Case law

Mitchell v. Central Vermont Railway Co.

261 Mass. 29 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 13, 1927

Bemis v. Temple, 162 Mass. 342 . Broderick v. Higginson, 169 Mass. 482 . Darling v. Westmoreland, 52 N. H. 401. Brown v. Eastern & Midlands Railway, 22 Q. B. D. 391, 393. … Todd v. Rowley, 8 Allen, 51 . Maggi v. Cults, 123 Mass. 535 . Broderick v. Higginson, supra. Palmer v. Coyle, 187 Mass. 136 . Johnstone v. Tuttle, 196 Mass. 112 .

Commissioners of Civil Service v. Municipal Court

369 Mass. 166 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 4, 1975

In Cohen v. … See Haywood v. Municipal Court of the City of Boston, 359 Mass. 760 (1971); Selectmen of Dartmouth v. Third Dist. Court of Bristol, 359 Mass. 400 (1971); Commissioners of Civil Serv. v.

Daris v. Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co.

241 Mass. 580 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1922

detail, it is enough to say that there was some evidence tending to show that the view of one driving down the lane was somewhat obscured in the direction from which the trolley car was approaching, by a pine tree, a bill board … Halloran v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 192 Mass. 104 . Foster v. Boston Elevated Railway, 214 Mass. 61 . Salisbury v. Boston Elevated Railway, 239 Mass. 430 . Exceptions sustained.

Riley's Case

227 Mass. 55 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1917

considered was in a “dangerous condition,” while abundantly shown by the evidence, Finnegan v. … Co. 189 Mass. 580, 582 , Moylon v. D. S.

Morrin v. Manning

205 Mass. 205 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1910

Walsh v. Brown, 194 Mass. 317 . 2. Being without justification for the seizure of the articles of *211 personal property he was liable in conversion for the property he seized. … Wood v. Southwick, 97 Mass. 354 . And in the absence of any request to the contrary such a verdict, at least where there is evidence to sustain each count, is good. Richmond v. Whittlesey, 2 Allen, 230 . In Richmond v.

Tosney v. Chelmsford Village Condominium Association

397 Mass. 683 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 2, 1986

See Franklin v. Spadafora, 388 Mass. 764 , 769 n.12 and 773 (1983). … He further determined that the by-laws of the association specifically gave the board the authority to levy additional assessments as needed.

Porshin v. Snider

349 Mass. 653 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1965

. ($125.00) per week, plus board and room valued at . . . ($30.00) per week.” At this time the plaintiff was employed as a stitching room foreman in a shoe factory in Haverhill at $100 per week. … Lyon v. Williams, 5 Gray, 557 . Goodenough v. Thayer, 132 Mass. 152 . Cass v. Lord, 236 Mass. 430, 432 . Compare Mendelsohn v. Holton, 253 Mass. 362, 365 . Exceptions overruled.

Collector of Taxes v. Bay State Street Railway

234 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1920

rule for money payments to take the place of and to be in substitution for the heterogeneous requirements of the general law in connection with the varying conditions contained in grants of locations made by the several boards … City National Bank v. Charles Baker Co. 180 Mass. 40 . Harrison v. J. J. Warren Co. 183 Mass. 123 . In re Tyler, 149 U. S. 164, 183 . Kirkpatrick v. Board of Assessors, 28 Vroom, 53 . Coy v.

Hennessey v. City of New Bedford

153 Mass. 260 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1891

Walcott v. Swampscott, 1 Allen, 101 . … See Barney v. Lowell, 98 Mass. 570 ; Prince v. Lynn, 149 Mass. 193 . Judgment for the defendant.

Inspector of Buildings v. Stoklosa

250 Mass. 52 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 16, 1924

Green v. Commonwealth, 12 Allen, 155 , 164. Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346, 351 . Perkins v. Westwood, 226 Mass. 268, 272 . Loring v. Young, 239 Mass. 349, 361 . … Spann v. Dallas, 111 Texas, 350 . People v. Chicago, 261 Ill. 16, 20 . State v. McKelvey, 301 Mo. 130 . Handy v. South Orange, 118 Atl. Rep. 838 . Vernon v. Westfield, 98 N. J.

