Case law

Bowers v. Hammond

139 Mass. 360 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 3, 1885

Clark v. Child, 136 Mass. 344 . … A similar question arose in Brown v. Lamb, 6 Met. 203 .

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.”

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.

McArthur Bro's v. Commonwealth

197 Mass. 137 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 1, 1908

This is a petition brought against the Commonwealth for damages alleged to have been suffered by the petitioner by reason of breaches, committed by the Commonwealth, acting through the metropolitan water and sewerage board … Commonwealth, v. Mechanics Ins. Co. 112 Mass. 192 . Business damages, St. 1895, c. 488, § 15. Sawyer v. Metropolitan Water Board, 178 Mass. 267 . Sawyer v. Com monwealth, 182 Mass. 245 .

Johnson v. Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.

301 Mass. 348 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 26, 1938

Newell v. Wm. Filene’s Sons Co. 296 Mass. 489 . McBreen v. Collins, 284 Mass. 253 , and cases cited. Renzi v. Boston Elevated Railway, 293 Mass. 228 . … Gibb v. Hardwick, 241 Mass. 546, 549 . Cross v. Albee, 250 Mass. 170, 177 . Hough v. Boston Elevated Railway, 262 Mass. 91, 93-94 .

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. 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.

Andrews v. Keith

168 Mass. 558 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 14, 1897

We must assume that the defendant left the horse to be boarded at the plaintiff’s stable at a certain rate per week, and without further agreement or explanation. … Preston v. Neale, ubi supra. See Harter v. Blanchard, 64 Barb. 617 ; Handford v. Palmer, 5 Moore, 74, 79.

Lerned v. Wannemacher

91 Mass. 412 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1864

This is the rule of the text books; 2 Kent Com. (6th ed.) 511; Browne on St. of Frauds, § 350; and its general correctness is well settled. Morton v. Dean, 13 Met. 385 . … Cummings v. Arnold, 3 Met. 486 . Stearns v. Hall, 9 Cush. 31 .

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

Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co. v. First Unitarian Society

293 Mass. 480 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1936

Sparhawk v. Sparhawk, 114 Mass. 356 . See Brown v. Dunham, 11 Gray, 42 , and Day v. Old Colony Trust Co. 228 Mass. 225, 229 . … Brown v. French, 125 Mass. 410, 416 . Bowker v. Pierce, 130 Mass. 262, 264 . North Adams National Bank v. Curtiss, 278 Mass. 471, 482 .

Ayers v. State Tax Commission

349 Mass. 132 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 30, 1965

Madden v. … In Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v.