Case law

Binney v. Russell

109 Mass. 55 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1871

In United States v. … Reyburn, 6 Pet. 352 , which was an indictment for fitting out a privateer against the Emperor of Brazil, a witness who had seen the captain’s commission on board the vessel was allowed to testify orally to its contents, it

May v. New England Railroad

171 Mass. 367 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1898

Tisdale v. Brabrook, 102 Mass. 374 . Orthodox Congregational Society v. Greenwich, 145 Mass. 112 . Brown v. Matthews, 117 Mass. 506, 509 . Silsbee v. Salem, 103 Mass. 144 . … Tucker v. Tower, 9 Pick. 109 . Denniston v. Clark, 125 Mass. 216, 221 . Allen v. Boston, 159 Mass. 324 . Butchers’ Slaughtering & Melting Association v. Commonwealth, 163 Mass. 386, 390 .

Leduc v. Commonwealth

421 Mass. 433 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1995

See Levy v. Board of Registration & Discipline in Medicine, 378 Mass. 519, 527-528 (1979). … Board of Registration in Medicine, 387 Mass. 339, 341-342 (1982) (revocation of license to practice medicine nonpunitive); Saxon Coffee Shop, Inc. v.

Glassman v. Hamel

341 Mass. 422 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1960

Inc. 321 Mass. 170, 172 ; Brown v. A. W. Perry Co. 325 Mass. 479, 480-481 ) or whether the defendants were under liability by reason of an express agreement *425 to keep the elevator continuously in repair. … See Burwick v. McClure, 318 Mass. 626, 630 . Cf. Walsh v. Adams, 245 Mass. 1, 5-6 ; Story v. Lyon Realty Corp. 308 Mass. 66, 71 .

Attorney General v. J. P. Cox Advertising Agency, Inc.

298 Mass. 383 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 20, 1937

Inc. v. … Doane v. Phillips, 12 Pick. 223 , 226. King v. Viscoloid Co. 219 Mass. 420, 425 . Thacher v. Secretary of the Common *388 wealth, 250 Mass. 188, 190-191 . Arruda v. Director General of Railroads, 251 Mass. 255, 263 .

Estey v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

338 Mass. 797 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 1959

L. c. 151A, § 42, of an adverse decision of the board of review of the division of employment security. … See Kravitz v. Director of the Division of Employment Security, 326 Mass. 419 . John O’Brien, for the petitioner. Phillip Lemelman, Assistant Attorney General, (Israel L.

Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts v. Commissioner of Insurance

430 Mass. 285 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 1, 1999

On July 7, 1998, the automobile damage appraiser licensing board (board) 8 issued an advisory ruling concerning the application of the sales tax to paint and other materials that are “transferred to the vehicle” in the course … The commissioner did not adjust the rates as a result of the board’s ruling.

O'Connell v. O'Leary

145 Mass. 311 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 23, 1887

In Commonwealth v. … Brown, for the defendant. E. Avery T. F. Desmond, for the plaintiff.

Labor Relations Commission v. University Hospital, Inc.

359 Mass. 516 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 13, 1971

Co. v. Assessors of Boston, 341 Mass. 513, 517 . McCarthy v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 342 Mass. 45, 47 . … See Saint Luke’s Hosp. v. Labor Relations Commn. 320 Mass. 467 . Similarly, the decisions of administrative boards in other jurisdictions were not binding on the Commission.

Bachelder v. Wakefield

8 Mass. 243 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1851

Springfield v. Miller, 12 Mass. 417 ; Thomas v. Marshfield, 10 Pick. 367 . … But if the deed to this board of trustees was sufficient to pass any title to this land, it would avail nothing in this case, as the act of the legislature establishing this board of trustees had been repealed and the board

Commonwealth v. Rowe

141 Mass. 79 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 30, 1886

The regulation of the board of aldermen, under which the complaint is brought, provides that no person “ having the care or ordering of a vehicle shall suffer the same to stop in a street for more than twenty minutes.” … Commonwealth v. Barrett, 108 Mass. 302 . Commonwealth v. Fenton, 139 Mass. 195 . Exceptions overruled.

Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union v. Labor Relations Commission

417 Mass. 7 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 1994

See Boston Police Superior Officers Fed’n v. … Brookline v. The Governor, 407 Mass. 377 , 382 n.5 (1990).

Boston v. NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH CHAPT. AM. RED CROSS

330 Mass. 114 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1953

See New England Trust Co. v. Abbott, 162 Mass. 148 ; Barrett v. King, 181 Mass. 476 ; Longyear v. Hardman, 219 Mass. 405 ; Albert E. Touchet, Inc. v. Touchet, 264 Mass. 499 ; Brown v. … Little, Brown & Co. ( Inc. ) 269 Mass. 102 ; New England Trust Co. v. Spaulding, 310 Mass. 424, 428 ; Monotype Composition Co. Inc. v. Kiernan, 319 Mass. 456 , *117 458.

Whiteside v. Commissioner of Revenue

394 Mass. 206 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 1985

The Commissioner of Revenue (commissioner) and the Appellate Tax Board (board) rejected this argument. We affirm the board’s decision. … In Dexter v.

State Tax Commission v. Walter E. Heller & Co.

356 Mass. 727 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 3, 1969

The Appellate Tax Board in a decision for Walter E. Heller & Company, Inc. … Decision of the Appellate Tax Board affirmed.

Commonwealth v. Horne

466 Mass. 440 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 16, 2013

Commonwealth v. Hart, 455 Mass. 230, 238 (2009), quoting Commonwealth v. Brown, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 288, 295 (1981). … Brown, supra at 296 .

Cushing v. Inhabitants of Bedford

125 Mass. 526 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 17, 1878

These provisions make the selectmen a board of public officers charged with this duty; they are not agents of the town, but they represent the general public. … Young v. Yarmouth, 9 Gray, 386 .

Brooks v. Old Colony Railroad

168 Mass. 164 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 17, 1897

But they had the power to make reasonable regulations as to the places which passengers might occupy and as to their conduct while on board. … Shea v. Wellington, 163 Mass. 364, 372 . Buswell v. Fuller, 156 Mass. 309, 312 . Hillyer v. Dickinson, 154 Mass. 502 . Treat Manuf. Co. v. Standard Steel & Iron Co. 157 U. S. 674 . Herbert v. Butler, 97 U. S. 319 .

Hilliker v. City of Springfield

349 Mass. 353 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 11, 1965

Hayes v. Brockton, 313 Mass. 641 . O’Brien v. Pittsfield, 316 Mass. 283 . Watt v. Chelmsford, 323 Mass. 697 , and cases cited. … Ha yes v. Brockton, supra, at 649-650 . Young v. Worcester, 333 Mass. 724, 726 . See Illig v. Plymouth, 337 Mass. 239, 241 .

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.