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  • Nuttall v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.

    225 Mass. 167 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1916

    to board the car at that place. … Rand v. Boston Elevated Railway, ubi supra. Lockwood v. Boston Elevated Railway, ubi supra. Buckley v. Boston Elevated Railway, 215 Mass. 50 . Leavitt v. Boston Elevated Railway, 222 Mass. 346 .

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  • Holmes v. Carraher

    251 Mass. 536 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1925

    Teague v. Irwin, 134 Mass. 303, 307 . Mahon v. Blake, 125 Mass. 477, 480 . Brown v. Sallinger, 214 Mass. 245 . Flye v. Hall, 224 Mass. 528 . Loomis v. Pease, 234 Mass. 101 . … Driscoll v. Holt, 170 Mass. 262, 265 . King v. Howes, 181 Mass. 445, 446 . Herlihy v. Little, 200 Mass. 284, 289 . Lufkin v. Cutting, supra. G. L. c. 231, § 128. The cases of Campbell v.

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  • Sparhawk v. Sparhawk

    114 Mass. 355 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1874

    Graves v. Graves, 108 Mass. 314 . Edgerly v. Edgerly, 112 Mass. 53 . … the St. of 1873, c. 371, § 3, the authority thereby conferred upon the court to grant a divorce from the bond of matrimony can be exercised only “ on petition of any party to whom a divorce nisi, or a divorce from bed and board

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  • Smith's Case

    326 Mass. 160 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 1950

    Goodwin v. E. B. Nelson Grocery Co. 239 Mass. 232, 233 . McCarthy v. Simon, 247 Mass. 514, 519 . Howe v. Boston, 311 Mass. 278, 281 . Noble v. Greenbaum, 311 Mass. 722, 725 . … We do not follow the conclusion of the single member, adopted by the reviewing board, that the “streets of Worcester were” the employee’s “workshop.”

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  • Moskow v. Smith

    318 Mass. 76 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1945

    Cohen v. Martin, 298 Mass. 425, 427 . Murphy v. Smith, 307 Mass. 64, 66 . Perry v. Hanover, 314 Mass. 167, 170 . … Palmer v. Davidson, 211 Mass. 556 . It was not necessary that the defendant should personally cut down the trees; he was hable if, as here, he directed the act to be done by others. Brown v. Perkins, 1 Allen, 89 , 98.

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  • Barnes v. Shelburne Falls Savings Bank

    186 Mass. 574 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 27, 1904

    The case of Burnap v. … Adams v. Cummiskey, 4 Cush. 420 . After the return of the writ of scire facias all defences are open to the trustee which have not previously been passed upon by the court. R. L. c. 189, § 48. Brown v.

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  • Mather v. Boston & Maine Railroad Relief Ass'n

    254 Mass. 90 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1925

    But it was decided in Smith v. … The cases of Brown v. Harris, 2 Gray, 359 , Earle v. Bickford, 6 Allen, 549 , Hill v. American Legion of Honor, 178 Mass. 145 , and Cohen v. Wintman, 236 Mass. 471 , cited by the plaintiff are distinguishable.

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  • 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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  • Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

    359 Mass. 775 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1971

    See also Morrissey v. State Ballot Law Comma. 312 Mass. 121, 133 . Nichols v. Board of Election Commrs. of Boston, 196 Mass. 410 , deals with voting procedure at final elections. … It- is merely the selection of candidates for office by the members of a political party in a manner having the form of an election.-' Line v. Board of Election Canvassers of Menominee County, 154 Mich. 329, 332 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Sylvester

    476 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 9, 2016

    In 2007, the Board of Bar Overseers (board) filed a petition of discipline against plea counsel alleging that he intentionally misused client funds from April through September, 2002, and failed to make full restitution … No. 972 v.

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  • Smith v. Commonwealth

    210 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1911

    Lawrence v. Boston, 119 Mass. 126 . Moulton v. Newburyport Water Co. 137 Mass. 163 . Sargent v. Merrimac, 196 Mass. 171 . Beale v. Boston, 166 Mass. 53 . Boom Co. v. Patterson, 98 U. S. 403 . … In re Gough & Aspatria, Silloth & District Joint Water Board, [1904] 1 K. B. 417. In re Lucas & Chesterfield Gas & Water Board, [1909] 1 K.

