Case law

Cobb v. Library Bureau

260 Mass. 7 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1927

Longyear v. Hardman, 219 Mass. 405 . In re Election of St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. 15 Vroom, 529 , 541. … Daniels v. Newton, 114 Mass. 530 . Collins v. Snow, 218 Mass. 542, 545 . De Nuccio v. Caponigro, 259 Mass. 365 . Decrees affirmed with costs.

Beckwith v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority

354 Mass. 766 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1968

Peterson v. Waltham, 150 Mass. 564 . Hester v. Brockton, 251 Mass. 41 . DeVincent v. Public Welfare Commn. of Waltham, 319 Mass. 170, 171 . Del Grosso v. Board of Appeal of Revere, 330 Mass. 29, 32 , and cases cited.

Crain v. Paine

58 Mass. 483 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1849

Jones v. Witter, 13 Mass. 304 ; Prescott v. Hull, 17 Johns. 284 ; Henry v. Brown, 19 Johns. 95 ; Ford v. Stuart, 19 Johns. 342 ; Dunn v. Snell, 15 Mass. 481 . … Mortg. 1059, Rand’s ed.; Jones v. Gibbons, 9 Ves. 407, 411; Martin v. Mowlin, 2 Bur. 969 ; Green v. Hart, 1 Johns. 580 ; Parsons v. Welles, 17 Mass. 419 .

Keefe v. Flynn

116 Mass. 563 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1875

Burrows v. Glover, 106 Mass. 324 , and cases cited. … By that contract, O’Connell was to build j, house according to certain plans and specifications, and the defendant was to pay therefor $300 when the house was boarded, $300 when it was ready for plastering, and the balance

City of Lowell v. Simpson

92 Mass. 88 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1865

Pedrick v. Bailey, 12 Gray, 161 . … Day v. Green, 4 Cush. 433 .

Hall v. College of Physicians & Surgeons

254 Mass. 95 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1925

But no judgment had been entered as in Brown v. … Justice Barker in Hill v.

Puzzo v. Metropolitan Transit Authority

344 Mass. 756 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 31, 1962

No negligence is shown in the circumstance that a passenger among a group boarding a trackless trolley on the front side of a dividing post shoved the plaintiff (as “he went by, hit him in the back”) who was waiting behind … Ritchie v. Boston Elev. Ry. 238 Mass. 473, 474 . MacGilvray v. Boston Elev. Ry. 229 Mass. 65, 68 . Compare Danovitz v. Blue Hill St. Ry. 218 Mass. 42, 44 .

National Shawmut Bank v. Morey

320 Mass. 492 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1946

In Gray v. … We think the case is governed on this point, by Brown v. Wright, 168 Mass. 506, 509-510 , rather than by Abbott v. Williams, 268 Mass. 275, 284-285 . See Brown v. Wright, 194 Mass. 540, 544 ; Lyman v.

Old Colony Trust Co. v. Mabbett

334 Mass. 412 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 1956

North Adams National Bank v. Curtiss, 278 *416 Mass. 471, 481. Greene v. Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co. 295 Mass. 148, 154 . … Wilbur v. Hallett, 305 Mass. 554 . Waitt v. Harvey, 312 Mass. 384 . Jose v. Lyman, 316 Mass. 271 . New England Trust Co. v. Paine, 317 Mass. 542 . Reynolds v. Remick, 333 Mass. 1 . See Young v.

Daniels v. Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway Co.

175 Mass. 518 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1900

This contract was approved by the railroad commissioners, under St. 1888, c. 278, § 1, but had not been sanctioned by the board of aldermen under Pub. Sts. c. 118, § 48. … South Boston Railroad v. Middlesex Railroad, 121 Mass. 485, 489 .

Barrette v. Hight

353 Mass. 268 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 8, 1967

See Withington v. Jennings, 253 Mass. 484, 486 ; Klucken v. Levi, 293 Mass. 545, 550-551 ; Ramsland v. Shaw, 341 Mass. 56, 63 . … Manzoni v.

Sims v. Mayor of Boston

191 Mass. 382 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1906

Such a writ should be brought against the police board, to whom the control of police stations is given by St. 1885, c. 323, § 4, and whose duty it would be to reinstate the petitioner if his contention is right. … See in this connection Ham v. Boston Board of Police, 142 Mass. 90 . Petition dismissed.

Good v. School Committee

354 Mass. 759 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1968

Attorney Gen. v. Northampton, 143 Mass. 589, 590 . O’Donnell v. … Board of Appeals of Billerica, 349 Mass. 324, 327 . *760 We are of opinion that the appointment in question was an administrative and not a quasi-judicial act of the respondents. See Clark v.

Landers v. City of Boston

267 Mass. 17 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 1929

This statute was enacted at the session of the Legislature which convened next after the decision, on June 25,1918, of Chadwick v. … Every collector of taxes receiving a list and warrant from the board shall collect the assessment therein set forth, and at such times as the board shall direct shall pay over to the treasurer of the body politic on behalf

Commonwealth v. Masello

428 Mass. 446 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 9, 1998

Brown, 387 Mass. 220, 227 (1982), his story does not recount provocation adequate in law *450 to warrant a voluntary manslaughter instruction. See Commonwealth v. Curtis, 417 Mass. 619, 629 (1994); Commonwealth v. … Brown, supra at 227 (evidence that victim choked husband with shirt insufficient to require manslaughter instruction when husband had stabbed her twenty-seven times); Commonwealth v.

Town of Brookline v. Co-Ray Realty Co.

326 Mass. 206 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 3, 1950

Fenwick v. Old Saybrook, 133 Conn. 22, 29 . Carrolo v. Zoning Board of Westerly, 67 R. I. 128, 130. See Hubel v. McAdon, 190 Iowa, 677, 679 . … Dullea v. Retirement Board of Peabody, 317 Mass. 525, 528-529 . School Committee of Gloucester v. Gloucester, 324 Mass. 209, 220 . The interlocutory decree overruling the demurrer of the defendants Miller is affirmed.

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.

Dentino's Case

360 Mass. 856 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 1, 1971

From a final decree of the Superior Court in general accord with the reviewing board’s decision the insurer appealed. There was no error. … Andrade v. Correia, 358 Mass. 786, 788 . Decree affirmed.

Johanson v. Boston & Maine Railroad

153 Mass. 57 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1891

Weld v. Brooks, 152 Mass. 297 . Fitchburg Railroad v. Page, 131 Mass. 391 . White v. Chapin, 12 Allen, 516 , 519. … There was evidence that there were no gates and no sign-boards at the crossing; also, that the train went by at the rate of forty miles an hour.

Henze v. Building Inspector

359 Mass. 754 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 6, 1971

Caires v. Building Commr. of Hingham, 323 Mass. 589, 593-595, 597 . Lamarre v. Commissioner of Pub. Works of Fall River, 324 Mass. 542, 544-547 . Lanner v. Board of Appeal of Tewksbury, 348 Mass. 220, 228-230 .