Case law

Itek Corp. v. McEnness

340 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 19, 1960

See Franks v. Franks, 294 Mass. 262, 266 ; Spence, Bryson, Inc. v. China Prod. Co. 308 Mass. 81 ; Cueroni v. Coburnville Garage, Inc. 315 Mass. 135, 140 ; Sanford v. Boston Edison Co. 316 Mass. 631, 636 . … Brown v. Evans, 6 Allen, 333, 338 .

Lang v. Terry

163 Mass. 138 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1895

Magee v. West End Street Railway, 151 Mass. 240 . Davis v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 159 Mass. 532 . See also Thyng v. Fitchburg Railroad, 156 Mass. 13 ; Maher v. … Prendible v. Connecticut River Manuf. Co. 160 Mass. 131 . Poole v. Deane, 152 Mass. 587 . Exceptions overruled.

O'Donnell v. Inhabitants of Clinton

145 Mass. 461 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1888

Fisher v. Mellen, 103 Mass. 503 . Litchfield v. Hutchinson, 117 Mass. 195 . Polhill v. Walter, 3 B. & Ad. 114. Quick v. Milligan, 108 Ind. 419, 422 . … In either view, the oral evidence is not offered for the purpose of varying the written instrument, or of adding an oral promise to it, which it may be assumed could not be done; Brown v.

Blake v. Ames

90 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1864

The case of Sohier v. … Brown v. Lamb, 6 Met. 209 . Williams v. American Bank, 4 Met. 317 . Buffum v. Deane, 4 Gray, 388 .

Gorman v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

350 Mass. 760 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 29, 1965

The plaintiff’s status was that of a passenger, Gordon v. West End St. … O’Loughlin v. Bay State St. Ry. 221 Mass. 65, 66 . See Tsacoyeanes v. Canadian Pac. Ry. 339 Mass. 726, 728 . Exceptions sustained.

George v. Inhabitants of the Second School District in Mendon

47 Mass. 497 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1843

Preston v. Boston, 12 Pick. 7 . Dow v. First Parish in Sudbury, 5 Met. 73 . … We are therefore of opinion that the tax in question was lightly assessed by the two assessors, being a majority of the board. Williams v. School District in Lunenburg, 21 Pick. 82 . Sprague v. Bailey, 19 Pick. 436 . 4.

Commonwealth v. D'Avella

339 Mass. 642 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 3, 1959

Druzik v. … Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 139 (regulation by board of health that bakery products be wrapped was conclusive and court judicially noticed that no evidence which could have been introduced could prove it

Opinion of Justices to House of Representatives

328 Mass. 674 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 10, 1952

Brodbine v. Revere, 182 Mass. 598 . Welch v. Swasey, 193 Mass. 364, 375-376 . Dewey v. Richardson, 206 Mass. 430, 432-433 . Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160 . Commonwealth v. … The principle has now frequently been *677 extended to the delegation of some degree of legislative power to various boards and commissions not local in character (Brodbine v.

Supreme Malt Products Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

334 Mass. 59 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 1956

Gipson v. Morley, 217 Ark. 560 , Schwartz v. Kelly, 140 Conn. 176 . Reeves v. Simons, 289 Ky. 793 . Gaine v. Burnett, 122 N. J. L. 39. It was held in Gipson v. … The statute fixing a maximum price for beer supplied to a retailer by the county liquor control board was held not to be unconstitutional in Fowler v. Harris, 174 Md. 398 . It was said in Gaine v. Burnett, 122 N. J.

McDonald v. Commonwealth

173 Mass. 322 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1899

Sturtevant v. Commonwealth, and Commonwealth v. Cody, ubi supra. Commonwealth v. Walker, 163 Mass. 226 . … Mason v. Massa, 122 Mass. 477 . Brown v. Dean, 123 Mass. 254 . *330 Under the ninth assignment, if it may be called such, no errors are alleged, and there is nothing for us to consider.

