Case law

Taylor v. Finnigan

189 Mass. 568 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 4, 1905

Royce v. Guggenheim, 106 Mass. 201 . De Witt v. Pierson, 112 Mass. 8 . Colburn v. Morrill, 117 Mass. 262 . Mirick v. Hoppin, 118 Mass. 582 . Bartlett v. Farrington, 120 Mass. 284 . Skally v. Shute, 132 Mass. 367 . … Holbrook v. Young, 108 Mass. 83, 85 . See Brown v. Holyoke Water Power Co. 152 Mass. 463 .

June v. Boston & Albany Railroad

153 Mass. 79 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1891

As towards him, there was no negligence on the part of the defendant or its servants in not providing a sign-board, gate, or flagman, and there was no duty to whistle, although in fact the engine was whistling. … See Metcalfe v. Cunard Steamship Co. 147 Mass. 66 ; Batchelor v. Fortescue, 11 Q. B. D. 474. There is a plain difference between this case and cases like Byrne v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, 104 N.

Connor v. Rockwood

320 Mass. 360 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1946

1941, by a deed containing a clause which restricted him for a period of twenty years from selling or conveying “the whole or any part thereof to any person or corporation without first securing approval in writing of the Board … See Putnam v. Grace, 161 Mass. 237, 247 ; Williston, Contracts (Rev. ed.) § 1422; Pomeroy, Specific Performance (3d ed.) § 334.

Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Commissioner of Insurance

358 Mass. 272 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 9, 1970

Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 348 Mass. 491, 498-499 . … Co. v. Commissioner of Ins. 329 Mass. 265, 270 . American Employers’ Ins. Co. v.

Everett v. Foster

223 Mass. 553 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 17, 1916

Medbury v. Watson, 6 Met. 246 . Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 348 . Manning v. Albee, 11 Allen, 520, 522. Cooper v. Lovering, 106 Mass. 77, 79 . Commonwealth v. Quinn, 222 Mass. 504 . … Scammon v. *556 Kimball, 92 U. S. 362 . Scovill v. Thayer, 105 U. S. 143, 152. Handley v. Stutz, 139 U. S. 417, 427 . See v. Heppenheimer, 3 Rob. 36, 79. Holcombe v. Trenton White City Co. 10 Buch. 122 .

Pickering v. Young

282 Mass. 292 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 9, 1933

Woodbury v. Hayden, 211 Mass. 202 . Johnson v. Johnson, 215 Mass. 276 . Slattery v. Wason, 151 Mass. 266 . Casey v. Genter, 276 Mass. 165 . King v. Denison, 1 V. & B. 260. Gilbert v. Bennett, 10 Sim. 371. Hughes v. … Browne v. Paull, 1 Sim. N. S. 92. Tucker v. Kayess, 4 Kay & Johns. 339. Clarke v. Hilton, L. R. 2 Eq. 810. Irvine v. Sullivan, L. R. 8 Eq. 673. Croome v. Croome, 59 L. T. (N. S.) 582, affirmed 61 L. T. (N. S.) 814.

Rasheed v. Department of Correction

455 Mass. 1017 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 31, 2009

L. c. 27, § 2, the Commissioner of Correction wrongly designated the deputy superintendent of Cedar Junction as his designee for purposes of referring an inmate to a DSU board. … Haverty v. Commissioner of Correction, 437 Mass. 737, 753, 762 (2002).

Long v. Inhabitants of Athol

196 Mass. 497 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 1907

Savage v. Stevens, 126 Mass. 207 . Brown v. Leach, 107 Mass. 364 . Salem India Rubber Co. v. Adams, 23 *505 Pick. 256 . Poland v. Brownell, 131 Mass. 138 . Brady v. Finn, 162 Mass. 260 . … This was the rule adopted at law in Bailey v. Marden, 193 Mass. 277 , Brown v. Woodbury, 183 Mass. 279 , Posner v. Seder, 184 Mass. 331, 333 , Simmons v. Lawrence Duck Co. 133 Mass. 298 , and Fitzgerald v.

City of Brockton v. Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare

352 Mass. 246 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 14, 1967

. ■ Daniel Baker on September 21,1964, applied to the Brock-ton board of public welfare (the local board) for hospital benefits under G. … The issue was not raised in Marlborough Hosp. v. Commissioner of Pub. Welfare, 346 Mass. 737 , or Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. v. Commissioner of Pub.

