Case law

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.

Produce Exchange Trust Co. v. Bieberbach

176 Mass. 577 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 17, 1900

See Hunt v. Adams, 6 Mass. 519 ; Ames v. Colburn, 11 Gray, 390 . … See Pritchard v. Hennessey, 1 Gray, 294 ; Winslow v. Draper, 8 Pick. 170 ; Chapman v. Coffin, 14 Gray, 454 ; Vennard v. McConnell, 11 Allen, 555 ; Mason v. Massa, 122 Mass. 477 ; Brown v. Dean, 123 Mass. 254 ; Kenney v.

Daley v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad

241 Mass. 78 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 6, 1922

See in this connection Hickey v. Boston & Lowell Railroad, 14 Allen, 429 ; Fletcher v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 187 Mass. 463 ; Renaud v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 210 Mass. 553, 555 . … The case is distinguishable from that of a passenger upon a platform or running board of a street car, where there is evidence that the carrier expressly or impliedly agreed to carry him safely in such an unprotected position

Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council

309 Mass. 609 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1941

Willar v. Commonwealth, 297 Mass. 527, 529 . … Willar v. Commonwealth, 297 Mass. 527, 529 .

Beale v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.

196 Mass. 119 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 1907

O'Shaughnessy v. Suffolk Brewing Co. 145 Mass. 569 . Slattery v. Lawrence Ice Co. 190 Mass. 79 . Aiken v. Holyoke Street Railway, 180 Mass. 8 . … Evensen v. Lexington & Boston Street Railway, 187 Mass. 77 . Hartford v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 184 Mass. 365 . Galbraith v. West End Street Railway, 165 Mass. 572 . Commonwealth v.

Conklin v. Consolidated Railway Co.

196 Mass. 302 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1907

Commonwealth v. Snell, 189 Mass. 12 . State v. Lapage, 57 N. H. 245. Hopkins v. Commonwealth, 50 Penn. St. 9. State v. Grant, 79 Mo. 113 . Dixon v. State, 13 Fla. 636 . Shaw v. State, 102 Ga. 660 . Burton v. … Brown v. Gordon, 1 Gray, 182 . Coleman v. New York & New Haven Railroad, 106 Mass. 160 . Collins v. Wise, 190 Mass. 206 .

Leader v. Hycor, Inc.

395 Mass. 215 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1985

He indicated that the board of directors had no plans to increase dividends. … In Teschner v.

Whithead v. Keyes

85 Mass. 495 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1862

It was so decided by Holroyd, J. in Adey v. Bridges, 2 Stark. R. 189. In Jackson v. … May v. Proby, 3 Bulst. 200, 1 Rol. R. 388, 440, and Cro. Jac. 419. Watson’s Sheriff, 60. Griffin v. Brown, 2 Pick. 304 , 310. Buckminster v. Applebee, 8 N. H. 547. Sutton v. Allison, 2 Jones Law B. (N. C.) 341. 5.

Commonwealth v. Genius

402 Mass. 711 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1988

While it is true that the granting of a new trial is within the discretion of the judge, see Commonwealth v. Preston, 393 Mass. 318, 324-325 (1984), that discretion is not boundless and absolute. See Commonwealth v. … Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 171-172 (1979), and whether the information was of such relevance and materiality that it created a substantial risk that the jury would have reached a different conclusion if the evidence had been admitted

Jorgensen v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

394 Mass. 800 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 13, 1985

Jorgensen appealed to the board of review (board), which denied her application for review, thereby making the decision of the director the final decision of the board. See. G. L. c. 151A, § 41 (c). … DiNatale v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 393 Mass. 655, 657 (1985). Torres v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 387 Mass. 776, 779 (1982). Goodridge v.

DiCarlo v. Suffolk Construction Co., Inc. Professional Electrical Contractors of Connecticut (SJC-11854) Martin v. Angelini Plastering, Inc.

473 Mass. 624 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 12, 2016

See Diaz v. … Section 15 precludes such a  18 result by requiring that all settlements be approved by the board or reviewing board of the Department of Industrial Accidents

Pineo v. White

320 Mass. 487 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 2, 1946

Brown v. General Trading Co. 310 Mass. 263, 266 . Krikorian v. Grafton Co-operative Bank, 312 Mass. 272 . Cooperstein v. Bogas, 317 Mass. 341 . … Saunders v. Dunn, 175 Mass. 164 . Hart v. Louis S. Levi Co. 303 Mass. 477 . Perry v.

Chief Administrative Justice v. Service Employees International Union

383 Mass. 791 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1981

See Cape Cod Gas Co. v. United Steelworkers Local 13507, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 258, 261-265 (1975), and cases cited. Cf. Torrington v. Metal Prods. Workers Local 1645, 362 F.2d 677, 681-682 (2d Cir. 1966). … See School Comm. of Southbridge v. Brown, 375 Mass. 502, 504 (1978), and cases cited. The arbitrator’s opinion here manifests fidelity to his obligations; he did not “dispense his own brand of industrial justice.”

Pettit v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

231 Mass. 394 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1918

Soon after the policy was issued he gave it to the plaintiff, and told her that it was to secure her in case he should not live to pay what he owed her for board. … Stevens v. Warren, 101 Mass. 564 . Lewis v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 178 Mass. 52 . O’Brien v. Continental Casualty Co. 184 Mass. 584 .

Browne v. Cogswell

87 Mass. 556 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1863

As was said in Dole v. … Upon the whole, although, as was said by Lord Eldon in Hotham v.

Adams v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.

257 Mass. 115 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 1, 1926

See Barnard v. Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad, 7 Allen, 512; Field v. Lamson & Goodnow Manuf. Co. 162 Mass. 388 ; Fernald v. Frank Ridlon Co. 246 Mass. 64 ; New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Nickals, 119 U. … Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co. 212 U. S. 1, 14 . Regan v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust *133 Co. 154 U. S. 362, 407 . Southern Railway v. Carnegie Steel Co. 176 U. S. 257, 288, 289 .

Arlington National Bank v. Bennett

214 Mass. 352 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1913

Sohier v. Loring, 6 Cush. 537 , 547. Potter v. Green, 6 Allen, 442 . McKim v. … Hunt v. Brown, 146 Mass. 253, 254, 255 . But the defendants have not been harmed.

DeBlois v. Boylston & Tremont Corp.

281 Mass. 498 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 12, 1933

XVII reads: “The board of Directors shall *512 have the management of all business of the Company.” … Brown v. Henry, 172 Mass. 559, 566 . The authority given Mr. Stoneman was to go ahead with the agreement presented in the letter of September 28, 1929. The trial judge found that Mr.

Commonwealth v. Hayden

211 Mass. 296 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1912

Newton v Belger, 143 Mass. 598 . Commonwealth v. Maletsky, 203 Mass. 241 . Winthrop v. New England Chocolate Co. 180 Mass. 464 . This construction is confirmed by the terms of § 10 of the same chapter 104. … alteration, maintenance or use of a building” in violation of an ordinance (thus repeating three of the words used in § 1), and also “the further construction, alteration or repair of a building,” condemned as unsafe by a board

Commonwealth v. Ahmad

463 Mass. 421 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 2012

See Commonwealth v. Brown, 14 Gray 419 , 432 (1860). … The view of a prominent mid-century treatise, cited in both Commonwealth v. Brown, supra, and Commonwealth v.