Burke v. Durland

312 Mass. 291 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 28, 1942

Cameron boarded the truck on its left side, and started it. The truck started straight forward, and then turned fast to the right. … The case somewhat resembles O’Reilly v. Sherman, 298 Mass. 571 . It is distinguishable from Capano v.

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 .

Robichaud v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

220 Mass. 250 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1915

A witness for the plaintiff, one Brown, testified on cross-examination that he had observed the intestate while he was performing the duties of flagman; that he appeared to be familiar with the rules of the company; that … Cox v. South Shore & Boston Street Railway, 182 Mass. 497 . Exceptions overruled.

Fichtner v. Schneider

362 Mass. 394 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 25, 1972

On top of the wall some of the blocks had apertures to receive two by four inch boards to be placed across the top of the blocks in connection with the roofing of the structure. … See Ozark v. Wichita Manor, Inc. 252 F. 2d 671, 675-676 ; Biondini v. Amship Corp. 81 Cal. App. 2d 751 ; Worden v. Union Gas Sys. Inc. 182 Kans. 686 ; Meny v. Carlson, 6 N. J. 82; Schroeder v . City & County Sav.

Adams v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

219 Mass. 515 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 30, 1914

As was said by this court in Jeddrey v. … The case at bar is governed by such cases as O’Brien v. Boston Elevated Railway, 217 Mass. 130 ; Plympton v. Boston Elevated Railway, 217 Mass. 137 ; Morse v. Boston Elevated Railway, 216 Mass. 579 ; Stone v.

Sawyer v. Kendall

64 Mass. 241 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1852

Potts v. Gilbert, 3 Wash. C. C. 479 ; Ward v. Bartholomew, 6 Pick. 409 ; Allen v. Holton, 20 Pick. 458 , 465; Melvin v. Proprietors of Locks and Canals, 5 Met. 15 , 32; Wade v. Lindsey, 6 Met. 407 . … The remaining objection to the demandant’s right to recover is, that he shows no title to the land claimed, because the description in the deed from Nancy Brown to the demandant, by metes and bounds, does not include the

Papineau v. Wentworth

136 Mass. 543 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1884

The petitioner had, more than a month before, ceased to keep the horse, and the possession which he then had was not that which a stable-keeper has of a horse that he boards, but was only under his lien; and the considerations … See Perkins v. Boardman, 14 Gray, 48l. Walker v. Staples, 5 Allen, 34 . This decision covers the second case. Exceptions overruled.

Isaacson v. Boston, Worcester & New York Street Railway Co.

278 Mass. 378 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1932

Brown v. Thayer, 212 Mass. 392, 396 . Mahoney v. Boston Elevated Railway, 271 Mass. 274, 277 . .The accident occurred on Sunday, August 11, 1929, between 10:30 and 11 p.m. … his direction and apparently in the middle lane close to the northerly lane and headed directly at him; that the bus hit the left rear corner of his car, moving it about fifteen feet, and pushing “in the frame and running board

O'Sullivan v. Shaw

431 Mass. 201 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 2000

However, a diving board is affixed to the exterior of the pool at its deep end. … He had observed various swimmers dive into the pool’s deep end from the diving board.

Howe v. City of Cambridge

114 Mass. 388 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1874

Lowell v. Hadley, 8 Met. 180 . Springfield v. Gay, 12 Allen, 612 . Goddard, petitioner, supra. Salem Turnpike v. Essex, supra. Haverhill Bridge v. County Commissioners, 103 Mass. 120 . Dow v. Wakefield, 103 Mass. 267 . … Carter v. Cambridge Bridge, 104 Mass. 236 . Dorgan v. Boston, 12 Allen, 223 , 235, 240. Jones v. Boston, 104 Mass. 461, 467 . 3.