Case law

Gaston v. Gordon

208 Mass. 265 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1911

In the latter part of 1907 an application for a license for the sale of intoxicating liquors on the premises was made by the defendant to the licensing board, and it was refused. … Mears v. Smith, 199 Mass. 319 . Commonwealth Trust Co. v. Coveney, 200 Mass. 379 . Butterick Publishing Co. v. Fisher, 203 Mass. 122,132 . Perry v. J. L. Mott Iron Works Co. 207 Mass. 501 . Jennings v.

School Committee v. City of Gloucester

324 Mass. 209 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 1949

In Gorman v. … Police Commissioner of Boston v. Boston, 239 Mass. 401, 409 . Decatur v. Auditor of Peabody, 251 Mass. 82, 90 . Davis v. Retirement Board of the County of Middlesex, 312 Mass. 115,120 . Dullea v.

Zirelli v. DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.

394 Mass. 229 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 11, 1985

The claimant's application for review by the board, pursuant to G.L.c. 151A, §§ 40 and 41, was denied. The board's decision was affirmed without opinion by the District Court. … O'Brien v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 393 Mass. 482, 486 (1984). Abramowitz v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 390 Mass. 168, 173 (1983).

Knowles v. Perkins

274 Mass. 27 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1931

Cowdin v. Perry, 11 Pick. 502 . Granger v. Bassett, 98 Mass. 462 . Browne v. Doolittle, 151 Mass. 595 . Newell v. Peaslee, 151 Mass. 601, 604 . … On the other hand it would seem from what was said in Browne v. Doolittle, 151 Mass. 595, 596 , and in New England Trust Co. v.

Threlkeld v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

251 Mass. 141 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1925

The facts distinguish the case at bar from Hillman v. Boston Elevated Railway, 207 Mass. 478 , Youngerman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 223 Mass. 29 , Hyams v. … Boston Elevated Railway, 216 Mass. 560 , and Rhoades v. Boston Elevated Railway, 232 Mass. 361 . Exceptions sustained.

Stockwell v. Couillard

129 Mass. 231 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1880

I. 636; Dolan v. Trelevan, 31 Wis. 147 ; Pettee v. Hawes, 13 Pick. 323 ; Cook v. Farr ington, 10 Gray, 70 . … Allen v. Holton, 20 Pick. 458 . Sweet v. Brown, 12 Met. 175 . The plaintiff, therefore, cannot maintain this action for the breach of that covenant. Judgment for the defendant.

Gillespie v. Rogers

146 Mass. 610 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1888

Peabody v. Brown, 10 Gray, 45 . And it is not absolutely necessary that either grantor or grantee be named at all, if so described that he can be clearly ascertained. Shaw v. Loud, 12 Mass. 447 . Shep. … Tracy v. Jenks, 15 Pick. 465 . Ames v. Phelps, 18 Pick. 314 . Jordan v. Farnsworth, 15 Gray, 517 . Fuller v. Cunningham, 105 Mass. 442 . Adams v. Pratt, 109 Mass. 59 . Wood v. Simons, 110 Mass. 116 . Sykes v.

Commonwealth v. Mullen

176 Mass. 132 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1900

The case is here on appeal from an order overruling a motion to quash, and on exceptions to the same order, (see Commonwealth v. Dunleay, 157 Mass. 386, 388 , and Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Tobias, 141 Mass. 129, 132 . Commonwealth v. Murphy, 147 Mass. 577 . Commonwealth v. Gay, 153 Mass. 211, 217 .

Commonwealth v. Pierce

419 Mass. 28 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 21, 1994

Commonwealth v. Brown, 392 Mass. 632, 642 (1984). Commonwealth v. Parham, 390 Mass. 833, 841 (1984). There are two aspects of involuntary manslaughter. Commonwealth v. Sneed, 413 Mass. 387 , 393 n.4 (1992). … Commonwealth v. Brown, supra.

White v. Treasurer of Wayland

273 Mass. 468 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1930

Attorney General v. Lowell, 246 Mass. 312, 320 . Whiting v. Mayor of Holyoke, 272 Mass. 116, 118 . The power to establish a water system for a town carries with it certain implications. Hardy v. Waltham, 3 Met. 163 . … First Parish in Sutton v. Cole, 3 Pick. 232 . Drury v. Natick, 10 Allen, 169 . Higginson v. Turner, 171 Mass. 586 . MacDonald v. Board of Street Commissioners of Boston, 268 Mass. 288, 296 .

