Case law

Krafchuk v. Planning Board of Ipswich

453 Mass. 517 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 7, 2009

FMR Corp. *528 v. Commissioner of Revenue, 441 Mass. 810, 819 (2004), quoting Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513-514 (1975). … All members of the board who are to join in the decision must have attended the hearing. 20 See Mullin v.

Born v. Board of Assessors

427 Mass. 790 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 14, 1998

The Appellate Tax Board (board) agreed with the assessors’ conclusion and affirmed. Bom appealed, and we transferred the case to this court. … Born argues that the board’s reliance on Moscatiello v. Assessors of Boston, 36 Mass. App. Ct. 622 (1994), is misplaced, because the Moscatiello court relied exclusively on Kirby v.

Adley Express Co. v. Brown

324 Mass. 756 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 2, 1949

Hathaway v. Checker Taxi Co. 321 Mass. 406, 409 . See Callahan v. Fleischman Co. 262 Mass. 437, 438 . R W. King, for the plaintiffs. R. H. Horan, for the defendant. The case was submitted on briefs.

Maher v. Retirement Board of Quincy

452 Mass. 517 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 2008

L. c. 32, § 15 (4), and that a board member did not err in refusing to re-cuse himself from the board proceedings. Maher v. Justices of the Quincy Div. of the Dist. Court Dep’t, 67 Mass. App. Ct. 612, 621 (2006). … That determination was made by the board in the first instance, upheld by the District Court and the Superior Court, and affirmed by the Appeals Court. Maher v. Justices of the Quincy Div. of the Dist.

Kahn v. Brookline Rent Control Board

394 Mass. 709 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1985

See Gentile v. Rent Control Bd. of Somerville, supra; DeWolfe v. Roberts, 229 Mass. 410 *713 (1918). … See Alves v. Picard, 337 Mass. 77, 78-79 (1958); Weiner v. Pictorial Paper Package Corp., 303 Mass. 123, 128-129 (1939).

Canron, Inc. v. Board of Assessors

366 Mass. 634 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 16, 1975

See Boston v. Boston Port Dev. Co. 308 Mass. 72, 74-75 (1941); McManus v. Boston, 320 Mass. 585, 587 (1947); Trustees of the Hawes Fund in Boston v. Boston, 346 Mass. 26, 27-28 (1963).Cf. Lowell v. … Bank v. Assessors of Boston, 311 Mass. 415, 419-420 (1942); Keegan v. Assessors of Boston, 334 Mass. 169, 170 (1956).

Hewitt v. Boston Straw Board Co.

214 Mass. 260 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1913

Kaufman v. Tredway, 195 U. S. 271 . Beals v. Quinn, 101 Mass. 262 . Otis v. Hadley, 112 Mass. 100 . … Sawyer v. Turpin, 2 Lowell, 29 . Western Tie & Timber Co. v. Brown, 196 U. S. 502, 509 . Dickinson v. National Security Bank of Richmond, 49 C. C. A. 84 ; 110 Fed. Rep. 353. U. S.

Miami Grove Inc. v. Licensing Board

312 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 28, 1942

See Phillips v. Suffolk Savings Bank, 219 Mass. 597, 601 ; Cohn v. Cohn, 310 Mass. 126, 127, 128 , and cases cited. In this respect the case is distinguishable from Higgins v. … Whitney v. Judge of the District Court of *325 Northern Berkshire, 271 Mass. 448, 459 . Dube v. Mayor of Fall River, 308 Mass. 12, 14 .

Mahony v. Board of Assessors

357 Mass. 776 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 5, 1970

The board was warranted in dismissing each appeal when the balance of the tax was not seasonably paid. … Leonardi v. State Tax Commn. 355 Mass. 454, 459 . James F. Sullivan for the appellant. Philip F. Grogan, Town Counsel, for the appellee. Decisions of the Appellate Tax Board affirmed.

