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  • Commonwealth v. Franco

    419 Mass. 635 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1995

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 649, 652-653 (1992). In Brown , police officers entered a motel room to execute an arrest warrant for the registered guest. Id. at 650 . … Commonwealth v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Carey v. Commissioner of Correction

    479 Mass. 367 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 19, 2018

    Manor v. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Inst., Cedar Junction, 416 Mass. 820, 824 (1994), quoting Finkelstein v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 370 Mass. 476, 478 (1976). … Arthurs v. Board of Registration in Med., 383 Mass. 299, 313 n.26 (1981), quoting Massachusetts Gen.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Woodward

    157 Mass. 516 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1893

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 147 Mass. 585 . State v. Brainerd, 56 Vt. 532 . State v. Rickey, 5 Halst. 83. Commonwealth v. Strother, 1 Va. Gas. 186. State v. Easter, 30 Ohio St. 542 . Koch v. State, 32 Ohio St. 353 . State v. … Stewart v. State, 24 Ind. 142 . Creek v. State, 24 Ind. 151 . State v. Tucker, 20 Iowa, 508 . State v. Fowler, 52 Iowa, 103 . State v. Boyd, 2 Hill, (S. C.) 288. Bloomer v. State, 3 Sneed, 66 . Regina v.

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Fitzpatrick v. Gilson

    176 Mass. 477 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 4, 1900

    defendant’s written application for a loan of $6,000 was submitted to the Cambridge Savings Bank by the plaintiff, the broker employed by the defendant; that the treasurer of the savings bank wrote to the plaintiff:Our board … The board value it at $9,000, and are willing to loan $5,400; ” (this letter was admitted without objection;) that the plaintiff showed this letter to the defendant, who thereupon indorsed on the original application: “ I

    Cited 91 timesPublished
  • Herbert v. Simson

    220 Mass. 480 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1915

    Grover v. Grover, 24 Pick. 261 . It was held in Pierce v. … Brown v. Crafts, 98 Maine, 40, 44. Bond v. Bean, 72 N. H. 444. Reed v. Copeland, 50 Conn. 472 . Walsh v. Sexton, 55 Barb. 251 . Gilkinson v. Third Avenue Railroad, 47 App. Div. (N. Y.) 472. Commonwealth v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Bliffins v. Wilson

    113 Mass. 248 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1873

    Boston Iron Co. v. King, 2 Cush. 400 , 405. Adams v. Brown, 7 Cush. 220 . Sparhawk v. Wills, 5 Gray, 423 .

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  • James Construction Co. v. Commissioner of Public Health

    336 Mass. 143 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 31, 1957

    Brown v. Neelon, 335 Mass. 357, 360-361 . How *146 ever, it is not necessary for us to decide whether as a technical matter the demurrers here should have been sustained. … See Hitchcock v. Examiners for Hampshire County, 301 Mass. 170, 172 ; Doherty v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Leitner v. Foster

    280 Mass. 128 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 12, 1932

    Alvord v. Cook, 174 Mass. 120 . Canton v. Thomas, 264 Mass. 457, 459 . … French v. McKay, 181 Mass. 485, 486 . Cadigan v. Crabtree, 186 Mass. 7 . O’Connell v. Casey, 206 Mass. 520, 528 . Semonian v. Bloomberg, 253 Mass. 32, 36-37 . Glassman v. Barron, 277 Mass. 376, 381-382 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Legg v. Vinal

    165 Mass. 555 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1896

    In support of the defendant Palmer’s contention are Sprague v. Tyson, 44 Ala. 338 , Turner v. Rogers, 8 Ind. 139 , Sullivan v. Headman, 19 Ark. 484 , and Stiles v. Inman, 55 Miss. 469 . … Brown, 154 Mass. 105 , it was held, under this statute, that a protest of a promissory note was admissible without proof of the signature of the notary, or that he was a notary at the date of the'protest.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • A. Belanger & Sons, Inc. v. Joseph M. Concannon Corp.

