Case law

Lindsey v. Leighton

150 Mass. 285 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 30, 1889

Cobb v. Arnold, 8 Met. 398 , 402. Hilbourn v. Fogg, 99 Mass. 11 . Holbrook v. Young, 108 Mass. 83, 85 . … The plaintiff did not complain of the plan of construction, but of the looseness of a board or plank. Exceptions overruled..

Von Henneberg v. Generazio

403 Mass. 519 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 12, 1988

Service Publications, Inc. v. Goverman, 396 Mass. 567, 571 (1986). Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Edel-Brown Tool & Die Co., 381 Mass. 1, 3-4 (1980). … Chase v. Roy, 363 Mass. 402, 404 (1973). Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Edel- *521 Brown Tool & Die Co., supra at 4.

Gagnon's Case

228 Mass. 334 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 23, 1917

It can readily be determined so long as the standard fixed by the definition of average weekly wages in Part V, § 2, above quoted, is followed. … It is not necessary to discuss the other questions argued by the insurer as they may not arise when the statute is applied correctly by the Industrial Accident Board. Decree reversed.

Hancock Bank & Trust Co. v. Shell Oil Co.

365 Mass. 629 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1974

See Shaw v. Appleton, 161 Mass. 313, 315 (1894); Manson v. Flanagan, 233 Mass. 150, 153 (1919); Eliopoulos v. Makros, 322 Mass. 485, 488 (1948); Graphic Arts Finishers, Inc. v. … See Brown v. Fowler, 65 Ohio St. 507 , 524 (1902). We see no reason to conclude that the lease created a tenancy at will because the notice could have been given before the date of the commencement of the térm.

Broitman v. Silver

278 Mass. 510 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1932

Leland v. United Commercial Travelers of America, 233 Mass. 558, 560-561 . Brown v. Grow, 249 Mass. 495, 499 . Moore v. Amesbury, 268 Mass. 462, 465 . … Randall v. Peerless Motor Car Co. 212 Mass. 352, 384 . Reilly v. Selectmen of Blackstone, 266 Mass. 503, 512 . Exceptions overruled.

Applegate v. Nager

287 Mass. 188 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1934

Harlow v. Curtis, 121 Mass. 320, 322 . See also Smith v. Faulkner, 12 Gray, 251 , 255; Russell v. Annable, 109 Mass. 72 ; Kehlor Flour Mills Co. v. Linden, 230 Mass. 119, 123 . Lawrence v. … Rosenberg, 238 Mass. 138, 142 ; Batchelder v. Brown, 248 Mass. 217 . Decree affirmed with costs.

Morley v. Police Commissioner

261 Mass. 269 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 22, 1927

Commonwealth v. Gage, 114 Mass. 328, 330 . Commonwealth v. Page, 155 Mass. 227 . Burgess v. Mayor & Aldermen of Brockton, 235 Mass. 95 . Commonwealth v. O’Neil, 233 Mass. 535, 542 . See Commonwealth v. … Shuman v. Gilbert, 229 Mass. 225 . Greene *279 v. Mayor of Fitchburg, 219 Mass. 121 . Commonwealth v. Norman, 249 Mass. 123, 130, 131 . Davis v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 251 Mass. 283,284 .

Summers v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

301 Mass. 167 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1938

Oliver Ditson Co. v. Testa, 216 Mass. 123 . Wright v. Graustein, 229 Mass. 68 . Second National Bank of Malden v. Leary, 284 Mass. 321, 325 . Gallo v. Foley, 299 Mass. 1, 5, 6 . Styrnbrough v. … Allin v. Connecticut River Lumber Co. 150 Mass. 560, 563 . See Brown v. Kellogg, 182 Mass. 297, 299 . What has been said will suffice to show that the order allowing the “Motion to Dismiss” is likewise appealable.

Doherty v. Inhabitants of Braintree

148 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1889

Hill v. Boston, 122 Mass. 344, 345, 351 . Tindley v. Salem, 137 Mass. 171 . See also Benton v. Boston City Hospital, 140 Mass. 13 . … Hawks v. Charlemont, 107 Mass. 414 . Deane v. Randolph, 132 Mass. 475 . Waldron v. Haverhill, 143 Mass. 582 . We cannot distinguish the present case from Deane v. Randolph .

