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  • Byam v. Bickford

    140 Mass. 31 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1885

    Bartlet v. King, 12 Mass. 537 . Hamblett v. Bennett, 6 Allen, 140 . Tucker v. Seaman's Aid Society, 7 Met. 188 . … Silloway v. Brown, 12 Allen, 30 . Marcy v. Marcy, 6 Met. 360 .

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Weld v. Walker

    130 Mass. 422 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 23, 1881

    Lakin v. Ames, 10 Cush. 198 , 221. Cunningham v. Reardon, 98 Mass. 538 . … O'Hare v. Downing, ante, 16.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Putnam v. Collamore

    120 Mass. 454 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1876

    If Goddard had paid it and taken an assignment, the mortgage would have been discharged under the authority of Brown v. … Gibson v. Crehore, 3 Pick. 475 . Kilborn v. Robbins, 8 Allen, 466 . McCabe v. Swap, 14 Allen, 188 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Bouthillier v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.

    189 Mass. 537 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 29, 1905

    Without stopping to consider whether the case does not fall within Cotter v. … See Bartlett v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, ante, 360. Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Marlborough Firefighters, Local 1714, I.A.F.F., AFL-CIO v. City of Marlborough

    375 Mass. 593 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1978

    The union then, availing itself of St. 1973, c. 1078, § 4 (legislation applicable to firefighters and police officers), petitioned the board to make an investigation. … Co. v. Austin, 202 So. 2d 179 (Fla. 1967); Hackman v. American Mut Liab. Ins. Co., 110 N.H. 87, 94-95 (1970); East India Trading Co. v. Halari, 280 App. Div. 420 (Sup.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Kirker

    362 Mass. 202 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1972

    See Commonwealth v. Binkiewicz, 342 Mass. 740, 758 . Cf. Whipple v. Rich, 180 Mass. 477, 479 . … Poust, 333 Mass. 689 ; Brown v. Commonwealth, 335 Mass. 476 . Judgment affirmed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Caba v. Probate Court

    363 Mass. 132 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 16, 1973

    He relies heavily on Peabody v. School Comm. of Boston, 115 Mass. 383 , as support for this proposition. … Our hesitancy in the premises arises from Powell v. McCormack, 395 U. S. 486 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Donovan v. McCarty

    155 Mass. 543 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1892

    Worcester, 139 Mass, 74; Sullivan v. Maine Central Railroad, 82 Maine, 196, and cases *548 there cited; Nagle v. Brown, 37 Ohio St. 7 ; to attend a funeral; Horne v. … Metropolitan Railroad, 14 Allen, 485 ; McGrath v. Merwin, 112 Mass. 467 ; Smith v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 120 Mass. 490 ; Bucher v. Fitchburg Railroad, 131 Mass. 156 ; Davis v. Somerville, 128 Mass. 594 ; Hamilton v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Copithorn v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    309 Mass. 363 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1941

    It was pointed out in Brown v. … reconsideration of the accuracy of the statement in the Klegerman case that, in an action at common law, the burden of proof is upon the plaintiff to show that no illegal act of his contributed to his injury, as the plaintiff in the Brown

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Fernald v. Bush

    131 Mass. 591 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1881

    Whitney v. Esson, 99 Mass. 308 . Smith v. Miller, 43 N. Y. 171 . … Garland v. Salem Bank, 9 Mass. 408 . Low v. Howard, 11 Cush. 268 . Kelley v. Brown, 5 Gray, 108 . New trial ordered.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Bentley v. Ward

    116 Mass. 333 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1874

    In Priest v. … Brown, for the plaintiff. Gray, C. J.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Bradley's Case

    269 Mass. 399 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 16, 1929

    This is an appeal by the insurer from a decree of the Superior Court, entered after a decision of the Industrial Accident Board. … Marsh v. Beraldi, 260 Mass. 225, 231 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • LaBranche v. A.J. Lane & Co.

    404 Mass. 725 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 24, 1989

    Registrar of Motor Vehicles v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 382 Mass. 580, 585 (1981). … Board of Educ., 392 Mass. 788 , 792 (1984), quoting Commonwealth v. Graham, 388 Mass. 115, 125 (1983). 6 Implied repeal of a *729 statute is not favored. See Dedham Water Co. v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Decker v. Worcester Junior College

    369 Mass. 960 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1975

    Greene v. Howard Univ., 412 F.2d 1128, 1133-1135 (D.C. Cir. 1969). Hillis v. Meister, 82 N.M. 474 (Ct. App. 1971). See Mendez v. Trustees of Boston Univ., 362 Mass. 353, 355 (1972); Rhine v. … See Haverhill Manor, Inc. v. Commissioner of Pub. Welfare, 368 Mass. 15, 31-32 (1975).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Voghel v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

    216 Mass. 165 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1913

    . *167 Saxon Mills v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 214 Mass. 383, 397 , in which some of the decisions which have settled this rule are collected. … Baker Co. v. Brown, 214 Mass. 196, 203 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Hewitt's Case

    225 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 1916

    The findings of the Industrial Accident Board in substance are: That Rollo S. … Sheldon v. Needham, [1914] W. C. & Ins. Rep. 274. Slade v. Taylor, [1915] W. C. & Ins. Rep. 53. McNicol’s Case, 215 Mass. 497 . Compare Pierce v. Provident Clothing & Supply Co. Ltd. [1911] 1 K. B. 997.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Harris v. Rayner

    25 Mass. 541 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 17, 1829

    See Roper v. Stone, Cooke, 499 ; Mosby v. Leeds, 3 Call, 439 ; Cook v. Bradley, 7 Connect. R. 57; Brown, v. Adams, 1 Stewart, 51 ; Chitty on Contr. (4th Am. ed.) 21 et seq.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Dos Santos v. Coleta

    465 Mass. 148 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 2013

    The danger from using a diving board in the shallow end of an in-ground pool would be open and obvious, but a defendant who installs or maintains the diving board in this manner would surely have reason to anticipate that … persons would use the board to propel themselves into the water despite the danger.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Bingham v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation

    249 Mass. 79 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1924

    Tax Commissioner v. Putnam, 227 Mass. 522, 526, 529, 530 . Brown v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation, 242 Mass. 242, 244 . Lapham v. Tax Commissioner, 244 Mass. 40, 42 . … In Jewett v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Beckford v. Inhabitants of Needham

    199 Mass. 369 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 1908

    The statute provides that, “ The boards, officers or other authority which purchases or takes land for street or highway purposes shall, within sixty days after the passage of its order or vote to take or purchase such land … Pond v. Negus, 3 Mass. 230 . Field v. Grooding, 106 Mass. 310, 313 . Fanning v. Commonwealth, 120 Mass. 388 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished

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