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  • Whiting v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

    129 Mass. 240 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1880

    Co. v. … Sturtevant v. Robinson, 18 Pick. 175 . Bird v. Brown, 4 Exch. 786. McCracken v. San Francisco, 16 Cal. 591, 624 . Story on Agency, §§ 245, 246. G. Wells, for the defendant. G. M. Stearns, for the plaintiff.

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  • Inhabitants of Northborough v. County Commissioners

    138 Mass. 263 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1885

    Moore v. Boston, 8 Cush. 277 . Ham v. Salem, 100 Mass. 350, 351 . Indeed, the dicta or intimations in Lewis v. Boston, 130 Mass. 339 , and Chandler v. … Wood, and Cyrus Potter a board of water commissioners of and for said Northborough.

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  • Wood v. Inhabitants of Milton

    197 Mass. 531 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1908

    Hun neman v. Grafton, 10 Met. 454 . … Blaisdell v. Winthrop, 118 Mass. 138 .

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  • Kingsford v. Hood

    105 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1870

    Crawford v. Spencer, 8 Cush. 418 . Peabody v. Brown, 10 Gray, 45 . … Morgan v. Ide, 8 Cush. 420 . Priest v. Wheeler, 101 Mass. 479 .

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  • Builders Realty Corp. of Mass. v. Newton

    348 Mass. 64 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 29, 1964

    Morse v. Boston, 253 Mass. 247, 252 ; Burt v. Mu *67 nicipal Council of Taunton, 272 Mass. 130, 133 ; Sweezey v. Mayor of Malden, 273 Mass. 536, 540 ; Pacella v. Metropolitan Dist. Commn. 339 Mass. 338, 342 . … Northampton Inst. for Sav. v. Putnam, 313 Mass. 1, 7 ; Bartlett v. Keith, 325 Mass. 265, 268 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Wall

    145 Mass. 216 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 21, 1887

    See Commonwealth v. Moylan, 119 Mass. 109 ; Commonwealth v. Hamer, 128 Mass. 76 . He contends, however, that the facts which he offered to prove show that he did not have a reasonable opportunity to be heard. … The motion for a continuance was addressed to the *218 discretion of the board.

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  • Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Fleming

    361 Mass. 172 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 15, 1972

    Wyeth v. Stone, 144 Mass. 441, 443-444 . See Blodgett v. Stowell, 189 Mass. 142, 144 ; Brown v. Wright, 194 Mass. 540, 545 ; Walcott v. Robinson, 214 Mass. 172, 176 ; Old Colony Trust Co. v. … See Hutchins v. Browne, 253 Mass. 55, 58-59 ; Perkins v. New England Trust Co. 344 Mass. 287, 294 .

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  • Trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Tileston & Hollingsworth Co.

    345 Mass. 727 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1963

    Co. v. Gileo, 351 U. S. 493, 499 . Reed v. Pennsylvania R.R. 351 U. S. 502, 505 . … Miller v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co. 291 Mass. 445, 449 . Buhl v. Viera, 328 Mass. 201, 203 . Pasquale v. Shore, 343 Mass. 239, 243-244 .

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  • Slayton v. Barry

    49 L.R.A. 560 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1900

    Grove v. Nevill, 1 Keb. 778. Jennings v. Rundall, 8 T. R. 335. Green v. Greenbank, 2 Marsh. 485 . Price v. Hewett, 8 Ex. 146. Wright v. Leonard, 11 C. B. (N. S.) 258. De Roo v. Foster, 12 C. B. (N. S.) 272. Gilson v. … Nash v. Jewett, 61 Vt. 501 . Ferguson v. Bobo, 54 Miss. 121 . Brown v. Dunham, 1 Root, 272 . Geer v. Hovy, 1 Root, 179 . Wilt v. Welsh, 6 Watts, 9 . Burns v. Hill, 19 Ga. 22 . Kilgore v. Jordan, 17 Tex. 341 .

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