Case law

O'Connell v. Mount Holyoke College

174 Mass. 511 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1899

See Grant v. Wood, 12 Gray, 220 ; Eastern Railroad v. Benedict, 15 Gray, 289 ; Washburn v. Cordis, 15 Pick. 53 ; Parkhurst v. Dickerson, 21 Pick. 307 ; Cook v. Wolfendale, 105 Mass. 401 . … Groodnow, 98 Mass. 296 , Nelson v. Boynton, 3 Met. 396 , and Curtis v. Brown, 5 Cush. 488 . Upon the undisputed facts the promise relied on by the plaintiffs was within the statute of frauds.

Burr v. Peacock

292 Mass. 466 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1935

was compromised by an agreement consisting of a vote of the directors on February 7, 1931, accepted by the plaintiff,- whereby the plaintiff was to receive $6,337.50 to be paid “from time to time under authority of the Board … Matthews v. Westborough, 134 Mass. 555, 561, 562 . Sears v. Kings County Elevated Railway, 152 Mass. 151 . Wigmore, Evidence (2d ed.) § 2451. Exceptions overruled.

Talbot v. Gingras

246 Mass. 356 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 9, 1923

Brown v. Wentworth, 181 Mass. 49, 52 . … King v. Bronson, 122 Mass. 122 . Wing v. Hayford, 124 Mass. 249 . Austin v. Hatch, 159 Mass. 198 . Turansky v. Weinberg, 211 Mass. 324 . Bon v. Graves, 216 Mass. 440 . Taylor v. Weingartner, 223 Mass. 243, 247, 248 .

Hoxie v. Finney

82 Mass. 332 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1860

Allen v. Holton, 20 Pick. 458 . Blanchard v. Brooks, 12 Pick. 47 . Sweet v. Brown, 12 Met. 175 . … The plaintiff urges upon our consideration the cases of Calvert v. Sebright, 15 Beav. 156, Steiner v. Baughman, 12 Penn. State R. 106, and Mills v. Catlin, 22 Verm. 98 .

Sawyer v. Baldwin

28 Mass. 492 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 14, 1831

First Parish in Sudbury v. Stearns, 21 Pick. 148 Haskell v. Haven, 3 Pick. 404 ; Scott v. Dickinson, 14 Pick. 276 ; Leach v Hill, 3 Metc. 173 ; Niles v. Hancock, ibid. 568; Bussey v. Briggs, 2 Metc. 132 Brown v. … Putnam, ibid. 271; Agry v. Betts, 3 Fairf. 415; Black v. Ballard 1 Shepl. 239.

McGuire v. Almy

297 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1937

In Brown v. … Woods v. Brown, 93 Ind. 164 . Behrens v. McKenzie, 23 Iowa, 333 . Seals v. Snow, 123 Kans. 88 . Young v. Young, 141 Ky. 76 . Phillips’ Committee v. Ward’s Administrator, 241 Ky. 25, 30 . Cross v. Kent, 32 Md. 581 .

Woodworth v. Fuller

235 Mass. 443 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1920

On February 9, 1914, Fuller was permitted to file a declaration in set-off in which he claimed that Woodworth owed bim $4,190 for board and lodging, "from 1905 up to and through 1910.” … See Hutchinson v. Plant, 218 Mass. 148, 157 , and Commonwealth v. Russ, 232 Mass. 58, 81 . The pleadings define and limit the issues in a case.

Commonwealth v. Shields

402 Mass. 162 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 14, 1988

Adherence to these guidelines, the content of which need not be recited here, assures that a roadblock seizure is the result of a “plan embodying explicit, neutral limitations on the conduct of individual officers. ”Brown … v.

Macioci v. Commissioner of Revenue

398 Mass. 591 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1986

Bettigole v. Assessors of Springfield, 343 Mass. 223, 230-231 (1961), quoting Cheshire v. County Comm’rs of Berkshire, 118 Mass. 386, 389 (1875). … In Sears, Roebuck & Co. v.

American National Red Cross v. Labor Relations Commission

363 Mass. 525 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1973

Since the National Labor Relations Board (Board) has declined to assert jurisdiction over the Program in the instant case because “[its] operations are intimately related to those of non-profit hospitals which are exempt … Bank v. Luckett, 321 U. S. 233 . Thus, in First Natl. Bank v.

Commonwealth v. Druken

356 Mass. 503 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 22, 1969

of Psychiatry and Neurology, Incorporated (American Board). … Elizabeths Hosp. v. Mullen, 387 F. 2d 193 (Ct. App. D. C.). Bolton v. Harris, Acting Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hosp. 395 F. 2d 642 (Ct. App. D. C.), and People v. Lally, 19 N.

Cutcliffe v. Harry D. McIntosh Co.

230 Mass. 423 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 27, 1918

Foley, 217 Mass. 566 ; Neagle v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 214 Mass. 472 ; Colton v. Richards, 123 Mass. 484 . … Pettingill v. William, Porter & Sons, Inc. 219 Mass. 347, 349 . When the plaintiffs began work, the defective board comprised no part of the staging.

Ethier v. Audette

307 Mass. 111 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 30, 1940

Compare Roiko v. Aijala, 293 Mass. 149, 155 . In somewhat different circumstances it was said in Head v. … Donahue v. Kelley, 306 Mass. 511 .

Commonwealth v. Strother

375 Mass. 462 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 1978

See Commonwealth v. Satterfield, 362 Mass. 78, 80 (1972); Commonwealth v. Appleby, 358 Mass. 407, 415-416 (1970). … Commonwealth v. Smith, 357 Mass. 168, 178 (1970).

Dorey v. City of Boston

146 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1888

Bennett v. New Bedford, 110 Mass. 433 . … In this view, it is not necessary to consider whether the board of aldermen could lawfully delegate such power to its committee ; in respect to which see Day v. Green, 4 Cush. 433 ; Lowell v.

Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group v. Secretary of Commonwealth

375 Mass. 85 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 20, 1978

It would be empowered to represent consumer interests before regulatory boards and in the courts and to compile and disseminate consumer information to the public. … See American Party v. White, 415 U.S. 767 (1974); Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724 (1974); Jenness v. Fortson, 403 U.S. 431 (1971).

Bruno's Case

340 Mass. 420 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1960

Both the single member and the reviewing board decided against his contention. … Vandenburg v. Center Township, 124 Neb. 790, 792 . Toomey v. New York State Legislature, 2 N. Y. 2d 446, 448-449. Robinson v. Board of County Commrs. 289 P. 2d 668, 670-671 (Okla.). Werner v.

Benjamin Tariri v. Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 30, 2025

Id., citing Boston Herald, Inc. v. Sharpe, 432 Mass. 593, 603 (2000). See Vasquez v. … Commonwealth v. Govan, 496 Mass. 124 , 128-129 (2025).

Proctor v. Dillon

235 Mass. 538 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1920

S. 52 , at page 60: “Every species of tort, however occurring, and whether on board a vessel or not, if upon the high seas or navigable waters, is of admiralty cognizance.” Peters v. Veasey, 251 U. S. 121 . 3. … It was necessary for the seaman to depend upon the strength and soundness of the ratline in boarding the vessel or in debarking.

Moore v. School Committee of Newton

375 Mass. 443 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1978

See School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., 362 Mass. 417, 441 (1972); Dowd v. Dover, 334 Mass. 23, 26 (1956); Jantzen v. School Comm. of Chelmsford, 332 Mass. 175, 178 (1955); Morse v. … The board must then provide for referral of the matter to the voters.