Minot v. Doggett

190 Mass. 435 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1906

Brown v. Farmer, 184 Mass. 136, 138 . … Lovering v. Lovering, 129 Mass. *438 97 . Dorr v. Dovering, 147 Mass. 530 . Hills v. Simonds, 125 Mass. 536, 538 . Hatfield v. Sohier, 114 Mass. 48 . Dole v. Keyes, 143 Mass. 237 .

Spring v. City of Cambridge

199 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1908

Harrington v. Worcester, 6 Allen, 576 . Reed v. Crapo, 127 Mass. 39 . Holt v. Weld, 140 Mass. 578 . Keene v. Houghton, 19 Maine, 368. Sibley v. Smith, 2 Mich. 486 . Chandler v. Spear, 22 Vt. 388 . Brown v.

New York & New England Railroad v. Railroad Commissioners

162 Mass. 81 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 5, 1894

Brigham v. Smith, 4 Gray, 297 . … White v. Boston & Providence Railroad, 6 Cush. 420 . Keith v. Cheshire Railroad, 1 Gray, 614 . Boston Gas Light Co. v. Old Colony & Newport Railway, 14 Allen, 444 , 445. See also Pub. Sts. c. 112, § 138.

Pearlstein v. Novitch

239 Mass. 228 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1921

Atwood v. Cobb, 16 Pick. 227 . Hebb v. Welsh, supra. Buffington v. McNally, supra. Nickerson v. Weld, 204 Mass. 346 . Nickerson v. Bridges, 216 Mass. 416, 420 . … Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545 . Jennings v. Puffer, 203 Mass. 534 . Nickerson v. Weld, supra. Willett v. Smith, 214 Mass. 494 .

Taylor v. Inhabitants of Woburn

130 Mass. 494 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1881

It does not require either that the party notifying shall give notice to the board, or that the selectman who receives notice shall inform the board. … In White v.

Jacobson v. Perman

238 Mass. 445 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1921

Williams v. Bacon, 2 Gray, 387 , 392. Sanborn v. Flagler, 9 Allen, 474 , 476, 477. Morrison v. Browne, 191 Mass. 65, 68, 69 . George Lawley & Son Corp. v. Buff, 230 Mass. 21 . Hoyle v. Hoyle, [1893] 1 Ch. 84. … Lerned v. Wannemacher, 9 Allen, 412 , 416. Nickerson v. Bridges, 216 Mass. 416, 420 .

Town of East Longmeadow v. Maryland Casualty Co.

348 Mass. 722 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1965

(National) with the town acting by its board of assessors. The case was heard by a judge without jury on an auditor’s report and several other exhibits, all incorporated in the record before us. … See Veneto v. McCloskey & Co. 333 Mass. 95, 104 (surety released pro tanto by overpayment to contractor). We hold that it did not.

House v. House

368 Mass. 120 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 11, 1975

Compare cases invalidating sex-based discrimination (Reed v. Reed, 404 U. S. 71, 76 [1971]; Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U. S. 645 , *123 658 [1972]; Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U. S. 677, 690-691 [1973]; Taylor v. … Rev. 1065 , 1136-1137 (1969); Brown and others, The Equal Rights Amendment: A Constitutional Rasis for Equal Rights for Women, 80 Yale L. J. 871, 912-920 (1971). In any event, even if Rule 47 (and G.

Kilmain v. D'Urbano

301 Mass. 131 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1938

All these circumstances must be judged with relation to the minor plaintiff’s known position on the running board. Terlizzi v. Marsh, 258 Mass. 156 . Gionet v. Shepardson, 277 Mass. 308 . Swistak v. … Compare Cook v. Cole, 273 Mass. 557 ; Stetson v. Howard, 284 Mass. 208 . The fact that the minor plaintiff was riding upon the running board does not establish contributory negligence as matter of law. Coyne v.

Osgood v. Nichols

71 Mass. 420 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1855

Dewey v. Field, 4 Met. 381 . Cox v. Buck, 3 Strob. 367 . Brown v. Wheeler, 17 Conn. 345 . Strong v. Ellsworth, 26 Verm. 373 . Hawes v. Watson, 2 B. & C. 540. 2 Smith’s Lead. Cas. (3d Amer. ed.) 531 & seq.