc. of Law, 680-682.

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  • Beauregard v. Knowlton

    156 Mass. 395 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 10, 1892

    Kelley v. Brown, 5 Gray, 108 . Tassell v. Lewis, 1 Ld. Raym. 743. Cruger v. Armstrong, 3 Johns. 5 . Conroy v. Warren, 3 Johns. 259 . Murray v. Judah, 6 Cowen, 484, 490. Little v. Phenix Bank, 2 Hill, (N. Y.) 425. … Franklin v. Vanderpool, 1 Hall, 78 . Harker v. Anderson, 21 Wend. 372, 375 . Case v. Morris, 31 Penn. St. 100, 104. Sterrett v. Rosencrantz, 3 Phila. 54 . Hoyt v. Seeley, 18 Conn. 353, 360 . True v.

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  • Moores's Case

    323 Mass. 162 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1948

    New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. Purdy, 258 U. S. 96 . Hillcone Steamship Co. v. Steffen, 136 Fed. (2d) 965, 967. … Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Dahl, 266 U. S. 449, 457 . John Baizley Iron Works v. Span, 281 U. S. 222 .

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  • MacIoci v. Commissioner of Revenue

    386 Mass. 752 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 20, 1982

    California Village Corp. v. East Longmeadow, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 128 (1976). In Gallo v. … He committed that question to the board but retained jurisdiction of the free cash issue if the board ruled that it did not have jurisdiction. 33 7. Conclusion. The taxpayers’motion for injunctive relief is denied.

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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