Case law

Russo v. Foster

305 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1940

Morrissey v. Morrissey, 180 Mass. 480 . Spencer v. Spencer, 181 Mass. 471 . Butler v. Butler, 225 Mass. 22 . Sherry v. Littlefield, 232 Mass. 220 . Donovan v. Walsh, 238 Mass. 356 . … Cromwell v. Norton, 193 Mass. 291 . Dixon v. Lamson, 242 Mass. 129 . Raine v. Shea, 259 Mass. 412 .

State Realty Co. of Boston, Inc. v. MacNeil Bros. Co.

334 Mass. 294 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 8, 1956

Day and Company at the office of the Boston Real Estate Board at 7 Water Street, Boston. MacNeil was a member of this board. … Day and Company at the offices of the Boston Real Estate Board at 7 Water Street in Boston. Sales of securities can hardly be conducted on the street like sales of real estate. See Winchester Rock & Brick Co. v.

Ortiz v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

383 Mass. 881 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 30, 1981

Walker v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 382 Mass. 361, 364 (1981). … See DaLomba v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 369 Mass. 92, 97-98 (1975). The claimant simply folded the notice and put it away without reading it.

O'Hara v. O'Hara

291 Mass. 75 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1935

Gerrish v. New Bedford Institution for Savings, 128 Mass. 159 . Chace v. Chapin, 130 Mass. 128 . Peck v. Scofield, 186 Mass. 108, 111 . Mee v. Fay, 190 Mass. 40, 42 . McMahon v. Lawler, 190 Mass. 343 . Supple v. … Coolidge v. Brown, 286 Mass. 504, 507 . Under these principles, the finding that the shares, at the death of the father, were held in trust for the son, was proper.

Commonwealth v. White

260 Mass. 300 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1927

Goodowsky v. Rubenstein, 225 Mass. 448, 451 . … Commonwealth v. Farnum, 114 Mass. 267 . Goodowsky v. Rubenstein, supra. See also Commonwealth v. Reid, 175 Mass. 325, 329 ; Commonwealth v. Morris, 176 Mass. 19, 21 ; Commonwealth v. Schwartz, 197 Mass. 107, 111 .

Bell v. American Protective League

28 L.R.A. 452 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 28, 1895

See Abbott v. Stearns, 139 Mass. 168 . … See Attorney General v. Life & Fire Ins. Co. 4 Paige, 224; Booth v. Clark, 17 How. 322, 331 .

Commonwealth v. Massenburg

442 Mass. 1003 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 9, 2004

See Commonwealth v. … Keri Rudolph Brown, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth. Robert Harland for the defendant.

Jones v. Metropolitan Park Commissioners

181 Mass. 494 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1902

See in this connection Whiting v. Boston, 106 Mass. 89 . It was held in Foster v. … Ward v. Aldermen of Newton, ante, 432. Janvrin v. Poole, ante, 463. We therefore treat these objections as waived. Writ to issue.

Thompson v. City of Boston

148 Mass. 387 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1889

The respondent called as a witness the chairman of the board of assessors of the city of Boston, who testified as to the value of the land in controversy. … Shattuck v. Stoneham Branch Railroad, 6 Allen, 115 . *389 The evidence offered, therefore, was not admissible as substantive evidence of the value of the land taken.

Callahan v. Town of Athol

345 Mass. 572 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1963

Doten v. Brockton, supra, 566 . See Amelotte v. Worcester, 343 Mass. 155,157 . Furthermore, the plaintiff has applied for additional pay at the rate he received as “Chief of Police” and not as a police officer. … How he accomplished those duties, and specifically the hours he spent doing so, were matters left to him and not directed by the board of selectmen.

Christoffels v. Alton Properties, Inc.

362 Mass. 862 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 5, 1972

Mullholland v. State Racing Commn. 295 Mass. 286, 291-292 . Massachusetts Commn. Against Discrimination v. Colangelo, 344 Mass. 387, 390 . … Brady v. Board of Appeals of Westport, 348 Mass. 515, 518-519 . Hallenborg v. Town Clerk of Billerica, 360 Mass. 513, 519-520 .

