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  • Marmaud v. Melledge

    123 Mass. 173 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 29, 1877

    The plaintiff was on board at the time. … Wood v. Lincoln & Kennebeck Ins. Co. 6 Mass. 479 . Peele v. Suffolk Ins. Co. 7 Pick. 254 . Commonwealth Ins. Co. v. Chase, 20 Pick. 142 . See also Hall v. Franklin Ins. Co. 9 Pick. 466 ; Sewall v. United States Ins.

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  • Marcellino

    271 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1930

    Cunningham v. Mahan, 112 Mass. 58 . Haley v. Young, 134 Mass. 364 . Cowley v. McLaughlin, 141 Mass. 181 . Stevenson v. Donnelly, 221 Mass. 161 . … Grant v. Pizzano, 264 Mass. 475 and cases cited. See also Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston v. Board of Appeal *325 of Boston, 268 Mass. 416 .

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  • McDonald's Restaurants of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    393 Mass. 1008 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1985

    process and assembly of the constituent parts of its hamburger, chicken, and fish sandwiches and other food products is a species of manufacturing, the case is governed entirely by our decision in York Steak House Syss. v. … The decision of the board is affirmed. So ordered.

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  • Shine v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

    236 Mass. 419 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 11, 1920

    Faulkner v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 187 Mass. 254 . Hunt v. Boston Elevated Railway, 201 Mass. 182 . … Wadsworth v. Boston Elevated Railway, 182 Mass. 572 . Kelsey v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 181 Mass. 64 . Searles v. Manhattan Railway, 101 N. Y. 661 . Wiedmer v. New York Elevated Railway, 114 N.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Giles v. Eagle Insurance

    43 Mass. 140 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1840

    The crew board ed on shore, and board was paid for them ; and by their labor, assisted by others, the schooner was got off. And the expenses in Nos. 2 and 3 of the schedule, were paid to the captain and crew and others. … Co. v. Parker, 2 Pick. 1 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Flax

    259 Mass. 117 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1927

    Field v. Gooding, 106 Mass. 310, 313 . Lorain Steel Co. v. Norfolk & Bristol Street Railway, 187 Mass. 500, 505 . … Proprietors of Mills v. Randolph, 157 Mass. 345, 350 . Wheelwright v. Tax Commissioner, 235 Mass. 584, 586 .

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  • McNulty v. Whitney

    273 Mass. 494 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 16, 1930

    Bassett v. Brown, 105 Mass. 551, 557 . Plympton v. Dunn, 148 Mass. 523, 527 . McKinley v. Warren, 218 Mass. 310, 313 . Skillings v. Collins, 224 Mass. 275, 277 . … Bassett v. Brown, 105 Mass. 551, 557 .

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  • City of Newburyport v. Davis

    209 Mass. 126 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1911

    Chelmsford Co. v. Demarest, 7 Gray, 1 , 3. Middlesex Manuf. Co. v. Lawrence, 1 Allen, 339 . Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad v. Elwell, 8 Allen, 371 , Singer Manuf. Co. v. … O’Brien v. Murphy, 175 Mass. 253 .

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  • Martin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    216 Mass. 361 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1914

    The plaintiff’s married daughter and the latter’s little boy boarded the rear vestibule and entered the car. … Sauvan v. Citizens’ Electric Street Railway, 197 Mass. 176 .

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  • Millard v. Inhabitants of Egremont

    164 Mass. 430 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1895

    Fairbanks v. Fitchburg, 132 Mass. 42, 44 . Collins v. Holyoke, 146 Mass. 298 . … Kimball v. Salem, 111 Mass. 87 .

