Case law

Sanborn v. Flagler

91 Mass. 474 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1864

Soames v. Spencer, 1 D. & R. 32. Long on Sales, 38. Browne on St. of Frauds, § 367. Higgins v. Senior, 8 M. & W. 834. Williams v. Bacon, 2 Gray, 387 ,393. … Phillimore v. Barry, 1 Camp. 513. Salmon Falls Manuf. Co. v Goddard, ubi supra. Barry v. Coombe, 1 Pet. 640 . Exceptions overruled.

Meader v. Inhabitants of West Newbury

256 Mass. 37 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1926

Wormstead v. Lynn, 184 Mass. 425 . Higginson v. Fall River, 226 Mass. 423 . Franklin Savings Bank v. Framingham, 212 Mass. 92 . Conners v. Lowell, 246 Mass. 279 . … Dickinson v. Conway, 12 Allen, 487 . Brown v. Melrose, 155 Mass. 587 . It does not appear that the voters had any knowledge of the alleged contract.

Blodgett v. Hildreth

103 Mass. 484 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1870

Purcell v. Miner, 4 Wallace, 513. Thompson v. Gould, 20 Pick. 134 . Glass v. Hulbert, 102 Mass. 24 . … Blanchard v. Brooks, 12 Pick. 47 . Allen v. Holton, 20 Pick. 458 . Sweet v. Brown, 12 Met. 175 .

Wilkes v. Springside Nursing Home, Inc.

370 Mass. 842 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 20, 1976

Cardullo v. Landau, 329 Mass. 5, 8 (1952), and cases cited. DeCotis v. D’Antona, 350 Mass. 165, 168 (1966), quoting from Mendelsohn v. Leather Mfg. Corp., 326 Mass. 226, 233 (1950). … See Bryan v. Brock & Blevins Co., 343 F. Supp. 1062, 1068 (N.D. Ga. 1972), aff’d, 490 F.2d 563, 570-571 (5th Cir. 1974); Schwartz v.

Globe Fire Insurance v. Inhabitants of Lexington

173 Mass. 6 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1899

Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Railway, 66 Wis. 58 . Home Ins. Co. v. Northwestern Packet Co. 32 Iowa, 223 . … Carpenter v. Walker, 140 Mass. 416 . Southbridge Savings Bank v. Mason, *8 147 Mass. 500 .

Beck v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

396 Mass. 1016 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1986

See Cantres v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., ante 226, 231 (1985). … The board could disbelieve that testimony.

Aspinwall v. City of Boston

191 Mass. 441 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 1906

See Somerville v. Dickerman, 127 Mass. 272 ; Parks v. Boston, 8 Pick. 218 . … Crocket v. Boston, 5 Cush. 182 . White v. County Commissioners, 2 Cush. 361 . Boston v. Simmons, 9 Cush. 373 . Bell v. Boston, 101 Mass. 506 . Atkinson v. Newton, 169 Mass. 240, 242 , and cases cited. Bartlett v.

G.S. Enterprises, Inc. v. Falmouth Marine, Inc.

410 Mass. 262 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1991

See Aysseh v. Lawn, 186 N.J. Super. 218, 230-232 (1982). See also Kammerer v. Western Gear Corp., 96 Wash. 2d 416, 420 (1981); Phipps v. Sasser, 74 Wash. 2d 439, 446-447 (1968). … MacLean v.

Commonwealth v. Kozec

399 Mass. 514 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 24, 1987

See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Borodine, 371 Mass. 1, 10 (1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1049 (1977); Commonwealth v. Domanski, 332 Mass. 66, 69 (1954). See also Commonwealth v. Brown, 392 Mass. 632, 641-642 (1984). … Prendergast, 385 Mass. 625 , 633-634 (1982), for an example of proper retaliatory reply. 10 The judge also should report egregious conduct by any counsel to the Board of Bar Overseers. See S.I.C.

Paige v. Sinclair

237 Mass. 482 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1921

Guild v. Bonnemort, 156 Mass. 522 . Silver v. Graves, 210 Mass. 26, 32 . Murphy v. Merrill, 12 Cush. 284 . Treasurer & Receiver General v. Sermini, 229 Mass. 248, 253 . … Brown v. Webber, 6 Cush. 560 . Craig Silver Co. v. Smith, 163 Mass. 262, 268 . Chamberlayne v. Nazro, 188 Mass. 454 . Barry v. Page, 10 Gray, 398 . The case at bar is governed by the authority of Henry v.

