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  • Rappel v. Italian Catholic Cemetery Ass'n

    259 Mass. 550 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1927

    Kean v. Asch, 12 C. E. Green, 57. Gorton v. Tiffany, 14 R. I. 95. Manbeck v. Jones, 190 Penn. St. 171. Hall v. Byron, 4 Ch. D. 667. Cadigan v. Brown, 120 Mass. 493 . Ball v. Allen, 216 Mass. 469 . … See as to trespass and continuing trespass New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Scovill, 71 Conn. 136,148 ; Negaunee Iron Co. v. Iron Cliffs Co. 134 Mich. 264 ; More v.

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  • 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.

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  • McKenna v. Andreassi

    292 Mass. 213 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 5, 1935

    Smith v. Smith, 2 Pick. 621 . Dalton v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 241 Mass. 400, 402-403 . Brown v. Alter, 251 Mass. 223 . Jones v. Great Barrington, 273 Mass. 483, 488 . Balian v. Ogassin, 277 Mass. 525, 530 . … Smith v. Smith, 2 Pick. 621 . *219 Brown v. Alter, 251 Mass. 223 . The plaintiff is at least in no better position in this respect than a traveller.

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  • Wiley & Foss, Inc. v. Saxony Theatres, Inc.

    332 Mass. 172 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1955

    Chadwick & Carr Co. v. Smith, 293 Mass. 293, 295 . Bodell v. Sawyer, 294 Mass. 534, 542-543 . Such a writing or record is enough to take the second count to *175 the jury. Lyman B. Brooks Co. v. … Sellew v. Tuttle’s Millinery Inc. 319 Mass. 368, 371 . W. W. Britton Inc. v. S. M. Hill Co. 327 Mass. 335, 337-338 . Aluminum Smelters Inc. v. Twombly, 330 Mass. 577, 579 . See Household Fuel Corp. v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kalleck v. Deering

    161 Mass. 469 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1894

    This is an action of tort for personal injuries suffered on board a coasting vessel while in harbor, through the breaking of a triangle on which the plaintiff was sitting and scraping a mast. … Under these eirdumstances the Circuit Court cases do not seem to us a sufficient reason for departing from the common law because the accident happened on board ship.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Lambeth Corp. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    393 Mass. 237 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 7, 1984

    The plaintiff appeals from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board upholding the Commissioner’s determination. We affirm. Under G. … Decision of the Appellate Tax Board affirmed.

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  • Knights v. Treasurer & Receiver General

    237 Mass. 493 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1921

    Browne v. Turner, 176 Mass. 9, 12 . … Lowell v. Oliver, 8 Allen, 247 , 255. Duffy v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 234 Mass. 42 .

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  • Mayo v. Preston

    131 Mass. 304 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1881

    It appeared, at the trial, that the plaintiffs made proper delivery at Boston of all the goods on board the vessel upon her return voyage belonging to the defendant, except four rifles. … Lamb v. Western Railroad, 7 Allen, 98 .

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  • Boston & Albany Railroad v. County Commissioners

    116 Mass. 73 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 22, 1874

    The board of county commissioners was therefore legally organized for the performance of the duties required of it by the St. of 1872. Tolland v. County Commis sioners, 13 Gray, 12 . Haverhill Bridge v. … Mayor & Aldermen of Worcester v. Railroad Commissioners, 113 Mass. Lancaster v. County Commissioners, Ib.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • 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 .

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Jarvis v. Mitchell

    99 Mass. 530 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1868

    Collins v. Smith, 12 Gray, 436 . Brown v. … Esty v. Flanders, 16 N. H. 218. In Spring v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Pelosi

    441 Mass. 257 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 19, 2004

    Commonwealth v. Pelosi, 55 Mass. App. Ct. 390, 406 (2002) (Brown, J., dissenting). … See Commonwealth v. Pelosi, 55 Mass. App. Ct. 390, 395-398 (2002); id. at 407-411 (Brown, J„ dissenting).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • DeGiacomo v. City of Quincy

    476 Mass. 38 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 2016

    Kobrin v. Board of Registration in Med., 444 Mass. 837, 843 (2005), quoting O'Neill v. City Manager of Cambridge, 428 Mass. 257, 259 (1998). … The named parties in the 1972 bill of complaint were the individuals who comprised the board of managers and board of supervisors of the Adams Fund;6 the oldest living male descendant of President Adams;7 the Attorney

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Cronin v. Strayer

    392 Mass. 525 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 17, 1984

    The judge further noted that “[t]he Board of Registration of [szc] Medicine has a similar function to that of the [I.P.C.],” and that Board of Registration in Medicine complaints and complaint files are public records, subject … The Board of Registration in Medicine has a function similar to the I.P.C. The board’s investigations are confidential by statute.

    Cited 58 timesPublished
  • Brewer v. Casey

    196 Mass. 384 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 16, 1907

    Piper v. Pearson, 2 Gray, 120 . Clarke v. May, 2 Gray, 410 . … Brown v. Cambridge, 3 Allen, 474 , 476. Leddy v. Barney, 139 Mass. 394 . Stimpson v. Poole, 141 Mass. 502 . Pickwick v. McCauliff, 193 Mass. 70 . Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Johnson v. Moreau

    323 Mass. 481 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1948

    Ed.) c. 108A, § 31 (4); Wolbach v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation, 268 Mass. 365, 368 ; State Street Trust Co. v. Hall, 311 Mass. 299, 302 ; Cavazza v. Cavazza, 317 Mass. 200, 203-204 . … Jordan v. Dobbins, 122 Mass. 168 . Browne v. McDonald, 129 Mass. 66 . Hyland v. Habich, 150 Mass. 112 . First National Bank v. McGowan, 296 Mass. 101, 106 . Killoren v. Hernan, 303 Mass. 93, 98 .

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  • Boston & Albany Railroad v. Commonwealth

    157 Mass. 68 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1892

    See Sewall v. Eastern Railroad, 9 Cush. 5 , 11; Fisher v. Essex Bank, 5 Gray, 373 ; Field v. Pierce, 102 Mass. 253, 261 ; St. Paul, Stillwater, & Taylor's Falls Railroad v. Robbins, 23 Minn. 439 ; Spring Co. v. … S. 49, 57 ; Busey v. Hooper, 35 Md. 15, 31 ; Burrall v. Bushwick Railroad, 75 N. Y. 211, 216 ; Neiler v. Kelley, 69 Penn. St. 403, 407.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Bassett v. Porter

    64 Mass. 418 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1852

    Powers v. Russell, 13 Pick. 69 ; Brown v. King, 5 Met. 181 ; Delano v Bartlett, 6 Cush. 364 . … Withington v. Eveleth, 7 Pick. 106 ; Perry v. Inhabitants of Dover, 12 Pick. 206 ; Fry v. School District in Athol, 4 Cush. 250 . Exceptions overruled.

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  • Nute v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    214 Mass. 184 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1913

    Besides *189 the decision in Glennen v. … Hammond, J., in Plant v. Woods, 176 Mass. 492, 496 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Crowley

    168 Mass. 121 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1897

    State v. Gresell, 124 Mo. 531 . O'Bryan v. Allen, 95 Mo. 68, 75 . Dyer v. Morris, 4 Mo. 214 . State v. Thomas, 111 Ind. 515 . Burk v. Andis, 98 Ind. 59, 64 . Davis v. Byrd, 94 Ind. 525 . Jackson v. State, 14 Ind. 327 . … The points urged in support of the motion in arrest of judgment are covered by the recent decision in Commonwealth v. Brown, 167 Mass. 144 . • ¡Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 17 timesPublished

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