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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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  • In re Steinberg

    448 Mass. 1024 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 2007

    Cariglia v. Bar Counsel, 442 Mass. 372, 379 (2004). See Matter of Cobb, 445 Mass. 452, 477 (2005) (claim not made before hearing committee or Board of Bar Overseers deemed waived). … See In re Steinberg, supra (“no exceptions to the Board’s Report and Recommendation have been filed”).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Department of Telecommunications & Energy

    435 Mass. 144 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 26, 2001

    Police Comm’r of Boston v. Cecil, 431 Mass. 410, 413 (2000). See School Comm. of Wellesley v. Labor Relations Comm’n, 376 Mass. 112, 116 (1978); Massachusetts Elec. Co. v. … Massachusetts Comm’n Against Discrimination, 375 Mass. 160, 169-170 (1978); School Comm. of Springfield v. Board of Educ., 362 Mass. 417, 442 (1972).

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Torres

    469 Mass. 398 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 18, 2014

    See Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993); Commonwealth v. Lanigan, 419 Mass. 15 (1994). … See Commonwealth v. Azar, supra.

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  • Colella v. State Racing Commission

    360 Mass. 152 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 12, 1971

    .” *156 Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 138 . Silverman v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 344 Mass. 129, 134, n. 2 . See Commonwealth v. Sargent, 330 Mass. 690, 692 . … Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, supra, 138-139. Paquette v. Fall River, 338 Mass. 368, 376 . Massachusetts Soc. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Commissioner of Pub. Health, 339 Mass. 216, 228 .

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Stone v. Street Commissioners

    192 Mass. 297 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 1906

    Subsequently the Legislature passed an act, St. 1900, c. 296, authorizing the board of street commissioners of the city of Boston to “ lay out, widen and order the construction of so much of the causeway and other parts of … The statute referred to in Jones v.

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  • Turner v. United Mineral Lands Corp.

    308 Mass. 531 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1941

    Inc. v. Curtis Brown Co. 260 U. S. 516 ; Hutchinson v. Chase & Gilbert, Inc. 45 Fed. (2d) 139. The case at bar is distinguishable from Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America v. … Commonwealth, 218 Mass. 558, 576-577 ; Reynolds v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, 224 Mass. 379 ; Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Co. v. Waltham Bleachery & Dye Works, 274 Mass. 281 ; Browning-Drake Corp. v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • 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.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Clemmey

    447 Mass. 121 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 2006

    Board of Conciliation & Arbitration, 370 Mass. 769 [1976]). Cf. Corning Glass Works v. … As we explained in Tri-Nel Mgt, Inc. v. Board of Health of Barnstable, *139 433 Mass. 217 , 226 n.11 (2001), G.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Mountford v. Cunard Steamship Co.

    202 Mass. 345 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1909

    Cassidy v. Farrell, 109 Mass. 397 . Suit v. *349 Woodhall, 116 Mass. 547 . … Field v. Gowdy, 199 Mass. 568, 574 . Sargent v. Merrimac, 196 Mass. 171,174 . Yore v. Newton, 194 Mass. 250 . Reeve v. Dennett, 145 Mass. 23 . Baxter v. Doe, 142 Mass. 558 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Biogen IDEC MA, Inc. v. Treasurer & Receiver General

    454 Mass. 174 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 2009

    Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, supra, quoting Nuclear Metals, Inc. v. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Mgt. Bd., 421 Mass. 196, 211 (1995). … Student No. 9 v. Board of Educ., 440 Mass. 752, 762 (2004).

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Yee

    361 Mass. 533 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1972

    Horton v. Attorney Gen. 269 Mass. 503, 511 . Accord, Cohen v. Attorney Gen. 354 Mass. 384, 387 . … We stated in Nassar v.

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  • Attorney General v. Suffolk County Apportionment Commissioners

    224 Mass. 598 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 8, 1916

    This division is required to be made by a board of nine commissioners elected by the voters of Suffolk County. … Luce v. Board of Examiners of Dukes County, 153 Mass. 108 . Keough v. Aldermen of Holyoke, 156 Mass. 403 . Cheney v. Barker, 198 Mass. 356, 367 . People v. Ammenwerth, 197 N. Y. 340 .

    Cited 58 timesPublished
  • 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 .

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Lefferts v. Weld

    167 Mass. 531 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1897

    Bowes v. Shand, 2 App. Cas. 455. The facts shown did not require a finding of a waiver on the part of the defendants. … Fort Payne Coal & Iron Co. v. Webster, 163 Mass. 134 . Parks v. Smith, 155 Mass. 26, 33 . Holdsworth v. Tucker, 143 Mass. 369, 374 . Judgment for the defendants.

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  • Louka v. Park Entertainments, Inc.

    294 Mass. 268 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1936

    Miller v. Butler, 6 Cush. 71 . Twombly v. Monroe, 136 Mass. 464 . Haynes v. Clinton Printing Co. 169 Mass. 512 . Merrill v. Post Publishing Co. 197 Mass. 185 . Brown v. Harrington, 208 Mass. 600 . Riceman v. … Markham v. Russell, 12 Allen, 573 . Marble v. Chapin, 132 Mass. 225 . Smiddy v. Pearlstein, 201 Mass. 246 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Westcott v. New York & New England Railroad

    152 Mass. 465 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1890

    Hayford v. Spokesfield, 100 Mass. 491, 494 . Proprietors of Locks & Canals v. Nashua & Lowell Railroad, 104 Mass. 1, 7 . Warshauer v. Randall, 109 Mass. 586 . Barnes v. Lloyd, 112 Mass. 224 . Chandler v. … King v. Murphy, 140 Mass. 254 . Eddy v. Chace, 140 Mass. 471, 472 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Stoler

    259 Mass. 109 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1927

    See Commonwealth v. Kendrick, 147 Mass. 444 . … In Commonwealth v. Magee, 141 Mass. 111 , Commonwealth v. Kendrick, supra, and Commonwealth v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Riesman v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation

    326 Mass. 574 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1950

    This is an appeal from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board denying the abatement of an additional tax assessed upon income alleged to have been received in 1947 by the appellant. … S. 276 ; or upon income from bonds, the principal of which was exempt from taxation, Hale v. State Board of Assessment & Review, 302 U.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Brady v. City of Fall River

    121 Mass. 262 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 20, 1876

    Stone v. Cambridge, 6 Cush. 270 . … Snow v. Provincetown, 109 Mass. 123 . Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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