Aldrich v. Aldrich

215 Mass. 164 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 2, 1913

Laughton v. Atkins, 1 Pick. 535 . Brown v. Thorndike, 15 Pick. 388 . It is not contended that any specific *170 provision or clause had been revoked by later wills, but that the entire will had been nullified. … Patterson v. Hickey, 32 Ga. 156 . Burge v. Hamilton, 72 Ga. 568, 625 . In re Page, 118 Ill. 576 . McDonald v. McDonald, 142 Ind. 55 . Collagan v. Burns, 57 Maine, 449. Lawyer v. Smith, 8 Mich. 411 . Ewing v.

Torres v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

387 Mass. 776 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 23, 1982

L. c. 151 A, § 25 (e) (2)].” 2 A board of review denied the employee’s application for review, thus accepting the decision of the review examiner. See Schulte v. … Compare Oehme v. Whittemore-Wright Co., 279 Mass. 558, 563 (1932); McIntosh v. Abbot, 231 Mass. 180, 183 (1918).

Glaser v. Congregation Kehillath Israel

263 Mass. 435 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1928

Chase v. Dickey, 212 Mass. 555, 566 , and *437 many cases there collected. These cases have been followed in more recent decisions. That principle is not now open to discussion. Ripley v. Brown, 218 Mass. 33,37 . … Hart v. Cole, 156 Mass. 475 . Plummer v. Dill, 156 Mass. 426 . Massaletti v. Fitzroy, 228 Mass. 487, 507, 508 .

O'Keeffe v. John P. Squire Co.

188 Mass. 210 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1905

Some of the boards of the floor “ were warped or sprung into Y shape,” but no other defect is suggested. … The case must be classed with cases like Kanz v. Page, 168 Mass. 217 . Exceptions overruled.

Enos v. Church of St. John the Baptist

187 Mass. 40 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 22, 1904

See Dunphy v. Traveller Newspaper Association, 146 Mass. 495 . … The vote at the earlier of the two meetings called to consider the proposed payment did no more than to express the feeling of the board at that time, and the formal direction to the treasurer to make the payment given by

North Shore Corp. v. Selectmen of Topsfield

322 Mass. 413 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1948

Weidman v. Weidman, 274 Mass. 118, 125 . Bianco v. Lay, 313 Mass. 444, 450 . At the time of the enactment of the statute (G. L. [Ter. … Byfield v. Newton, 247 Mass. 46, 58 . Whitney v. Judge of the District Court of Northern Berkshire, 271 Mass. 448, 459 . Morrison v. Selectmen of Weymouth, 279 Mass. 486, 494-495 . Walsh v.

McCarthy v. Tobin

429 Mass. 84 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1999

On August 9, 1995, McCarthy executed an offer to purchase real estate on a pre-printed form generated by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board. … See Coan v.

McNamara v. Boston & Maine Railroad

288 Mass. 232 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 25, 1934

Sylvain v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 280 Mass. 503 . … Gillis v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 224 Mass. 541 , affirmed 249 U. S. 515 . Herlihy v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 227 Mass. 168, 172 . Beauchamp v.

Boyd v. Greene

162 Mass. 566 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1895

Gould v. Mansfield, 103 Mass. 408 . Wellington v. Apthorp, 145 Mass. 69 . … Lawrence v. Chase, 54 Maine, 196. Richards v. Richards, 9 Gray, 313 . Browne, St. of Frauds, § 266.

Boardman v. Boston Marine Insurance

146 Mass. 442 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 12, 1888

This is an action upon a policy of insurance on freight on hoard or not on board schooner Theresa for one year. … Thwing v. Washington Ins. Co. at p. 461. Whitney v. New York Firemen's Ins. Co. 18 Johns. 208, 210 . Allen v. Commercial Ins. Co. 1 Gray, 154 , 157.

Opinion of the Justices to the Governor

373 Mass. 911 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 8, 1977

Sego v. Kirkpatrick, 86 N.M. 359, 369-370 (1974). State ex rel. Brown v. Ferguson, 32 Ohio St. 2d 245, 252 (1972). … Turner v. Iowa State Highway Comm'n, 186 N.W.2d 141, 151-152 (Iowa 1971), and State ex rel. Sundby v. Adamany, 71 Wis. 2d 118, 135 (1976), with Patterson v. Dempsey, 152 Conn. 431, 439-443 (1965), and Jessen Assocs. v.