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  • Renzi v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    293 Mass. 228 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 27, 1936

    Compare Anjou v. Boston Elevated Railway, 208 Mass. 273, 274 . … Sisson v. Boston Elevated Railway, 277 Mass. 431, 433 . See also Mascary v. Boston Elevated Railway, 258 Mass. 524, 525 , and cases cited. The case at bar is clearly distinguishable from Anjou v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Corp. & Taxation

    298 Mass. 263 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 17, 1937

    Tax Commissioner v. Putnam, 227 Mass. 522, 534 , et seq. Wilder v. Tax Commissioner, 234 Mass. 470 . Moore v. Tax Commissioner, 237 Mass. 574 . Tilton v. Tax Commissioner, 238 Mass. 596 . Lapham v. … The appellant is to recover the costs before the board and the costs of this appeal. So ordered.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Nealon v. Henry

    131 Mass. 153 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 1881

    Holbrook v. Burt, 22 Pick. 546 . Bassett v. Brown, 105 Mass. 551 . The plaintiff contends that the defendant did not exercise his election to rescind within a reasonable time.

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  • 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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  • Commonwealth v. Truax

    397 Mass. 174 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 25, 1986

    The trooper drove to that address and observed that the defendant’s house was a “white Tudor stucco with brown trim.” … Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410, 415 (1969). Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108, 114 (1964). Commonwealth v. Upton, 394 Mass. 363, 375-376 (1985) (Upton II).

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Boston Manufacturing Co. v. Burgin

    114 Mass. 340 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1874

    Munroe v. Ward, 4 Allen, 150 . … Eastman v. Cooper, 15 Pick. 276 . Gilbert v. Thompson, 9 Cush. 348 . Morse v. Marshall, 97 Mass. 519 .

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  • Bourke v. Callanan

    160 Mass. 195 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1893

    Bragg v. Danielson, 141 Mass. 195, 196 . Parker v. Barker, 2 Met. 423 , 431. … O’Niel, 113 Mass. 92 , and Hennessey v. Connor, 139 Mass. 120 . 6r. Wells W. W. Me Clench, (J. Barnes with them,) 'for the plaintiff. T. M. Brown, for Callanan. Q-. D. Robinson, for Stone.

    Cited 36 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
  • Cressey v. Cressey

    215 Mass. 65 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1913

    The case at bar is governed by Brown v. … DeWitt v. Harvey, 4 Gray, 486 , 491. Barnes v. Boardman, 157 Mass. 479 . Barnes v. Lynch, 151 Mass. 510, 512 . Frost v. Courtis, 172 Mass. 401, 404 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Graham v. QUINCY FOOD SERV. EMP. ASS'N & HOSP., LIB.

    407 Mass. 601 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 12, 1990

    In Baker v. Board of Educ. of West Irondequoit Cent. School Dist., 70 N.Y.2d 314 (1987), the New York Court of Appeals rejected the DelCostello rule as inapplicable to actions arising under the New York statute. … See Brown v.

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  • 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
  • White's Case

    226 Mass. 517 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1917

    The only question raised by the appeal is whether the finding of the board (that the deceased was “both a laborer and a mechanic” within that statute) was warranted. … In this connection the defendant relies upon Johnson v. Kimball, 170 Mass. 58 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Moore

    214 Mass. 19 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1913

    The same result was reached as to statutes similar in kind in Standard Stock Food Co. v. Wright, 225 U. S. 540 , Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Carolina Board of Agriculture, 171 U. … A statute like the one at bar in its operation was *29 upheld in Borden’s Milk Co. v. Board of Health, 52 Vroom, 218 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Bragg

    328 Mass. 327 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 31, 1952

    Weston v. Sampson, 8 Cush. 347 . Lakeman v. Burnham, 7 Gray, 437 . Proctor v. Wells, 103 Mass. 216 . … Commonwealth v. Hilton, 174 Mass. 29 . Commonwealth v. Howes, 270 Mass. 69 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Loring v. Gurney

    22 Mass. 15 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1827

    In Mussen v. … Ev. (5th Amer. ed.) 258; Morgan v. Richards, 1 Browne, (Penn.) 171.

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  • Building Commissioner v. McGrath

    312 Mass. 461 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1942

    This is a bill in equity to restrain the defendant from violating a zoning ordinance of Medford by maintaining a riding school without a permit from the plaintiff granted upon an application approved by the board of aldermen … Cochran v. Roenier, 287 Mass. 500, 508 . Decree affirmed.

    Cited 25 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
  • Commonwealth v. Sespedes

    442 Mass. 95 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 2004

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 401 Mass. 745, 745 (1988), citing Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 676-677 (1979). The building at 399 Orange Street, Springfield, is a three-story, six-apartment dwelling. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 401 Mass. 745, 747 (1988). See Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 677-678 (1979).

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Jaques v. Gould

    58 Mass. 384 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1849

    Sacheverell v. Froggatt, 2 Saund. 367; Cother v. Merrick, Hard. 89; Sury v. Brown, Latch, 99, 101. This rule of construction is decisive in the present case.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Long v. Richards

    170 Mass. 120 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1898

    Bassett v. Brown, 100 Mass. 355 . Billings v. Mann, 156 Mass. 203, 204 . … Grerrish v. Black, 104 Mass. 400 . Brown v. South Boston Savings Bank, 148 Mass. 800 , 308.

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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