Case law

Bell v. City of Boston

101 Mass. 506 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1869

Foster v. Boston , and Crocket v. Boston , cited above. Boston & Maine Railroad v. Bartlett, 3 Cush. 224 . Old Colony Railroad Co. v. Evans, 6 Gray, 25 . Goward v. Waters, 98 Mass. 596 . … The completion of the widening was to be whenever the board of aldermen should be of opinion that it was required for the public safety and convenience. 4.

Delamaine v. Inhabitants of Revere

229 Mass. 403 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1918

See Upham v. Boston, 187 Mass. 220 ; Campbell v. Boston, 189 Mass. 7 ; Moynihan v. Holyoke, 193 Mass. 26 ; Connor v. Manchester, 73 N. H. 233. … Child v. Boston, 4 Allen, 41 . Emery v. Lowell, 104 Mass. 13 .

Clark v. Wilson

103 Mass. 219 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1869

White v. Brown, 2 Cush. 412 . Fowley v. Palmer, 5 Gray, 549 . Russell v. Southard, 12 How. 139, 157 . Dobson v. Land, 8 Hare, 216; S. C. 4 De G. & Sm. 575. Bellamy v. Brickenden, 2 Johns. & Hem. 137. … See Trull v. Roxbury Insurance Co. 3 Cush. 267 , 268; King v. State Insurance Co. 7 Cush. 12 ; Rice v. Cobb, 9 Cush. 302 ; Rice v. Brown , Ib. 308.

New England Trust Co. v. Spaulding

310 Mass. 424 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 30, 1941

New England *429 Trust Co. v. Abbott, 162 Mass. 148 . Brown v. Little, Brown & Co. (Inc.) 269 Mass. 102 . Krauss v. Kuechler, 300 Mass. 346 . Searles v. Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. 128 Maine, 34. … Harlow v. Dehon, 111 Mass. 195 . Phillips v. Blatchford, 137 Mass. 510 . Krell v. Codman, 154 Mass. 454 . Earle v. Angell, 157 Mass. 294 . Early v. Moor, 249 Mass. 223 . Hale v. Wilmarth, 274 Mass. 186 .

Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Commissioner of Insurance

362 Mass. 301 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 13, 1972

L. c. 175A in Insurance Rating Bd. v. Commissioner of Ins. 358 Mass. 171, 173-179 . In that opinion we said that under G. … See Pioneer Liquor Mart, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commn. 350 Mass. 1, 7-8 .

Lord v. Lowell Institution for Savings

304 Mass. 212 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 27, 1939

She went to the tenement and as she was coming out, “went to close the door and when I did the knob came off in my hand and my foot got caught on a board and I fell backwards.” … She testified on cross-examination that “I pulled the knob and fell on the landing and the landing give and I fell backwards”; that a loose board “slid,” and her foot was wedged into the part of the platform it went through

Commonwealth v. Damon

136 Mass. 441 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1884

Bodwell v. Swan, 8 Pick. 376 . Watson v. Moore, 2 Cush. 133 . Commonwealth v. Harmon, 2 Gray, 289 . Baldwin v. Soule, 6 Gray, 321 . Markham v. Russell, 12 Allen, 573 . Robbins v. Fletcher, 101 Mass. 115 . Clark v. … Brown, 116 Mass. 504 . If the other publications were criminally libellous, this would not prevent their admission, as evidence of" malice, if otherwise admissible. Thayer v. Thayer, 101 Mass. 111 . Commonwealth v.

Kaplan v. City of Boston

330 Mass. 381 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1953

Board of Appeals of Springfield, 286 Mass. 469, 472 ; Leahy v. Inspector of Buildings of New Bedford, 308 Mass. 128, 133 ; Simon v. Needham, 311 Mass. 560, 565 ; Pittsfield v. Oleksak, 313 Mass. 553 . … Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 324 Mass. 427, 431 . In view of these established principles, there seems to be no merit in the petitioner’s contentions.

C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. v. City of Westfield

436 Mass. 459 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 2002

The plaintiff then filed a timely appeal with the Appellate Tax Board (board). On June 13, 1997, the plaintiff commenced this action by filing a complaint for declaratory relief in the Superior Court. … See Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Assessors of Agawam, 428 Mass. 261, 263 (1998) (board not required to adopt any particular method of valuation); Northwest Assocs. v.

May v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

112 Mass. 90 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1873

Carlton v. Pierce, 1 Allen, 26 . Sullivan v. Fitzgerald, 12 Allen, 482 . Hulett v. Pixley, 97 Mass. 29 . … See Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 348 . Other causes of demurrer are assigned to the first and third counts, none of which we consider tenable.