Collective Bargaining Reform Ass'n v. Labor Relations Commission

436 Mass. 197 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 5, 2002

Labor Relations Comm’n, supra at 238. 9 The reasoning set forth to this point comports with well-settled Federal law that certification decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (board) are not subject to judicial review … See, e.g., Boire v.

Burt v. Allen

103 Mass. 41 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1869

Amherst Bank v. Root, 2 Met. 522 Sabine v. Strong, 6 Met. 270 , 279. Quinley v. Atkins, 9 Gray *43 370 . Howe v. Pierson, 12 Gray, 26 . Stiles v. Allen, 5 Allen, 320 . Bacon v. Rogers, 8 Allen, 146 . Tyng v. … Reed, (J Brown with him,) for the defendant. Exceptions overruled.

Giles v. Kenney

221 Mass. 262 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1915

See Drinkwater v. Drinkwater, 4 Mass. 354, 359 ; Tyndale v. Stanwood, 182 Mass. 534 . … In Smith v.

Bacon v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation

266 Mass. 547 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 26, 1929

Bates v. Barry, 125 Mass. 83 . Brimblecom v. Haven, 12 Cush. 511 . Swett v. Boston, 18 Pick. 123 . Wiggin v. Swett, 6 Met. 194 .” … Tax Commissioner v. Putnam, 227 Mass. 522 . Duffy v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 234 Mass. 42 . Brown v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation, 242 Mass. 242 . Lapham v. Tax Commissioner, 244 Mass. 40 . Bingham v.

Jarek's Case

326 Mass. 182 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1950

The board found in favor of the employee under the second alternative, that is, where the injury arises “out of an ordinary risk of the street,” as the injury in this case obviously did. … In our opinion the employee’s trip home, to tell his wife was.no more a part of the “business affairs or undertakings of his employer” than was the employee’s trip to the street to look after his own automobile in Levin v.

Holyoke v. Haskins

26 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1830

As to the objection, that a smaller proportion of the tenancy in common is recovered than is demanded in the declaration, we consider the point well settled in Dewey v. Brown, 2 Pick. 387 , and recognized in Somes v.

MacPherson v. Boston Edison Co.

336 Mass. 94 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1957

The Owens-Illinois case ( 322 Mass. 629, 633 ) suggests that this meant only that, in view of denial of the substantive relief in connection with which discovery was sought in Brown v. … Walker v. Brooks, 125 Mass. 241, 248 , Brown v. Corey, 191 Mass. 189 , and H. E. Shaw Co. v.

Connor v. City of Haverhill

303 Mass. 42 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1939

No requisition was signed by the commissioner or board in charge of the department and approved by a majority of the council, as required by Part 6, §§ 1 and 2, of the city ordinances. … Currier v. Esty, 110 Mass. 536, 544 . Amherst College v. Allen, 165 Mass. 178 . Brooks v. Twitchell, 182 Mass. 443 . Keyes v. Brackett, 187 Mass. 306 . Nesson v. Gilson, 224 Mass. 212 . Joyce v.

Philbrick v. Ewing

97 Mass. 133 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1867

Brown v. Nichols, Moore, 682. Nicholas v. Chamberlain, Cro. Jac. 121. But an easement, where it is not expressly described in the conveyance, must actually belong to the estate conveyed, in order to pass by implication. … Tourtellot v. Phelps, 4 Gray, 378 . See also Johnson v. Jordan, 2 Met. 234 ; Parker v. Bennett, 11 Allen, 388 . But the defendant did not own the water which came to the plaintiff’s house.

Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Dunn

243 Mass. 7 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 11, 1922

Loring v. Coolidge, 99 Mass. 191, 193 . Dove v. Johnson, 141 Mass. 287 . Pratt v. Condon, supra. Crapo v. Price, 190 Mass. 317 . … Jackson v. Roberts, supra. Schaffer v. Kettell, 14 Allen, 528 . Stedman v. Priest, supra. Sears v. Brown, 241 Mass. 523 .

Commonwealth v. Reynolds

120 Mass. 190 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1876

Launock v. Brown, 2 B. & Ald. 592. Burdett v. Abbot, 14 East, 1, 163. Curtis’s case, Fost. 135. Semayne’s case, 5 Rep. 91. Kneas v. Fitler, 2 S. & R. 263. … Commonwealth v.