    333 Mass. 22 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1955

    In Johnson-Foster Co. v. … Brown v. Robinson, 275 Mass. 55, 57 . See Commonwealth v. Gardner, 300 Mass. 372 , where the court said at page 376, “It was said in Somerset v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • B. B. Noyes Co. v. Ballard

    253 Mass. 340 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 18, 1925

    Leland v. United Commercial Travelers of America, 233 Mass. 558, 560 . Porter v. Boston Storage Warehouse Co. 238 Mass. 298 . Brown v. Grow, 249 Mass. 495, 499 . … Carr v. Leahy, 217 Mass. 438 . Odd Fellows Hall Association v. McAllister, 153 Mass. 292, 297 . Tuttle v. First National Bank of Greenfield, 187 Mass. 533 . Philip Carey Co. v. Pingree, 223 Mass. 352 . Jump v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Johnston v. Senecal

    329 Mass. 556 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 4, 1952

    Smith v. Brown, 302 Mass. 432, 433 . Murphy v. Smith, 307 Mass. 64, 66 . McFaden v. Nordblom, 307 Mass. 574, 575 . Moskow v. Smith, 318 Mass. 76, 78 . Bevacqua v. Ryan, 326 Mass. 137 . … In Adams v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Brand v. Sterling Motor Car Co.

    243 Mass. 303 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 18, 1922

    See Noble v. Mead-Morrison Manuf. Co. 237 Mass. 5 . … See Robinson v. Van Auken, 190 Mass. 161 ; Caston v. Quimby, 178 Mass. 153 . Exceptions relating to count 1 overruled. Exceptions relating to count 5 sustained.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Watson v. Silsby

    166 Mass. 57 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1896

    Commonwealth v. Eastman, 1 Cush. 189 . Morrill v. Blackman, 42 Conn. 324 . Dalton v. Thurston, 15 R. I. 418. Talcott v. Henderson, 31 Ohio St. 162 . Garbutt v. Bank of Prairie du Chien, 22 Wis. 384 . Kelsey v. … Talcott v. Henderson, 31 Ohio St. 162 , 165. Davis v. Stewart, 8 Fed. Rep. 803. Jaffrey v. Brown, 29 Fed. Rep. 476. Edson v. Hudson, 83 Mich. 450 . Slagle v. Goodnow, 45 Minn. 531 .

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Merrill v. Fisher

    204 Mass. 600 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 23, 1910

    See also Cossman v. West, 13 App. Cas. 160 ; The King v. Two Casks of Tallow, 3 Hagg. Adm. 294 ; The Bee, 1 Ware, 332 ; Tyson v. Prior, 1 Gall. 133 ; The Boston, 1 Sumn. 328 ; The Emulous, *603 1 Sumn. 207 . … Hartfort v. Jones, 1 Ld. Raym. 893. Baker v. Hoag, 7 N. Y. 555 . Studley v. Baker, 2 Lowell, 205, 208 . The disagreement was simply as to the amount of the compensation to be paid to the salvors.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Johnson

    405 Mass. 488 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 3, 1989

    Commonwealth v. Claudio, supra at 485. … Commonwealth v. Bryer, 398 Mass. 9, 17 (1986). The case turned on the credibility of the police witness and the defendant.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Mariano v. Building Inspector of Marlborough

    353 Mass. 663 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 9, 1968

    Brady v. Board of Appeals of Westport, *665 348 Mass. 515, 519 , and cases cited. An appeal under G. … Rothenberg v. Boston Housing Authy. 335 Mass. 597, 599 , and cases cited.

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  • Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives

    353 Mass. 779 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 24, 1967

    See Cramp v. Board of Pub. Instruction of Orange County, 368 U. … Board of Pub. Instruction of Orange County, 368 U. S. 278, 287 , quoting Smith v. California, 361 U. S. 147, 151 . Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U. S. 360, 368 . Our answer to each of the questions is, “Yes.” Raymond S.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Deister

    253 Mass. 178 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1925

    Jenks v. Williams, 115 Mass. 217 . Rudnick v. Murphy, 213 Mass. 470, 471 . O’Keefe v. Sheehan, 235 Mass. 390 . … Boston & Lowell Railroad v. Salem & Lowell Railroad, 2 Gray, 1 . Dudley v. Northampton Street Railway, 202 Mass. 443, 447 . Gondek v. Cudahy Packing Co. 233 Mass. 105, 110 . Brown v. Alter, 251 Mass. 223 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • School Committee of Cambridge v. Superintendent of Schools

    320 Mass. 516 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 4, 1946

    Manhattan v. United Power & Light Corp. 129 Kans. 592 . Sherrard v. Jefferson County Board of Education, 294 Ky. 469 . Breedsville v. Columbia, 312 Mich. 47 . Craig v. Commissioners of Sinking Fund of New York, 208 App. … Wingate v. Flynn, 139 Misc. (N. Y.) 779, affirmed 256 N. Y. 690 . Hughes v. Board of Education *521 of New York, 249 App. Div. (N. Y.) 158. Cabell v. Cottage Grove, 170 Ore. 256 . New Castle School District v.

    Cited 69 timesPublished

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