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  • Casassa v. Smith

    206 Mass. 69 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1910

    Ge orge v. Putney, 4 Cush. 351 . Holbrook v. Young, 108 Mass. 83 . King v. Bird, 148 Mass. 572 . Duncklee v. Webber, 151 Mass. 408 . Appleton v. Ames, 150 Mass. 34 . Royce v. Guggenheim, 106 Mass. 201 . Mack v. … Said Casassa Brothers agree that they will vacate and deliver up said premises on or before December 31, 1906,” Before Brown, J.

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  • Lambert v. Cheney

    221 Mass. 378 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1915

    Hack v. Nason, 190 Mass. 346 . … The case was tried in the Superior Court before Brown, J.

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  • Hannigan v. New Gamma-Delta Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

    367 Mass. 658 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 6, 1975

    The judge also sustained the demurrer of the defendant Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts. … Albano v. Western Constr. Corp. 357 Mass. 647 (1970), McMahon v. M & D Builders, Inc. 360 Mass. 54 (1971), McDonough v. Whalen, 365 Mass. 506 (1974) (implied warranty in builder’s sale of new dwelling). Lombardo v. D.

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  • Todd v. Tarbell

    187 Mass. 480 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1905

    See Gordon v. Gordon, L. R. 5 H. L. 254, 284; Bathurst v. Errington, 2 App. Cas. 698, 709, 721, 722; Rhodes v. Rhodes, 7 App. Cas. 192, 204, 205. Lord Chelmsford, then the Lord Chancellor, and Lord St. … See in this connection Child v. Child, 185 Mass. 376 ; Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Buffum, 186 Mass. 242 . See also Brown v. Farmer, 184 Mass. 136, 138, 139 . Decree accordingly.

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  • Moore v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    390 Mass. 890 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1983

    Garfield v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 377 Mass. 94, 97 (1979). … Manias v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 388 Mass. 201 , 205 (1983). Graves v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 384 Mass. 766, 769 (1981).

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  • Johnson v. Waterhouse

    152 Mass. 585 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1891

    It was held in Brown v. … Swan v. Horton, 14 Gray, 179 . Shipman v. Stevens, 2 Wils. 50. Clarke v. Gilmanton, 12 N. H. 515. Mason v. Denison, 15 Wend. 64, 67 . In Letcher v.

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  • Murdough v. Inhabitants of Revere

    165 Mass. 109 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1896

    The question is, Could the two members of the committee, acting individually, do away with the action of the board in reserving the right to reject proposals ? In our opinion, they could not. In Haven v. … In Shea v. Milford, 145 Mass. 528 , it was held that a building committee might act by the agreement of all of the individual members separately obtained.

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  • Commonwealth v. Bird

    264 Mass. 485 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 20, 1928

    Kennedy v. Doyle, 10 Allen, 161 , 164. Shutesbury v. Hadley, 133 Mass. 242, 247 . See Hanson v. South Scituate, 115 Mass. 336, 340 ; Worcester v. Northborough, 140 Mass. 397 ; Allen v. Kidd, 197 Mass. 256, 259 . … In Commonwealth v.

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  • Hoye v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    394 Mass. 411 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1985

    Hoye appealed the review examiner’s decision to the division’s board of review (board), but the board denied Hoye’s application for further review, thereby making the review examiner’s findings the board’s final decision. … Garfield v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 377 Mass. 94, 97 (1979).

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  • 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.

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  • Campbell v. Rockland Trust Co.

    311 Mass. 663 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 10, 1942

    Ashton v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 222 Mass. 65, 69-71 , and cases cited. See Kowalsky v. Conreco Co. Inc. 264 N. Y. 125, 128, 129 . … Archer v. Eldredge, 204 Mass. 323, 325, 326 . Exceptions overruled. Judgment for the' defendants.

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  • Taylor v. Wilcox

    167 Mass. 572 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1897

    See Brown v. Holyoke Water Power Co. 157 Mass. 280, 282 . 2. We are of opinion that Mrs. Wilcox was entitled to be subrogated to the right to prove the tax in insolvency as a privileged claim. … Hunter *575 v. United States, 5 Pet. 173, 182 ; United States v. Preston, 4 Wash. C. C. 446 . Lidderdale v. Robinson, 12 Wheat. 594 . Manisty v. Churchill, 39 Ch. D. 174.

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  • Antell v. Stokes

    287 Mass. 103 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1934

    Waugh v. University of Mississippi, 237 U. S. 589 . It is not necessary to discuss cases like Wright v. Board of Education of St. … See also Wayland v. Hughes, 43 Wash. 441 ; Ferriter v. Tyler, 48 Vt. 444 ; Wilson v. Board of Education of Chicago, 233 Ill. 464 . In each case the entry may be Petition dismissed.

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  • Hahesy v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    266 Mass. 307 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1929

    The minor plaintiff testified, in substance, that at the time he was injured he was a little over twelve years of age; that on Christmas day, 1923, he boarded one of the defendant’s cars, rode about a mile up to a car stop … Wallace v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 208 Mass. 16 . Bresnahan v. Boston Elevated Railway, 216 Mass. 114,117 . Exceptions overruled.

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  • Grover v. Thatcher

    70 Mass. 526 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1855

    The precise case of these parties seems to have been in the mind of the court, and fully considered in the elaborate opinion given by the chief justice, in the case of Hunt v. Hunt, 14 Pick. 374 . … Brown, for the demandant. T>. S. Richardson 8f W. A. Richardson, for the tenant.

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  • Doe v. Superintendent of Schools

    421 Mass. 117 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 11, 1995

    Jenkins v. Andover, 103 Mass. 94, 97 (1869). 3 *137 The universality of this primacy of education for both our democratic society and our citizens was expressed by the Supreme Court in Brown v. … Board of Educ. of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, 493 (1954): “Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

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  • Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

    334 Mass. 721 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1956

    Sullivan v. Lawson, 267 Mass. 438, 439-440 . Broadhurst v. Fall River, 278 Mass. 167, 170-171 . Commonwealth v. Hudson, 315 Mass. 335, 345 . Mayor of Gloucester v. City Clerk of Gloucester, 327 Mass. 460, 464 . … Hunter v. Pittsburgh, 207 U. S. 161, 178-179 . Trenton v. New Jersey, 262 U. S. 182, 186-187 .

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  • French v. Hayward

    82 Mass. 512 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1860

    Browne, for the defendants. … If as between him and them, he was the principal debtor, primarily liable, and their relation was substantially that of sureties, the case of Cummings v.

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  • KES Brockton, Inc. v. Department of Public Utilities

    416 Mass. 158 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 13, 1993

    Corp. v. … Citing Milligan v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 348 Mass. 491 (1965); Borden, Inc. v. Commissioner of Pub. Health, 388 Mass. 707 , cert. denied sub nom. Formaldehyde Inst., Inc. v.

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  • American Flexible Conduit Co. Inc. v. State Tax Comm.

    345 Mass. 146 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1962

    See State Tax Commn. v. John H. Breck, Inc. 336 Mass. 277, 285, 288 . … State Tax Commn. v. John H. Breck, Inc. 336 Mass. 277, 299 . The decision of the Appellate Tax Board is affirmed. So ordered. 1 The decision was dated October 17, 1961.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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