Case law

Brown v. Wellington

106 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1871

Sargent v. Parsons, 12 Mass. 149 . Badger v. Holmes, 6 Gray, 118 . An action of assumpsit hes in these cases, by repeated decisions in this Commonwealth. Shepard v. Richards, 2 Gray, 424 . Munroe v. Luke, 1 Met. 459 . … Calhoun v. Curtis, 4 Met. 413 . Peck v. Carpenter, 7 Gray, 283 . Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed in the writ, with interest from the date of the writ.

Campbell v. Brown

129 Mass. 23 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1880

Mason, for the plaintiff, cited Dyer v. Dyer, 2 Cox Ch. 92; Milner v. Harewood, 18 Ves. 258; Nesbitt v. Tredennick, 1 Ball & Beatty, 29, 46; Eyre v. Dolphin, 2 Ball & Beatty, 290; Fox v. Mackreth, 2 Bro. … Ch. 400, and 2 Cox Ch. 320; Kendall v. Mann, 11 Allen, 15 ; Glass v. Hulbert, 102 Mass. 24 ; Blodgett v. Hildreth, 103 Mass. 484 ; Jackson v. Stevens, 108 Mass. 94 ; McDonough v. O’Niel, 113 Mass. 92 ; Jenkins v.

Brown v. Wright

194 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1907

Brown v. Wright, 168 Mass. 506 . … They rely in support of this contention on Harvard Unitarian Society v. Tufts, 151 Mass. 76 , Pendergast v.

Brown v. Commonwealth

335 Mass. 476 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1957

Allen v. Commonwealth, 324 Mass. 558 . Lindsey v. Commonwealth, . . . [331 Mass.] 1. Jones v. Commonwealth, . . . [331 Mass.] 169. … Brown? Do you want to testify? The *481 petitioner: “No sir.” The judge: “Have you any witnesses?” The petitioner: “No sir.”

Brown v. Davis

138 Mass. 458 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1885

Hapgood v. Shaw, 105 Mass. 276 . Smith v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 6 Allen, 262 , 273. Howland v. Leach, 11 Pick. 151 . There was no waiver by the defendant, as in Gormley v. Kyle, 137 Mass. 189 . Exceptions overruled.

Brown v. Wright

168 Mass. 506 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1897

See Claflin v. Claflin, 149 Mass. 19 ; Young v. Snow, 167 Mass. 287 ; Wynn v. Bartlett, 167 Mass. 292 . This is as far as we consider it wise to go at present in instructing the trustee.

Fisher v. Brown

104 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1870

The case of Shaw v. Spencer, 100 Mass. 382 , is in point. It was there held, that, if a certificate of stock issued in the name of “ A. … See also Bank of Metropolis v. New England Bank, 6 How. 212 Brandao v. Barnett, 1 M. & G. 908; 6 M. & G. 630; 12 Cl. & Fin. 787; Fish v. Kempton, 7 C.

Bowden v. Brown

200 Mass. 269 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1908

Brown and William Reynolds of Marblehead.” This gift constitutes a public charity. Ri chardson v. Mullery, ante, 247, and cases cited. … Jr. 421; Brown v. Condit, 4 Robbins, 440 ; Catt v. Catt, 118 App. Div. (N. Y.) 742. We are of opinion that the gift fails and that the residuary estate must go to the next of kin. iSo ordered.

Hardiman v. Brown

162 Mass. 585 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1895

Quinsigamond Bank v. Hobbs, 11 Gray, 250 . Perkins v. Stickney, 132 Mass. 217 . … See Finnegan v. Fall River Gas Works, 159 Mass. 311 . Exceptions overruled.

Brown v. Neelon

335 Mass. 357 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 31, 1957

Boyle v. Building Inspector of Malden, 327 Mass. 564, 566 . … Grise v. Rieutord, 305 Mass. 61, 64 . Carson v. Gikas, 321 Mass. 468 . “Aver-ments of crucial facts in a pleading should be clear, direct and unequivocal.” North Station Wine Co. Inc. v.

Commonwealth v. Brown

431 Mass. 772 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 21, 2000

Commonwealth v. Brown, 47 Mass. App. Ct. 616, 624 (1999) (Brown II) . … The defendant raised an issue before the Appeals Court in Commonwealth v. Brown, 46 Mass. App.

Brown v. Hannagan

210 Mass. 246 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1911

Tallant v. Stedman, 176 Mass. 460 . Madison Township v. Dunkle, 114 Ind. 262 . And under the bankruptcy act the original character of the liability was not lost by being reduced to judgment. Lee v. … Boynton v. Ball, 121 U. S. 457 . Packer v. Whittier, 91 Fed. Rep. 511. Murphy v. Manning, 134 Mass. 488 . Way v. Brigham, 138 Mass. 384 . Haggerty v. Badkin, 2 Buch. 473 .

Brown v. Woodbury

183 Mass. 279 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1903

Fitzgerald v. Allen, 128 Mass. 232 . Cook v. Gray, 133 Mass. 106, 111 . Connolly v. Sullivan, 173 Mass. 1 . … Part payment in money would not bar the plaintiff from the action on quantum meruit, Cook v. Gray and Connolly v. Sullivan, ubi supra, and in principle part payment in board can have no different effect.

Harding v. Brown

227 Mass. 77 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1917

Harris v. Harris, 153 Mass. 439, 441 . Cowden v. Jacobson, 165 Mass. 240, 241 . … Brown’s unsuitableness to be proved.”

Brown v. Corey

191 Mass. 189 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 5, 1906

Chase v. Boston, 180 Mass. 458 . … McNamara the cases of Bartlett v. Parks, 1 Cush. 82 , and Hallett v.

Robinson v. Brown

182 Mass. 266 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1902

Townsend, 13 Met. 297 , 299; Brainard v. Connecticut River Railroad, 7 Cush. 506 , 510; Smith v. Dedham, 8 Cush. *268 522 , 524; Blood v. Nashua & Lowell Railroad, 2 Gray, 137; Brightman v. … See also Ricket v. Metropolitan Railway, L. R. 2 H. L. 175, 188,199. In Stetson v.

Brown v. Henderson

285 Mass. 192 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 12, 1934

Brown, then the presumption controls. When evidence is introduced then you are to consider the evidence. … Bagnell v. Boston Elevated Railway, 247 Mass. 235, 238 . Ferris v. Ray Taxi Service Co. 259 Mass. 401 . Austin v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway, 269 Mass. 420, 424 . Mahoney v.

Brown v. Bradlee

156 Mass. 28 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1892

Crawshaw v. Roxbury, 7 Gray, 374 . Janvrin v. Exeter, 48 N. H. 83. … Wentworth v. Day, 3 Met. 352 . Besse v. Dyer, 9 Allen, 151 . Lancaster v. Walsh, 4 M. & W. 16. Lockhart v. Barnard, 14 M. & W. 674. Thatcher v. England, 3 C. B. 254. Tamer v. Walker, L. R. 1 Q. B. 641; L. R. 2 Q.

Campbell v. Brown

121 Mass. 516 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 22, 1877

Eveleth v. Burnham, 108 Mass. 374 . Walker v. Dresser, 110 Mass. 350 . … Wright v. Quirk, 105 Mass, 44. Judgment for plaintiff affirmed.

Silva v. Brown

319 Mass. 466 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 1, 1946

Brown set up various defences in his answer, including the affirmative defence of res judicata. … Sandler v. Silk, 292 Mass. 493, 500 . Siegel v. Knott, 318 Mass. 257 .