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  • DiMartino v. Quality Industrial Propane, Inc.

    407 Mass. 171 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1990

    Co. v. Atlantic Research Corp., 395 Mass. 1009, 1010 (1985). … In Richard v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Beaumont v. Director of Hospitals & Superintendent of the Boston City Hospital

    338 Mass. 25 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1958

    Following a hearing held on April 26, 1957, by the hospital board of trustees (the appointing authority under G. … Peckham v. Mayor of Fall River, 253 Mass. 590, 593 . Bois v. Mayor of Fall River, 257 Mass. 471. She did not adopt that course but instead requested a hearing before the commission under § 43 (b).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Bearse v. Lebowich

    212 Mass. 344 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1912

    King v. Nichols, 138 Mass. 18, 21 . Kidd v. Hurley, 9 Dick. 177. Cuyler v. Ensworth, 6 Paige, 32 . Arnold v. Green, 116 N. Y. 566 . Aldrich v. Cooper, 8 Ves. 382, 395. Heyman v. Dubois, L. R. 13 Eq. 158. … Allen v. Brown, 124 Mass. 77 . Watertown Fire Ins. Co. v. Simmons, 131 Mass. 85 . Welch v. Walsh, 177 Mass. 555 . Boston Penny Savings Bank v. Bradford, 181 Mass. 199 . North Avenue Savings Bank v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. a Juvenile (No. 2)

    411 Mass. 157 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 12, 1991

    Commonwealth v. Sergienko, 399 Mass. 291, 294 (1987), quoting Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730, 740 (1983). See Commonwealth v. Simmons, 392 Mass. 45, 48-49 , cert. denied, 469 U.S. 861 (1984). See. also 1 W.R. … See Texas v. Brown, supra at 730 ; Commonwealth v. Sergienko, supra at 294 ; Commonwealth v. Cavanaugh, 366 Mass. 277 (1974).

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  • Snow v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    303 Mass. 420 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1939

    O’Toole v. Boston Elevated Railway, 211 Mass. 517, 518 , and cases cited. Austin v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway, 269 Mass. 420, 425 . Butler v. Graves, 284 Mass. 84, 86 . White v. … DeLodge v. Boston Elevated Railway, 300 Mass. 219, 222 . Brown v. Boston Elevated Railway, ante, 237, 239.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Johnson v. Town of Milton

    349 Mass. 736 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 9, 1965

    The vote of the board of selectmen of October 14, 1943, reads as follows: “Whereas it is found by this board that Henry J. … See Bolster v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. 319 Mass. 81, 84-85 ; Gillam v. Board of Health of *739 Saugus, 327 Mass. 621, 623 ; Milton v. Metropolitan Dist. Commn. 342 Mass. 222 .

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  • City of Chelsea v. Treasurer & Receiver General

    237 Mass. 422 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1921

    Sears v. Board of Aldermen of Boston, 173 Mass. 71, 78 . De las Casas, petitioner, 180 Mass. 471 . Kingman, petitioner, 170 Mass. 111, 119 . Scituate v. Weymouth, 108 Mass. 128, 130 . … Norwich v. County Commissioners, 13 Pick. 60 . Kingman, petitioner, 153 Mass. 566 . Prince v. Crocker, 166 Mass. 347, 359 . Williams v. Eggleston, 170 U. S. 304, 311 . Carson v.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Ross v. Michael

    246 Mass. 126 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 6, 1923

    Bruce v. Priest, 5 Allen, 100 . … Brown v. Cummings, 7 Allen, 507 . Miller v. Curtis, 158 Mass. 127, 132 . 2. The question put to the witness Butler, the defendant’s gardener, by the plaintiff, “ Did you say anything about Mrs.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Barry

    397 Mass. 718 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 12, 1986

    Brown, 392 Mass. 632, 638-639 (1984); Commonwealth v. Watson, 388 Mass. 536 , 544 n.7 (1983). We have reviewed the record in this case, and we summarize the evidence. Edward J. White testified as follows. … Brown, 395 Mass. 604, 606, 607 (1985) (judge’s failure to follow procedures set forth in rule 6 constituted reversible error without showing of prejudice to defendant). The sole issue on the appeal in Commonwealth v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Bacon v. Leonard

    21 Mass. 277 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 15, 1827

    The case of Clark v. Austin, 2 Pick. 528 , relied upon by the plaintiff, does in no respect militate against this decision. … See Brown v. Bellows, ante, 190, note See Revised Stat. c, 97, § 32.