Greene v. Pacific Mutual Insurance

91 Mass. 217 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1864

The recent case of Kleinwort v. … Falkner v. Ritchie, 2 M. & S. 290. Brown v. Smith, 1 Dow, 359. Parsons v. Scott, 2 Taunt. 363. Doyle v. Dallas, 1 M. & Rob. 55 . Alexander v. Balt. Ins. Co. 4 Cranch, 370 . Smith v. Universal Ins. Co. 6 Wheat. 176 .

Commonwealth v. Dill

159 Mass. 61 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 16, 1893

Commonwealth v. Brown, 150 Mass. 334 . The only cause alleged in this case is a defect in the indictment. But it is clear that the indictment states a case which is within the jurisdiction of the court.

Morton v. Dobson

307 Mass. 394 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1940

The issue of her due care is an affirmative defence and she was bound to prove the due care of her employee in operating her automobile, Bullard v. Boston Elevated Railway, 226 Mass. 262 ; Pitman & Brown Co. v. … Barrows v. Checker Taxi Co. 290 Mass. 231 . Bresnick v. Heath, 292 Mass. 293 . Avery v. R. E. Guerin Trucking Co. Inc. 304 Mass. 500 . Gibbons v. Denoncourt, 297 Mass. 448 . Cohen v. Martin, 298 Mass. 425 .

Whitney v. Bigelow

21 Mass. 110 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 9, 1826

The principle of the case of Bangs v. … Ev. (5th Amer. ed.) 188,189, See Baillie v. Lord Inchiquin, 1 Esp. R. 435; Frost v. Bengough, 1 Bingh. 266; 2 Stark. Ev. (5th Amer. ed.) 482. Peters v. Brown, 4 Esp. R. 46, ace. Oliver v.

Barnes v. Peck

283 Mass. 618 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 11, 1933

Frost Coal Co. v. Boston, 259 Mass. 354 . The statute was duly accepted by the city and the board of water commissioners were authorized to make the taking. … It is required by St. 1906, c. 317, § 6, that after taking any property the board of water commissioners of the city “shall notify the owner or owners thereof, if known to them.”

Robinson v. Trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

318 Mass. 121 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1945

See Pepper v. Litton, 308 U. S. 295 ; Brown v. Gerdes, 321 U. S. 178 ; In re Paramount Publix Corp. 85 Fed. (2d) 42; Hyatt v. Wallace, 97 Fed. (2d) 320; Attorney General v. … Standard Oil Co. v. Sugar Products Co. 160 La. 763 . Brunk v. Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. 334 Mo. 517 . Decker v. Gardner, 124 N. Y. 334 . Sellers v. Carolina Railroad, 205 N. C, 149. Flynn v. Furth, 25 Wash. 105 .

Stachowicz v. Matera

257 Mass. 283 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1926

Brennan v. Standard Oil Co. of New York, 187 Mass. 376 . Sullivan v. Chadwick, 236 Mass. 130 . Gallagher v. Johnson, 237 Mass. 455 . The principle stated in Wiswell v. … Sullivan v. Chadwick, supra. Bullard v. Boston Elevated Railway, 226 Mass. 262 .

Butler v. Prussian

252 Mass. 265 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1925

Stoops v. Smith, 100 Mass. 63 . Swett v. Shumway, 102 Mass. 365 . Whittier Machine Co. v. Graffam, 156 Mass. 415 . De Friest v. Bradley, 192 Mass. 346, 352 . Willett v. Smith, 214 Mass. 494 . W. R. Grace & Co. v. … Brown v. Grow, 249 Mass. 495 . See 10 Am. L. R. 1472 et seq. for a collection of cases, and Jackson v. State, 210 App. Div. (N. Y.) 115, 119.

Lamson v. Schutt

86 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1862

Baxter v. Penniman, 8 Mass. 133 . Brown v. Anderson, 13 Mass. 201 . Thompson v. Brown, 16 Mass. 172 . Emerson v. Thompson, I b. 429. … Heath v. Wells, 5 Pick. 140 . Hudson v. Hulbert, 15 Pick. 423 .