Case law

Whiting v. Board of Public Works

222 Mass. 22 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 20, 1915

It was said in Simpson v. … Logan v. Mayor & Aldermen of Lawrence, 201 Mass. 506, 511 . It does not abridge but enlarges the powers of the board contained in the charter.

Board of Assessors v. Zayre Corp.

364 Mass. 335 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1973

[taxing authority], except upon questions of law raised by the pleadings or by an agreed statement of facts or shown by the report of the board.” Cohen v. Assessors of Boston, 344 Mass. 268, 271 (1962). Leen v. … For cases holding that c. 30A applied to the review of tax board proceedings before the 1968 amendment, see Children’s Hosp. Medical Center v.

Austin v. Board of Aldermen

96 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1867

But, as was said in Me Culloeh v. … In Van Allen v.

Howard v. State Board of Retirement

325 Mass. 211 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1950

The petitioner thereupon applied to the board for a hearing under § 16 (2). Ultimately the board refused this request. The board was right. … Wardwell v. Leggat, 291 Mass. 428, 430-431 . When his successor was appointed and qualified all his rights in the office came to an end.

Taber Mill v. Board of Assessors

261 Mass. 432 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1927

It was the duty of the board of assessors, who are public officers, to act within a reasonable time upon the petition, and to determine whether an abatement should be granted or refused. Milford Water Co. v. … Cox v. Segee, 206 Mass. 380, 382 . Dexter v. Beverly, 249 Mass. 167 .

Adams v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

414 Mass. 360 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 19, 1993

Adams v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 26 Mass. App. … Baruffaldi v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 337 Mass. 495, 500-501 (1958). Blanchette v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 20 Mass. App.

McPherson v. Board of Street Commissioners

251 Mass. 34 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 1925

This duty the board cannot *38 delegate; nor can it make the decision or approval of any other a condition of its own determination. Commonwealth v. Staples, 191 Mass. 384 . Commonwealth v. Maletsky, 203 Mass. 241 . … Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259 . The vote of revocation recites that “ the action of the board was under a misunderstanding ”; but the record before us fails to show anything in support of this assertion.

Gove v. Zoning Board of Appeals

444 Mass. 754 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 26, 2005

Because Chatham prohibits construction of new residences in the conservancy district, the zoning board of appeals of Chatham (board) denied the Greniers a building permit. … The board upheld the decision of the zoning officer. Gove and the Greniers then filed one suit against the selectmen and board and another against the conservation commission of Chatham.

Board of Selectmen v. County Commissioners

399 Mass. 507 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 23, 1987

The plaintiff, the board of selectmen of Braintree (board), brought an action in the Superior Court seeking to enjoin the defendants from using a building which is part of Norfolk County Hospital as a correctional facility … In Codman v.

Yebba v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

406 Mass. 830 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1990

Like his counterpart in the case of Milton v. Personnel Adm’r, Dep’t of Personnel Admin., ante 818 (1990), the judge concluded that G. … See Horrigan v. Mayor of Pittsfield, 298 Mass. 492, 496 (1937).

Tran v. Zoning Board of Appeals

439 Mass. 1005 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 22, 2003

Tran had sought leave to file a notice of appeal, nearly seventeen *1006 months late, from a judgment of the Orleans District Court affirming a decision of the zoning board of appeals of Provincetown denying Tran permission … Although we need not consider those items, see Milton v. Boston, 427 Mass. 1016, 1017 (1998), and cases cited, nothing in them changes the result.

Mullen v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

343 Mass. 641 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 15, 1962

L. c. 30A), which became effective July 1,1955, certiorari was the appropriate remedy for the correction of errors by the appeal board. Hough v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 309 Mass. 534, 535 , and cases cited. … Cassier v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 332 Mass. 237, 238 . Hunt v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 332 Mass. 625, 626 . Although it was held in Mathewson v.

Volin v. Board of Public Accountancy

422 Mass. 175 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1996

Moore v. … See Sarnafil, Inc. v. Peerless Ins. Co., 418 Mass. 295, 307 (1994); Mathis v. Massachusetts Elec. Co., 409 Mass. 256, 264 (1991); Castellucci v. United States Fidelity & Guar.

Namvar v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

422 Mass. 1004 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1996

The Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (board) decided that the plaintiff was not injured “while in the performance of’ her duties, relying on 1959 opinions of this court. See Boston Retirement Bd. v. … Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 340 Mass. 112, 112-113 (1959) (employee injured on employer’s premises while returning to work after lunch, not injured “while in the performance” of her duties); Boston Retirement Bd. v.

Coe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

442 Mass. 250 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 3, 2004

In Doe v. … Meadows v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision, 181 Or. App. 565, 577-578 (2002).

Perlow v. Board of Dental Examiners

332 Mass. 682 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 9, 1955

McMurdo v. Getter, 298 Mass. 363, 367, 368. Graves v. Minnesota, 272 U. S. 425. Sender v. Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners, 294 U. S. 608 . … Missouri Dental Board, 348 Mo. 616 ; Curtis v. State, 78 Okla. Crim. 282 . In the case of Amsel v.

Toothaker v. Planning Board of Billerica

346 Mass. 436 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 1963

Nor can it be argued that the planning board lacks power under § 810 and § 81FF to regulate access to the lots of the 1914 plan. … Prentiss v. Glouces *440 ter, 236 Mass. 36, 52-54 . Wellwood v. Havrah Mishna Anshi Sphard Cemetery Corp. 254 Mass. 350, 354-355 . Goldstein v. Beal, 317 Mass. 750, 754-756 . Compare Walker v. E. William & Merrill C.

Pequot Associates v. Board of Assessors

376 Mass. 270 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 29, 1978

The only issues before us are whether the board’s decisions are supported by substantial evidence or are erroneous as matter of law. See generally New Bedford Gas & Light Co. v. … Sydney v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxation, supra at 291.

Roach v. State Board of Retirement

331 Mass. 41 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1954

See Kinney v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 330 Mass. 302 . The defendant board, accordingly, refuses to recognize that he has any right to an allowance upon retirement. … In Kinney v.

Wood v. Board of Election Commissioners

269 Mass. 67 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 10, 1929

Rowe v. Tuck, 149 Ga. 88 . Wachter v. McEvoy, 125 Md. 399, 407, 408 . Forman v. Bostwick, 139 App. Div. (N. Y.) 333, 334. State v. Carroll, 57 Wash. 202 . Other cases to the same point are collected in 5 Am. L. … Graham v. Roberts, 200 Mass. 152, 157 . Attorney General v. Tufts, 239 Mass. 458, 480 .