Pyramid Co. v. Architectural Barriers Board

403 Mass. 126 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 1, 1988

Bay, Inc. v. Rate Setting Comm’n, 401 Mass. 357, 369 (1987). See Winn v. Architectural Access Bd., 25 Mass. App. Ct. 41, 43-44 (1987) (board has bound itself to comport with requirements of c. 30A). … Bay, Inc. v. Rate Setting Comm’n, supra. Pyramid argues, however, that the board, in determining what is practicable, failed to engage in a cost-benefit analysis.

Nayor v. Rent Board of Brookline

334 Mass. 132 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1956

Ed.) c. 182, § 6; State Street Trust Co. v. Hall, 311 Mass. 299, 304 . 2. … Pittsley v. David, 298 Mass. 552, 557 . *136 Wilson v. Head, 184 Mass. 515, 518 . Wrentham v. Fales, 185 Mass. 539, 542 . Sullivan v. Cushing, 299 Mass. 38 . Finnegan v. Checker Taxi Co. 300 Mass. 62, 66 .

Lincoln v. Board of Street Commissioners

176 Mass. 210 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1900

Parks v. Hampden, 120 Mass., 395 . Hilbourne v. Suffolk, 120 Mass. 393, 394 . Cross v. Plymouth, 125 Mass. 557, 558 . Abbott v. Cottage City, 143 Mass. 521, 526 . Smith v. Boston, 7 Cush. 254 . Stanwood v. … LeRoy v.

Brown v. Inhabitants of Sudbury

201 Mass. 149 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1909

the highways before the grant here in question was made, the reservation would have been invalid because a right in favor of a third person is not the subject of a reservation in a deed (as to which see Edwards-Hall Co. v. … (as to which see Gloucester Water Supply Co. v. Gloucester, 179 Mass. 365 , and cases there collected). Possibly other questions also would then arise.

Herrick v. Essex Regional Retirement Board

465 Mass. 801 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 15, 2013

Bianchi v. … or the widow”); Boston Retirement Bd. v.

Board of Assessors v. Pickwick Ltd.

351 Mass. 621 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 20, 1967

These appeals are brought by the board of assessors of the city of Newton (assessors) under G-. L. c. 58A, § 13, from decisions of the Appellate Tax Board (board) upon petitions filed by Pickwick Ltd., Inc. … Gloucester Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. Assessors of Gloucester, 337 Mass. 23 . Atlantic Ref. Co. v. Common *625 wealth, 339 Mass. 12 . Gloucester Community Pier Assn. Inc. v.

Hurley v. Board of Public Welfare

310 Mass. 285 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1941

Kidd, 197 Mass. 256, 258, 259 , the returns (not required to be filed) of pawnbrokers to licensing boards held not public records in Round v. … Police Commissioner of Boston, 197 Mass. 218 , and the accident reports to the Industrial Accident Board to which a special status was ascribed in Gerry v.

Binns v. Board of Bar Overseers

369 Mass. 975 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1976

The bill of complaint was essentially intended to be an appeal from a decision of the Board of Bar Overseers (the board) dismissing a complaint filed by the plaintiff against a certain attorney. … See Whitley v. Commonwealth, ante, 961 (1975). We add that, even if the right to appeal existed, the action of the single justice would clearly be correct.

McCarthy v. Planning Board of Edgartown

381 Mass. 86 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1980

The board appealed to the Appeals Court, and we granted the board’s application for direct appellate review. The plaintiff claims that its plan does not show a “subdivision” as defined in G. … Auth. v.

Williams v. Board of Selectmen

421 Mass. 438 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 5, 1995

In City Manager of Medford v. Civil Serv.

Francesconi v. Planning Board of Wakefield

345 Mass. 390 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1963

See Rettig v. Planning Bd. of Rowley, 332 Mass. 476, 480-481 . … Loring v. Mercier, 318 Mass. 599 . To permit fuller development of the facts in the court below, the decree should be reversed.