Commonwealth v. Dewhirst

190 Mass. 293 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1906

Commonwealth v. Ashton, 125 Mass. 384 . Commonwealth v. Prescott, 151 Mass. 60 . Commonwealth v. Dill, 160 Mass. 536 . *296 Commonwealth v. Hodgkins, 170 Mass. 197 . Commonwealth v. Danziger, 176 Mass. 290 . … Funai, 146 Mass. 570 ; Commonwealth v. Brailey, 184 Mass. 527 ; Commonwealth v. Brown, 121 Mass. 69 . The principle is admitted by the defendant, but what he complains of here is its application.

New England Mutual Life Insurance v. Phillips

141 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1886

Wood v. Cutter, 138 Mass. 149 . Peabody v. School Committee of Boston, 115 Mass. 383 . See also American Railway-Frog Co. v. Haven, 101 Mass. 398 . … See Braconier v. Packard, 136 Mass 50; Dechan v. Johnson, ante, 23.

Commonwealth v. Haywood

247 Mass. 16 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1923

Commonwealth v. Dascalakis, 243 Mass. 519 . Daniels v. State, 57 Fla. 1 . Owens v. State, 120 Ga. 296 . People v. Stapleton, 300 Ill. 471 . State v. Cook, 188 Iowa, 655 . Pringle v. State, 108 Miss. 802 . State v. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 150 Mass. 330 . Commonwealth v. Ayers, 115 Mass. 137 . L. R A. 1916 E 641 note, and case's cited. But the acknowledgment by the defendant that he had committed adultery with Vina E.

Lovell v. Minot

37 Mass. 116 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 26, 1838

The rule was well laid down in Harvard College v. … See Case of Calhoun’s Estate, 6 Watts’s R. 185 ; Knight v. Earl of Plymouth, 3 Atk 480; Thompson v. Brown, 4 Johns. Ch. R. 628.

Ness v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation

279 Mass. 369 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1932

On December 5, he notified the board of assessors of Newton that he had purchased this dwelling house and was leaving for Fort Myers with the intention of becoming a permanent inhabitant of that city. … He also asked the board of assessors to make a notation to cancel any further assessments of poll taxes and to notify the board of registrars to remove his name from the list of voters, and stated that his future address

Rice v. Winslow

182 Mass. 273 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1902

This of itself warranted the overruling of the demurrer, (Brown v. South Boston Savings Bank, 148 Mass. 300 ,) and would justify us in affirming the decree of the Superior Court. … Boyce v. Grundy, 3 Pet. 210, 215 . Fuller v. Percival, 126 Mass. 381 . Gould v. Emerson, 160 Mass. 438 . Locke v. Locke, 166 Mass. 435 . Cases like Atwood v. Fisk, 101 Mass. 363 , do not apply.

Mitchell v. Packard

168 Mass. 467 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1897

Ames v. … See Crowell v. Cape Cod Ship Canal Co., *470 ante, 157; Pennsylvania & Delaware Railroad v. Leuffer, 84 Penn. St. 168; Ericsson v. Brown, 38 Barb. 390 .

Blackwell v. Mayor of Boston

261 Mass. 58 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 14, 1927

Smith v. Commissioner of Public Works of Boston, 215 Mass. 353, and cases there collected. Brattin v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners, 249 Mass. 170, 172 . Peckham v. … Toothaker v. School Committee of Rockland, 256 Mass. 584, 592 . Brooks v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 257 Mass. 91 . Exceptions overruled.

David v. Lennon

229 Mass. 160 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1918

It was said in Slasson v. Brown, 20 Pick. 436 , 440, “ It is essential to the rights of parties that they should have proper notice of all proceedings affecting their interests. … Fitzgerald v. Salentine, 10 Met. 436 , 438. It follows that according to the terms of the report, judgment is to be entered for the plaintiff on the finding. So ordered.

Batts's Case

295 Mass. 335 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 9, 1936

There was evidence supporting the finding of the board that the employee received an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. … That intention was not further executed and became inoperative (see Fitzgerald v. Boston & Northern Street Railway, 214 Mass. 435, 439 ).