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  • Clough v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.

    342 Mass. 31 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 1961

    Cadogan v. Boston Consol. Gas Co. 290 Mass. 496, 499-500 . See Grebenstein v. Stone & Webster Engr. Corp. 205 Mass. 431, 437 ; Hyland v. Ceaver, 312 Mass. 535, 539 ; Hannon v. Hayes-Bickford Lunch Sys. … [T]he board of . . . selectmen may by order grant ... a location for suehl line ....

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  • Sack v. Director General of Railroads

    245 Mass. 114 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1923

    Payne v. Industrial Board of Illinois, 258 U. S. 613 . … It is distinguishable from cases like Kuhlen v. Boston & Northern Street Railway, 193 Mass. 341 ; Glennen v. Boston Elevated Railway, 207 Mass. 497 ; Kelley v. Boston Elevated Railway, 210 Mass. 454 ; Morse v.

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  • Chase v. Dickey

    212 Mass. 555 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 9, 1912

    This is a suit in equity, in which the plaintiffs aver that they are “the ‘Christian Science Board of Directors’ in charge of all the spiritual and temporal affairs and of the property of The First Church of Christ, Scientist … The situation here presented distinguishes the case plainly from Stratton v. Physio-Medical College, 149 Mass. 505 , Bowden v. Brown, 200 Mass. 269 , and like cases. 11.

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  • Wolbarsht v. Donnelly

    302 Mass. 568 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 1939

    It is settled by the case of Bellevue Hotel Co. v. … Fechteler v. Whittemore, 205 Mass. 6, 10 . Gosline v. Prince Macaroni Manuf. Co. 241 Mass. 550, 554 . Deyo v. Hammond, 102 Mich. 122 . Compare Hebert v. Dewey, 191 Mass. 403 ; Evans v. Middlesex County, 209 Mass. 474 .

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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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  • 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.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Trovato v. Walsh

    363 Mass. 533 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1973

    Artemis v. Malvers, 322 Mass. 136, 137 . Krasner v. Krasner, 362 Mass. 186, 187-188 . 2. … See Kirby v. Assessors of Medford, 350 Mass. 386, 390 . Compare Breare v. Assessors of Peabody, 350 Mass. 391, 392-393 ; Assessors of Cambridge v. Bellissimo, 357 Mass. 198, 199-200 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Ellis v. Department of Industrial Accidents

    463 Mass. 541 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 2012

    (reviewing board), and the senior judge. a. … Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627, 632-633 (2005).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • National Surety Co. v. Nazzaro

    233 Mass. 74 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1919

    See Commonwealth v. Gove, 151 Mass. 392 ; Lovejoy v. Isbell, 70 Conn. 557 ; In re Brown, 35 Minn. 307 ; Swan v. United States, 3 Wyo. 150 . Nevertheless a bail bond and a recognizance are intrinsically different. … In Bird v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • 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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  • Boston & Maine Railroad v. Sullivan

    177 Mass. 230 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1900

    Old Colony Railroad v. Tripp, 147 Mass. 35 . Boston & Albany Railroad v. Brown, ante, 65. … See also Allen v. Martin, L. R. 20 Eq. 462; Lembeck v. Nye, 47 Ohio St. 336 ; Warren Mills v. New Orleans Seed Co. 65 Miss. 391 ; United States Freehold Land & Emigration Co. v. Gallegos, 89 Fed.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • 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 .

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Town of Dedham v. Labor Relations Commission

    365 Mass. 392 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 10, 1974

    Commn. v. Board of Supervisors, 384 Mich. 363, 369 (1971); Erie County Water Authy. v. Kramer, 4 App. Div. 2d (N. Y.) 545 (1957), affd. 5 N. Y. 2d 954 (1959). … The proposition is well developed by the National Labor Relations Board and accepted by Federal courts on review. See, e.g., National Labor Relations Bd. v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Fanciullo v. B. G. & S. Theatre Corp.

    297 Mass. 44 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1937

    Robinson v. Doe, 224 Mass. 319 . Murphy v. Bay State Wine & Spirit Co. 212 Mass. 285 . Grant v. Singer Manuf. Co. 190 Mass. 489 . Zerngis v. H. P. Hood & Sons, 255 Mass. 603 . Champion v. Shaw, 258 Mass. 9 . Howe v. … Obertoni v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 186 Mass. 481 . McCarthy v. Timmins, 178 Mass. 378 . Stone v. Commonwealth Coal Co. 259 Mass. 360 . Brown v. Jarvis Engineering Co. 166 Mass. 75 . Brown v.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • McFaden v. Nordblom

    307 Mass. 574 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 30, 1940

    Hill v. West End Street Railway, 158 Mass. 458, 459 . Whiteacre v. Boston Elevated Railway, 241 Mass. 163 . Horneman v. Brown, 286 Mass. 65, 70, 71 . Topjian v. Boston Casing Co. Inc. 288 Mass. 167 . … Lait v. Sears, 226 Mass. 119 . Rosenblatt v. Holstein Rubber Co. 281 Mass. 297 . Waitzkin v. Glazer, 283 Mass. 86 . Banionis v. Lake, 289 Mass. 146 . Sherman v. Sidman, 300 Mass. 102 . Zlotnick v.

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Parrillo

    468 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 11, 2014

    He asserted that under Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Leggett, 82 Mass. App. Ct. 730, 737 (2012). See Cole, supra at 311; Cumming, supra at 472-474 ; Katz v. Commonwealth, 379 Mass. 305, 316 (1979), citing Osborne v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Query v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    348 Mass. 294 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1965

    Whiton v. Batchelder & Lincoln Corp. 179 Mass. 169, 172 . Paddock v. Brookline, 347 Mass. 230, 231 . … Moore v. Illinois Cent. R.R. 312 U. S. 630, 636 . Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Koppal, 345 U. S. 653, 660-662 . Compare Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R. 339 U.

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  • Butler v. Town of East Bridgewater

    330 Mass. 33 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1953

    No such permit shall be issued until an application therefor is filed with said board, said board shall hold a public hearing on the application and notice of the filing of such application and the date and time of the public … Commonwealth v. Plaisted, 148 Mass. 375 . Quincy v. Kennard, 151 Mass. 563 . Commonwealth v. Parks, 155 Mass. 531 . Commonwealth v. Ellis, 158 Mass. 555 . Newton v. Joyce, 166 Mass. 83 . Commonwealth v.

    Cited 40 timesPublished

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