Case law

Currier v. Barker

68 Mass. 224 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1854

Prescott v. Elm, 7 Cush. 346 . Baker v. Adams, 5 Cush. 99 . … Oakes v. Munroe, 8 Cush. 282 . Sanford v. Harvey, 11 Cush. 93 . Granger v. Brown, 11 Cush. 191 .

Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing Authority

304 Mass. 288 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 21, 1939

Projects are subject to the approval of the State housing board as to health, sanitation, safety, and financing. § 26S. … Spahn v. Stewart, 268 Ky. 97 . State v. Housing Authority of New Orleans, 190 La. 710 . Rutherford v. Great Falls, 107 Mont. 512 . State v. City Council of Helena, 108 Mont. 347 . New York Housing Authority v.

Johnston v. Bay State Street Railway Co.

222 Mass. 583 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 10, 1916

Brown v. Thayer, 212 Mass. 392 . Boott Mills v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 218 Mass. 582 . … Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad v. Van Steinburg, 17 Mich. 99 . Johnse n v. Oakland, San Leandro & Haywards Electric Railway, 127 Cal. 608 . Miller v. Jenness, 84 Kans. 608 . State v. Watson, 216 Mo. 420 . Stone v.

Gallo v. Division of Water Pollution Control

374 Mass. 278 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 25, 1978

See California Village Corp. v. East Longmeadow, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 128, 129-130 (1976); Zambernardi v. Selectmen of Wilmington, 2 Mass. App. Ct. 873 (1974). See also East Chop Tennis Club v. … East Chop Tennis Club v. Massachusetts Comm’n Against Discrimination, supra at 446-448. Gordon v. Hardware Mut. Cas. Co., 361 Mass. 582, 584-586, 587 (1972). Saint Luke’s Hosp. v.

Second National Bank v. First National Bank

289 Mass. 368 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 31, 1935

(Citing Brown v. Spring, 241 Mass. 565, 568 .) 2. The gifts over to the “persons named” go in the cases of the trusts set up in the fourth article to trustees and not directly to the named cestuis of the trusts. … Brown v. Spring, 241 Mass. 565, 568 , and cases there cited. Bosworth v. Stockbridge, 189 Mass. 266 . There is nothing in the Kent will indicating an intention that the gifts be contingent.

Kenyon v. City of Chicopee

320 Mass. 528 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 9, 1946

See Kelley v. Board of Health of Peabody, 248 Mass. 165, 168 ; Mullholland v. State Racing Commission, 295 Mass. 286, 290 ; Mayor of Cambridge *533 v. Dean, 300 Mass. 174, 175 . See, however, Shuman v. … See Watertown v. Mayo, 109 Mass. 315, 319-320 ; Worcester Board of Health v. Tupper, 210 Mass. 378, 382-383 ; Lexington v. Bean, 272 Mass. 547, 554 ; Mayor of Cambridge v. Dean, 300 Mass. 174, 175-176 ; Pitman v.

Foster v. United States Insurance

28 Mass. 86 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1831

We are satisfied that one tenant in common of a vessel has no right to cause insurance to be made on property on board, for his co-tenants, who are the owners of the other parts of the vessel ; Bell v. … Co. v. Ruggles, 12 Wheat. 408 ; Finney v. Warren Ins. Co. 1 Metc. 16 . See Turner v. Burrows, 5 Wend. 541 ; S. C. 8 Wend. 144 ; Burrows v. Turner, 24 Wend. 276 ; Pacific Ins. Co. v. Catlett, 4 Wend. 75 , Irving v.

Gaeta v. National Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford

410 Mass. 592 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 1991

Furthermore, according to § 15, no pretrial settlement of a third-party tort action “shall be made . . . without the approval of either the board, the reviewing board, or the court in which the action has been commenced after … See Ferrari v. Toto, 383 Mass. 36, 37 (1981). “Covered claims” do not include claims for amounts due to insurers. G. L. c. 175D, § 1 (2). Ferrari v. Toto, supra.

Correia's Case

275 Mass. 340 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1931

The claimant as the only living parent of the employee, an unemancipated minor, had a right to all his earnings (Tornroos v. R. H. … The allowance made by the claimant to the employee in the case at bar was not so large that the board could not find that it was an expenditure for the mother’s purposes.

B. F. Huntley Furniture Co. v. Parker

291 Mass. 339 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1935

Commonwealth v. Badlam, 9 Pick. 362 . Frost’s Case, 127 Mass. 550, 554 . Brown’s Case, 173 Mass. 498 . Simon v. Justices of the Municipal Court, 224 Mass. 122 . Howard v. Roach, 226 Mass. 80 . Root v. … Inc. v. Batchelder, 220 Mass. 42 ; Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Cooperative League of America, 246 Mass. 235 , and Commonwealth v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, 206 Mass. 417, 428 .

