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  • Rugg v. Record

    259 Mass. 315 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 21, 1927

    Chase v. Woodbury, supra, pages 146,147. The rule that puts a primary liability upon the part retained by the mortgagor ceases when the part transferred is made subject to the mortgage. Brown v. … Pearson v. Bailey, 177 Mass. 318 . Burger v. Greif, 55 Md. 518, 529 . Upon the facts found in Rugg v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Viera

    329 Mass. 470 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 1952

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 14 Gray, 419 , 430-431. Commonwealth v. Martin, 304 Mass. 320, 322-323 . Commonwealth v. Hersey, 324 Mass. 196, 201 . … Commonwealth v. Nason, 252 Mass. 545 . Commonwealth v. Hersey, 324 Mass. 196, 207-208 . Commonwealth v. Taylor, 132 Mass. 261 . Commonwealth v. Follansbee, 155 Mass. 274, 277 . Commonwealth v. Surles, 165 Mass. 59, 61 .

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  • Henderson v. Mayor of Medford

    321 Mass. 732 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1947

    Sullivan v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 233 Mass. 543 . Gabis, petitioner, 240 Mass. 465 . Swamp-scott v. Knowlton Arms, Inc. 272 Mass. 475 . Brown v. City Council of Cambridge, 289 Mass. 333 . Mullholland v. … Hubrite Informal Frocks, Inc. v. Kramer, 297 Mass. 530, 533-534 . Russell v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, 304 Mass. 181, 186 . Anderson v. Labor Relations Commission, 310 Mass. 590 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Crecorian

    264 Mass. 94 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 11, 1928

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 150 Mass. 330 . Commonwealth v. Haywood, 247 Mass. 16, 20 . The fact that such a plea is offered in another and distinct prosecution does not render it, if relevant, any the less admissible. … Burke v. Savage, 13 Allen, 408 . New Haven & Northampton Co. v. Campbell, 128 Mass. 104, 107 . Simmons v. Lawrence Duck Co. 133 Mass. 298, 303 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Watson

    377 Mass. 814 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1979

    Birch described the jacket as brown and waist length, and the hat as brown. … Fleisher testified the jacket was dark brown and thigh length, and the hat black; Beebe that the jacket was light brown and hip length; and Upchurch that the jacket was brown and thigh length. 5 According to affidavits submitted

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  • Cambridge Electric Light Co. v. Department of Public Utilities

    363 Mass. 474 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 23, 1973

    Board of Bank Incorporation, 337 Mass. 615, 617 , and First Natl. Bank v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 361 Mass. 381, 383 . See Electronics Corp. of Am. v. City Council of Cambridge, 348 Mass. 563, 568 . … See Milligan v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 348 Mass. 491, 499-500 . Cf. Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U. S. 254, 263-266 .

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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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  • Duff v. Webster

    315 Mass. 102 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 30, 1943

    Mercier v. Union Street Railway, 230 Mass. 397, 403 . King v. Weitzman, 267 Mass. 447, 449 . *103 Dirsa v. Hamilton, 280 Mass. 482, 487 . Birch v. Strout, 303 Mass. 28, 30-31 . … The plaintiff makes out a case for the jury “by proving injury and damage due to the negligence of the defendant” (Brown v.

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  • Town of Needham v. Winslow Nurseries, Inc.

    330 Mass. 95 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1953

    See Miethke v. Pierce County, 173 Wash. 381 ; Attorney General v. State Board of Judges, 38 Cal. 291, 296 ; Miller v. Baker, 1 Met. 27 ; Whitmarsh v. Walker, 1 Met. 313 ; Paine v. Assessors of Weston, 297 Mass. 173 . … Inspector of Buildings of Wakefield, 274 Mass. 380 ; Moulton v. Building Inspector of Milton, 312 Mass. 195 ; Lincoln v. Murphy, 314 Mass. 16 ; Deutschmann v. Board of Appeals of Canton, 325 Mass. 297 ).

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  • Withington v. Nichols

    187 Mass. 575 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 25, 1905

    In Adams v. … See Jones v. Brown, 171 Mass. 318, 324 , and cases cited. Judgment affirmed.