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  • Kelley v. City of Boston

    186 Mass. 165 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1904

    Thus in Curran v. … Boston, 151 Mass. 505 , it was held that the defendant was not liable for personal injuries occasioned to an inmate of *167 its house of industry, by the negligence of the officers and servants employed by the board of public

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Adams v. Commonwealth

    415 Mass. 360 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 1, 1993

    See Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 169 (1977) (“[wjhatever the sequence may be, the Fifth Amendment forbids successive prosecution and cumulative punishment for a greater and lesser included offense”); Commonwealth v. … See United States v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Highland Foundry Co. v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

    199 Mass. 403 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 17, 1908

    See among other cases, McGinn v. Platt, 177 Mass. 125 ; St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Dawson, 77 Ark. 434 ; Gibbons v. Wisconsin Valley Railroad, 66 Wis. 161 ; Wilson v. … Whalen, 16 Gray, 25 , Commonwealth v. Poisson, 157 Mass. 510 , McCoy v. Jordan, 184 Mass. 575 .

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Hunt v. Bassett

    269 Mass. 298 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1929

    Smith & Rice Co. v. Canady, supra, at page 125. Harvey v. Bross, 216 Mass. 57, 61 . Donovan Motor Car Co. v. Niles, supra. … Irvin v. Gregory, 13 Gray, 215 , 218. Brown v. Davis, 138 Mass. 458, 460 . Cole v. Killam, 187 Mass. 213, 216 . Smith & Rice Co. v. Canady, supra, at page 124. Morgan v. Forbes, supra. Roche v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Sutherland v. Caruso

    258 Mass. 513 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1927

    Moran v. Dickinson, 204 Mass. 559, 562 . Driscoll v. Boston Elevated Railway, 223 Mass. 533, 536 . … Taylor, 189 Mass. 583, 586 , Gauthier v. Quick, 250 Mass. 258, 261 , Davicki v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Howe v. West End Street Railway Co.

    167 Mass. 46 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 23, 1896

    The regulation of street railways which boards of aldermen and selectmen are empowered to make has this end in view. Pub. Sts. c. 113, § 27. … Montgomery v. Santa Ana Westminster Railway, 104 Cal. 186 . Barney v. Keokuk, 94 U. S. 324 . Nichols v. Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Street Railway, 87 Mich. 361 . Newell v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Benjamin v. Wheeler

    81 Mass. 486 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1860

    The case of Elder v. Bemis, 2 Met. 599 , has settled the construction of the Rev. … The surveyor usually acts upon his sole responsibility in the discharge of his ordinary duties, while the selectmen act together as a board of public officers.

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  • Rhode v. Beacon Sales Co.

    416 Mass. 14 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 23, 1993

    In determining the amount of ‘excess’ that *18 shall be subject to offset against any future compensation payment the board, the reviewing board, or the court in which the action has been commenced shall consider the fair … See, e.g., DiMartino v. Quality Indus. Propane, Inc., supra; Daly’s Case, supra; Hunter v. Midwest Coast Transp., Inc., supra; Richard v. Arsenault, supra.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Rogers v. Abbot

    206 Mass. 270 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1910

    Ricker v. Cutter, 8 Gray, 248 . Smith v. Faulkner, 12 Gray, 251 . Marble v. Moore, 102 Mass. 443 . Goodnow v. Davenport, 115 Mass. 568. … Wright v. Quirk, 105 Mass. 44 . Campbell v. Brown, 121 Mass. 516 . See also in this connection Watertown Ins. Co. v. Simmons, 131 Mass. 85 ; Welch v. Walsh, 177 Mass. 555 .

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Bellermann v. Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Co.

    475 Mass. 67 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 29, 2016

    See Leardi v. Brown, 394 Mass. 151, 155 (1985). … L. c. 93A, § 3 (exempting from treatment as "unfair business practice" transactions permitted by regulatory board of Commonwealth).

    Cited 18 timesPublished

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