United Electric Light Co. v. Deliso Construction Co.

315 Mass. 313 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 29, 1943

It is true that it was settled by Brown v. Kendall, 6 Cush. 292 , that one is not liable for an assault which he did not intend to commit and which was not caused by his negligence. … Brown v. Winthrop, 270 Mass. 322 . Williston on Contracts (Rev. ed.) § 367.

Everett v. Henderson

146 Mass. 89 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1888

Coupal v. Ward, 106 Mass. 289 . Mullen v. Brown, 138 Mass. 114 . Langford v. Boston f Albany Railroad, 144 Mass. 431 . *94 Wood v. Graves, 144 Mass. 365 . Daniels v. Fielding, 16 M. & W. 200. Barber v. … Brown v. Kendall, 8 Allen, 209 , 210. Morgan v. Curley, 142 Mass. 107 . It was perfect unless tainted with illegality. But the same considerations that show the arrest to have been regular and legal apply to this also.

Clancy's Case

228 Mass. 316 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 23, 1917

Shepard v. Jacobs, 204 Mass. 110 . Tornroos v. R. H. White Co. 220 Mass. 336 . W. S. Quinby Co. v. Estey, 221 Mass. 56 . … The decision of the Industrial Accident Board was right. Decree affirmed.

C. A. Spencer & Son Co. v. Merrimac Valley Power & Buildings Co.

242 Mass. 176 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1922

Badger v. McNamara, 123 Mass. 117 . Brown v. Corey, 191 Mass. 189 . … Giles v. Dunbar, 181 Mass. 22 . Pray v. Clark, 113 Mass. 283 . Leighton v. Ricker, 173 Mass. 564 . Cummings v. Perry, 169 Mass. 150 . Adams v. Messinger, 147 Mass. 185, 190 . D. W. Watkins & Co. v. Greene, 22 R. I. 34.

K.G.M. Custom Homes, Inc. v. Prosky

468 Mass. 247 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 2014

Although the zoning board of appeals of Norton (town) issued a decision in 2003 allowing sixty residential units, K.G.M. was forced to litigate an opposition to the project by the town’s board of selectmen. … Rigs v. Sokol, 318 Mass. 337, 342-343 (1945). See Noyes v.

Wedgwood v. Eastern Commercial Travelers Accident Ass'n

308 Mass. 463 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 4, 1941

United Shoe Machinery Co. v. Bresnahan Shoe Machinery Co. 197 Mass. 206, 214 . Wyness v. Crowley, 292 Mass. 461 . Graustein v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. 293 Mass. 207 . Brocklesby v. Newton, 294 Mass. 41, 43 . … New England Dredging Co. v. Rockport Granite Co. 149 Mass. 381, 382 . Hayward v. Langmaid, 181 Mass. 426, 429 . Hixon v. Starr, 242 Mass. 371, 374 . Carpenter v. Grow, 247 Mass. 133, 138 . Allen v.

Allen v. State Tax Commission

337 Mass. 502 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1958

An application for abatement was denied and the beneficiary perfected an appeal to the Appellate Tax Board. … The beneficiary has appealed from the board's decision. 1. This court has recently considered the question of what constitutes interest under § 1 (a). Gordon v.

Lindsay v. Arlington Co-operative Ass'n

186 Mass. 371 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 7, 1904

See Fuller v. Salem & Danvers Loan & Fund Association, 10 Gray, 94 ; Merrill v. McIntire, 13 Gray, 157 ; Baxter v. McIntire, 13 Gray, 168 ; Delano v. Wild, 6 Allen, 1 ; Hartford v. … New England Trust Co. v. Abbott, 162 Mass. 148, 152 . Dupee v. Boston Water Power Co. 114 Mass. 37 . See Jones v. Brown, 171 Mass. 318 ; Whiton v. Batchelder & Lincoln Co. 179 Mass. 169 .

Commonwealth v. Cefalo

381 Mass. 319 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 18, 1980

The warrant specified, in addition to a gun (never found), “Blood Stained Clothing including Light Brown or T an leather or Leatherette Sport Coat.” … It also stated, “I know that Cefalo was wearing a light brown leather jacket and dark pants.” 8 Prior justification may include a warrant for another object.

Boles v. Merrill

173 Mass. 491 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1899

Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 348 . … See Smith v. Everett, 126 Mass. 304 ; Hedden v. Griffin, 136 Mass. 229 . So ordered.