Cohn v. City of Taunton

303 Mass. 182 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1939

Montvale v. People’s Bank, 45 Vroom, 464 . Citizens’ Savings Bank v. Greenburgh, 173 N. Y. 215 . East Lincoln v. Davenport, 94 U. S. 801 . Ronede v. Jersey City, 17 Reporter, 263 ; Fed. Cas. 12,031a. … See Agawam National Bank v. South Hadley, 128 Mass. 503, 506 ; Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259 . No difficulty of this kind has been called to our attention or is perceived in the facts agreed in this case.

Attorney General v. Trustees of Boston Elevated Railway Co.

319 Mass. 642 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 3, 1946

Farrell v. Mayor of Revere, 306 Mass. 221 . Sesnovich v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 313 Mass. 393, 398 . Perkins v. School Committee of Quincy, 315 Mass. 47 . The same thought is expressed in Boston v. … Decatur v. Auditor of Peabody, 251 Mass. 82 . Davis v. Retirement Board of the County of Middlesex, 312 Mass. 115 . Hinckley v. Retirement Board of Gloucester, 316 Mass. 496 . Compare Commonwealth v.

Noble v. Joseph Burnett Co.

208 Mass. 75 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1911

See McMurtrie v. Gruiler, 183 Mass. 451, 454 . The case is clearly distinguishable from Marble v. Standard Oil Co. 169 Mass. 553 . And the same may be said of Fairplay School Township v. … Brown v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co. 128 U. S. 403, 412 , and cases cited. Andrews v. Tuttle-Smith Co. 191 Mass. 461 , and cases cited.

New York Bank Note Co. v. Kidder Press Manufacturing Co.

192 Mass. 391 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 1906

See Brown v. Cambridge, 3 Allen, 474 , 476; Aldrich v. Parnell, 147 Mass. 409 . … Brown v. Cambridge, ubi supra. Wood v. Mann, 125 Mass. 319 . Hudson v. Baker, 185 Mass. 122, 125 .

Sprague v. Minon

202 Mass. 467 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1909

It was held in Martin v. … So far from there being anything in Rockport v.

McGillivray v. Eramian

309 Mass. 430 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1941

The “wood was rotten or something, the nails were pulled out . . . the boards were warped or sprung from the foundation.” … Barnes v. Berkshire Street Railway, 281 Mass. 47, 51 , and cases cited. R. Dunkel, Inc. v. V. Barletta Co. 302 Mass. 7, 11 . See Gordon v. Harris, 290 Mass. 482, 487 ; Tookmanian v. Fanning, 308 Mass. 162, 168 .

Knight v. Dorr

36 Mass. 48 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 20, 1837

R. 603 , — nor of all demands between the partiés, if no new demand be allowed, — Seeley v. Brown, 14 Pick. 177 , — nor an increase of the ad damnum, when the damages are not thereby increased, —Marlin v. … Clark, 14 Pick. 223 , — nor even for different causes, if nothing be recovered upon them,— Seeley v. Brown, 14 Pick. 177 , — will affect an attachment or the liability of bail.

United States Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation

299 Mass. 296 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1938

In each case an application for abatement was filed and an appeal to the Board of Tax Appeals was taken from a decision by the appellee refusing to abate the taxes. … That board denied the claims of the appellants for abatement. The cases come here by appeals by the appellants.

Commissioner of Administration v. Kelley

351 Mass. 686 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 6, 1967

Commissioner of Admn. v. Kelley, 350 Mass. 501, 505 . Taft v. Adams, 3 Gray, 126 , 130. Williams v. New Bedford, 303 Mass. 213 , and cases cited. Cullen v. Mayor of Newton, 308 Mass. 578, 580 . … Compare Simonian v. Boston Redevelopment Authy. 342 Mass. 573, 583 .

Prentice v. Richards

74 Mass. 226 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1857

Tupper v. Cadwell, 12 Met. 559 . Mason v. Wright, 13 Met. 306 . … it could be distinguished from the bills for butcher’s meat, groceries and all other supplies of such a house; and if it could be so considered in regard to a house at five hundred dollars annual rent, why not to a large boarding