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  • Waters v. Stickney

    94 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1866

    In a subsequent case, both of the executors named in the will of William Brown, Jr. died after accepting the trust, the survivor having appointed Joseph Sherburne his executor. … Yet the judge of probate in Essex appointed John Brown administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of William.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Amsinck v. American Insurance

    129 Mass. 185 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 10, 1880

    Townsend v. Hargraves, 118 Mass. 325, 336 . Cahill v. Bigelow, 18 Pick. 369 . Beal v. Brown, 13 Allen, 114 . Norton v. Simonds, 124 Mass. 19 . See also Stone v. Dennison, 13 Pick. 1 . … Mulry v. Mohawk Valley Ins. Co. 5 Gray, 541 . Lincoln v. Lincoln, 12 Gray, 45 . Boston Relief & Submarine Co. v. Burnett, 1 Allen, 410 . Davis v. Travis, 98 Mass. 222 . Brigham v. Aldrich, 105 Mass. 212 . Hill v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Powers v. Rittenberg

    270 Mass. 221 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 1930

    Thomson v. Pentecost, 206 Mass. 505, 511 . Brown v. C. A. Pierce & Co. Inc. 229 Mass. 44, 47 . … Irving v. Thomas, 18 Maine, 418. Charbonnel v. Seabury, 23 R. I. 543. See also Andrews v. Jackson, 168 Mass. 266, 268 ; McKinley v. Warren, 218 Mass. 310, 313 ; Haven v. Neal, 43 Minn. 315, 317, 318 ; Moran v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Conroy v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    188 Mass. 411 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 21, 1905

    That part of the defendant’s railway with which this action is concerned was in a public way the control of which was in a board of park commissioners. … All that we deem it necessary to say in overruling the exceptions is that when the plaintiff left the car she ceased to be a passenger; Creamer v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kilgore v. Bruce

    166 Mass. 136 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1896

    Commonwealth v. Wood, 342 Mass. 459 . Fairchild v. McMahon, 139 N. Y. 290 . Falsehood as to rents received is similar in principle. Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 348 , 350. … Churchill v. Palmer, 115 Mass. 310, 323 . Fairchild v. McMahon, 139 N. Y. 290 . Mundorff v. Wickersham, 63 Penn. St. 87. French v. Ryan, 104 Mich. 625 . Cochran v. Chitwood, 59 Ill. 53 . Knappen v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Schanberg v. Automobile Insurance Co. of Hartford

    285 Mass. 316 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 14, 1934

    See also Stuart v. Reliance Ins. Co. 179 Mass. 434, 438 ; Bryan v. Traders’ Ins. Co. 145 Mass. 389 ; Dailey v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co. 131 Mass. 173 . Compare Brown v. Cotton & Woolen Manufacturers’ Mutual Ins. … Hood v. Adams, 124 Mass. 481 , and other cases cited in Barry v. Dudley, 282 Mass. 258, 259 . In White v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Cavarnos v. Kokkinakis

    338 Mass. 355 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 14, 1959

    Lynch v. Lyons, 303 Mass. 116, 118-119 . Restatement: Torts, §§ 570, 573. Prosser, Torts (2d ed.) § 92. … In Faxon v. School Comm. of Boston, 331 Mass. 531 , it was said, “Neither the school committee *358 nor the court exists in a vacuum.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • State Tax Commission v. New England Merchants National Bank of Boston

    355 Mass. 417 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 1969

    The cases were heard in the Appellate Tax Board on stipulations. The trusts were established under the wills of Ralph T. Entwistle and Manuel H. Lombard, residents of Massachusetts. … Compare Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. Baker, supra, at 611 . Nor is it dependent upon the trustee exercising its discretion. Compare State Tax Commn. v. Blinder, 336 Mass. 698 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Horne v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    206 Mass. 231 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1910

    The case comes within Kenneson v. West End Street Railway, 168 Mass. 1 ; Regan v. Lombard, 181 Mass. 329 ; Curtin v. Boston Elevated Railway, 194 Mass. 260 ; Ryan v. Fall River Iron Works Co. 200 Mass. 188 ; Ralph v. … Brown, J.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Cerricola v. Darena

    266 Mass. 267 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1929

    At the time of the letting to the plaintiff’s father, the roof was floored with boards, and was surrounded by a fence which followed the edge of the roof, passed around the *269 light shaft, and ended against the penthouse … Eisenhauer v. Ceppi, 238 Mass. 458 . Carroll v. Intercolonial Club of Boston, 243 Mass. 380 . Landers v. Brooks, 258 Mass. 1 . See also Noonan v. O’Hearn, 216 Mass. 583 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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