Case law

Page v. State Examiners of Plumbers

301 Mass. 90 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 7, 1938

This case was argued with Attorney General v. Union Plumbing Co. Inc., ante, 86. … The order of the board was valid under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 142, § 6, as amended. Petition dismissed. Memorandum. On the seventh dajr of July, 1938, the Honorable James Joseph Ronan was appointed a Justice of this court.

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.

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.

Sleeper v. Paige

81 Mass. 349 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1860

did not allow the deduction of the time of the defendant’s absence from the Commonwealth, unless he “ was permanently absent from and permanently resided out of the Commonwealth,” even if he retained no dwelling-house or boarding-place … Holmes v. Greene, 7 Gray, 299 . Collester v. Hailey, 6 Gray, 517 . Exceptions sustained. * See Langdon v. Doud, 6 Allen, 423 ; Whitney v. Sherborn, 12 Allen, 111 .

Kershaw v. Zecchini

342 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 30, 1961

See Dow v. Dow, supra, at p. 593 ; Foot v. Bauman, 333 Mass. 214, 217-218 ; Ottavia v. Savarese, 338 Mass. 330, 334 . … Compare Marshall v. Francis, 332 Mass. 282, 286-287 . 1 To constitute a disseisin it was necessary that Andresen’s possession be exclusive. Curtis v. Brown, 219 Mass. 157, 159 . Ansin v. Taylor, 262 Mass. 159, 164-165 .

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

Stockus v. Boston Housing Authority

304 Mass. 507 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 15, 1939

See Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160 ; Prusik v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 262 Mass. 451, 458 . … Filoon v. City Council of Brockton, 252 Mass. 218 . Burke v. Metropolitan District Commission, 262 Mass. 70 . Archambault v. Mayor of Lowell, 278 Mass. 327 . Slocum v. Medford, 302 Mass. 251 . Hegeman Farms Corp. v.

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.

Bentley v. Ward

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

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

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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).

Commonwealth v. Rodriguez

441 Mass. 1002 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 10, 2004

Commonwealth v. Villalobos, supra at 801 . … Keri Rudolph Brown, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

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.

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.

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 .

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 .

Martin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

262 Mass. 542 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1928

Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway, 224 Mass. 405 . Lotus v. Boston Elevated Railway, 261 Mass. 233 . … Stanley v. Boston Elevated Railway, 248 Mass. 494 . Alward v. Boston Elevated Railway, 250 Mass. 244 . Dullea v. Boston Elevated Railway, 251 Mass. 56 . Judgment for defendant on the verdict.