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  • Lucier v. Norcross

    310 Mass. 213 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1941

    Brown v. Henderson, 285 Mass. 192 . There is little or no evidence as to what the deceased was doing or how he was proceeding. He was seen only by the defendant and then at the instant when he was hit. … Mercier v. Union Street Railway, 230 Mass. 397, 403 . Mulroy v. Marinakis, 271 Mass. 421, 423 , and cases cited. Snow v. Nickerson, 304 Mass. 63, 65 . Ambrose v. Boston Elevated Railway, 309 Mass. 219, 222, 223 .

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  • Prudential Realty Co. v. Commissioner of Banks

    241 Mass. 277 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 20, 1922

    Bird v. Gill, 12 Gray, 60 . … Furber v. Dane, supra. Brown v. New Bedford Institution for Savings, 137 Mass. 262 .

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  • Assessors of Boston v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.

    334 Mass. 546 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 14, 1956

    The appeals were heard by that board under formal procedure. … See Boston Rubber Shoe Co. v. Malden, 216 Mass. 508, 510 ; West Boylston Manuf. Co. v. Assessors of Easthampton, 277 Mass. 180, 186 ; Assessors of Brookline v. Prudential Ins. Co. 310 Mass. 300, 313 .

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  • Russell v. City of New Bedford

    71 Mass. 31 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1855

    This laying out of a town way is distinguishable from the case where damages are allowed to an adjacent proprietor, on account of change of grade, as in Brown v. Lowell, 8 Met. 173 , and Flagg v. … Eaton v. Framingham, 6 Cush. 345 . Bennett v. County Commissioners, 4 Gray, 359 .

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  • The McLean Hospital Corp. v. Town of Lincoln

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 23, 2019

    Auth. v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Fitchburg, 380 Mass. 869, 872 (1980). … Harbor Sch., Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Haverhill, 5 Mass. App. Ct. 600, 604 (1977).

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  • Commonwealth v. Chesko

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 30, 2020

    The defendant focuses her § 33E argument on the judge's felony-murder instruction and Commonwealth v. Brown, 477 Mass. 805, 823 (2017), cert. denied, 139 S. … In addition, as recognized by the defendant, the holding in Brown was prospective. Id. at 834 (Gants, C.J., concurring). See Commonwealth v. Martin, 484 Mass. 634, 645 (2020).

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  • Alfano v. Donnelly

    285 Mass. 554 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 26, 1934

    Tapley v. Butterfield, 1 Met. 515 . Milton v. Mosher, 7 Met. 244 . Sherman v. Fitch, 98 Mass. 59, 63, 64 . Blanchard v. Blackstone, 102 Mass. 343, 347 . See also Seretto v. Schell, 247 Mass. 173 ; Gross v. … Browne, Statute of Frauds (5th ed.) §§ 6, 7. We do not consider the matter as to leases for more than seven years. Compare G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 183, § 4, with the older form of the statute, Gen. Sts. c. 89, § 3.

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  • Broadway National Bank v. Wood

    165 Mass. 312 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1896

    Howe v. Lawrence, 9 Cush. 553 , 558, 559. Harmon v. Clark, 13 Gray, 114 , 121. Robb v. Mudge, 14 Gray, 534 , 539. Case v. Beauregard, 99 U. S. 119, 125 . Fitzpatrick v. Flannagan, 106 U. S. 648, 654 . Huiskamp v. … Saunders v. Reilly, 105 N. Y. 12, 19, 20 . Brown v. Beecher, 120 Penn. St. 590, 607, 608. Washburn v. Bank of Bellows Falls, 19 Vt. 278 . Rice v. Barnard, 20 Vt. 479 . Couchman v. Maupin, 78 Ky. 33 . Farley v.

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  • 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 .

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  • Hooker v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    209 Mass. 598 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 6, 1911

    Brown v. Eastern Railroad, 11 Cush. 97 . Malone v. Boston & Worcester Railroad, 12 Gray, 388 . Cox v. Central Vermont Railway, 170 Mass. 129, 136 . Graves v. Adams Express Co. 176 Mass. 280 . John Hood Co. v. … . *601 Brown v. Cunard Steamship Co. 147 Mass. 58 . Hill v. Boston, Hoosac Tunnel, & Western Railroad, 144 Mass. 284 . Graves v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, 137 Mass. 33 . Bernard v .

    Cited 21 timesPublished

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