Goldblatt v. Corporation Counsel of Boston

360 Mass. 660 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 17, 1971

See Marmer v. Board of Registration of Chiropractors, 358 Mass. 13, 17, 18 ; Lexington Nursing Home, Inc. v. Rate Setting Commn. 358 Mass. 601, 603-604 . *665 2. … Board of Health of Clinton, 356 Mass. 426, 430-431 . Cf. Younie v. Director of Div. of Unemployment Compensation, 306 Mass. 567, 571-572 .

International Trust Co. v. Boardman

149 Mass. 158 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 1889

White v. Brown, 2 Cush. 412 . King v. State Ins. Co. 7 Cush. 1 , 4. Foster v. Equitable Ins. Co. 2 Gray, 216 . Loomis v. Eagle Ins. Co. 6 Gray, 396 , 401. Suffolk Ins. Co. v. Boyden, 9 Allen, 123 . Clark v. … Rand v. Mather, 11 Cush. 1 , 7. Bishop v. Palmer, 146 Mass. 469, 475 , and cases there cited. Gelpcke v. Dubuque, 1 Wall. 221 . Odessa Tramways Co. v. Mendel, 8 Ch. D. 235. Pickering v. Ilfracombe Railway, L. R. 3 C.

Commonwealth v. Samuels

456 Mass. 1025 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 2010

See Commonwealth v. Snow, ante 1019, 1019 (2010); Com *1027 monwealth v. Richardson, 454 Mass. 1005, 1005 (2009), citing Commonwealth v. … See Brown v. Jayne, 418 Mass. 1002 (1994) (petitioner improperly reargued case presented in county court instead of arguing that single justice abused his discretion or otherwise erred).

Whiting v. Department of Public Welfare

332 Mass. 138 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 31, 1954

Morrissey v. State Ballot Law Commission, 312 Mass. 121, 124 . Sesnovich v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 313 Mass. 393, 399 . … Boston v. McCafferty, 328 Mass. 177 . Dartmouth v. Paull, 329 Mass. 22 .

Grace v. Adams

100 Mass. 505 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1868

It differs from the cases of Brown v. Eastern Railroad Co. 11 Cush. 97 , and Malone v. Boston & Worcester Railroad Co. 12 Gray, 388 . … So in Fillebrown v.

Schenkl v. Dana

118 Mass. 236 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 3, 1875

Burden v. Burden, 1 Ves. & B. 170. Crawshay v. Collins, 15 Ves. 217, 227. Stocken v. Dawson, 6 Beav. 371. Knox v. Gye, L. R. 5 H. L. 656 Barfield v. Loughborough, L. R, 8 Ch. 1. Ambler v. Bolton, L. … R. 14 Eq. 427 Holme v. Hammond, L. R. 7 Ex. 218. Cox v. Hickman, 8 H. L. Cas. 268 Washburn v. Goodman, 17 Pick. 519 . Beatty v. Wray, 19 Penn. St. 516 Brown v. McFarland, 41 Penn. St. 129. Lyman v.

Anderson v. Connolly

310 Mass. 5 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 10, 1941

Wilbur v. Newton, 302 Mass. 38 . Banks v. Everett National Bank, 305 Mass. 178 . The action of the judge in denying the motion to recommit was free from error. Brown v. Little, Brown & Co. (Inc.) 269 Mass. 102 . … Mason v. Richards, 15 Pick. 141 . Baggot v. Fleming, 10 Cush. 451 . Plimpton v. Plimpton, 12 Cush. 458 . Wales v. Coffin, 100 Mass. 177, 180 . O’Brien v. Joyce, 117 Mass. 360 . Daggett v. Tracy, 128 Mass. 167 .

Fishman v. Alberts

321 Mass. 280 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 1947

Shultz v. Shultz, 136 Ind. 323 . Dunlap v. Glidden, 31 Maine, 435. Smith v. Abbott, 40 Maine, 442. Lyford v. Demerritt, 32 N. H. 234. Hillsborough v. Nichols, 46 N. H. 379. Stevens v. Rowe, 59 N. H. 578. White v. … Smith v. Lewis, 3 Johns. 157 . Tuttle v. Tuttle, 46 N. D. 79 . Risman v. Krupar, 45 Ohio App. 29 . Purdy v. Winters’ Estate, 79 Ore. 614 . Cunningham v. Brown, 18 Vt. 123 .

Coakley's Case

216 Mass. 71 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 22, 1913

Mulhern v. McDavitt, 16 Gray, 404 . But there is nothing in the record at bar to show that the widow has assumed any legal obligation to support the stepdaughter. … By a decision of a majority of the Industrial Accident Board it was ordered that the whole amount of the compensation should be paid to the widow.

Hall v. Pike

100 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1868

It is expressly decided, however, in Berkshire Woollen Co. v. … It k not a question of the preponderance or weight of evidence, like that which might arise on a motion for a new trial Forsyth v Hooper, 11 Allen, 419 . Cheever v. Perley, Ib. 584. Exceptions overruled.