Case law

Lydon v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.

209 Mass. 529 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 5, 1911

In Prince v. … See MacDonald v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. 208 Mass. 199 ; Horne v. Boston Elevated Railway, 206 Mass. 231 ; Hamma v. Haverhill Gas Light Co. 203 Mass. 572 ; French v. Sabin, 202 Mass. 240 ; Ralph v.

Donahue v. Parkman

161 Mass. 412 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1894

Hinton v. Sparkes, L. R. 3 C. P. 161. Catton v. Bennett, 51 L. T. (N. S.) 70. See also Sage v. Central Railroad, 99 U. … D. 88 ; Thomas v. Brown, 1 Q. B. D. 714 ; Best v. Hammond, 12 Ch. D. 1. In other cases a deposit with an agreement for forfeiture is treated as liquidated damages. Lea v. Whitaker, L. R. 8 C. P. 70. Essex v. Daniell, L.

Cunningham v. Ganley

267 Mass. 375 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 31, 1929

American Broaching Machine Co. v. Marlborough Board of Trade, 231 Mass. 522 . C. A. Spencer & Sons Co. v. Merrimas Valley Power & Buildings Co. 242 Mass. 176 . … Baker v. Langley, 247 Mass. 127, 132 . No such defence to this suit is set up. In a tenancy by the entirety the husband is entitled to the rents and profits of the real estate. Raptes v. Pappas, 259 Mass. 37, 38 .

Butler v. Seward

92 Mass. 466 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1865

Brown v. Lapham, 3 Cush. 551 . Kilborn v Robbins, 8 Allen, 471 . … Comstock v. Smith, 13 Pick. 119 . Trull v. Eastman, 3 Met. 124 .

William W. Drummey, Inc. v. City of Cambridge

282 Mass. 170 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 20, 1933

The charter of the city forbade any department, board or commission to make contracts involving an amount of $500 or more except in writing; and required the approval of the mayor and the contracting department or board. … In Rollins v.

Commonwealth v. Wallace

294 Mass. 31 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1936

The levy is not on property but upon a specified use of property. . . . *35 It is not laid upon the importer for the privilege of importing (compare Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat. 419 ; Bowman v. … Compare Sonneborn Bros. v. Cureton, 262 U. S. 506 ; Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Wallace, 288 U. S. 249 ; Edelman v. Boeing Air Transport, Inc., 289 U. S. 249 .

Rock v. Dennett

155 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1892

Gifford v. Helms, 98 U. S. 248 . Wisner v. Brown, 122 U. S. 214 . Greene v. Taylor, 132 U. S. 415 . In the case last cited it is said by Mr. … As is said by Miller, J., in Bailey v.

Meeker v. Oszust

307 Mass. 366 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1940

In Harris v. … In Madigan v.

Manning v. Albee

93 Mass. 520 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1866

Medbury v. Watson, 6 Met. 259 , 260. Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 350 . Veasey v. Doton, 3 Allen, 381 . Hemmer v. Cooper, 8 Allen, 334 . … See also Sandford v. Handy, 23 Wend. 269 .

Lockwood v. Corey

150 Mass. 82 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 11, 1889

It has been decided that the property employed in carrying on a farm or boarding-house, and the debts which thus become due her, are subject to attachment as the property of the husband. Chapman v. … Dawes v. Rodier, 125 Mass. 421 . Snow v. Sheldon, 126 Mass. 332 .

Prichard v. Farrar

116 Mass. 213 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 1, 1874

Rapelye v. Prince, 4 Hill, 119 . Brown v. Sprague, 5 Denio, 545 . Burke v. Miller, 4 Gray, 114 . 1 Greenl. Ev. § 523. … Heard v. Lodge, 20 Pick. 53 . Tracy v. Maloney, 105 Mass. 90 . Cutter v. Evans, 115 Mass. 27 . In Tracy v.

Commonwealth v. Hebert

373 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 28, 1977

The defendant’s reliance on People v. Brown, 21 App. Div. 2d 738 (N.Y. 1964), is misplaced. … In New York, manslaughter is a statutory crime, and at the time of the Brown decision the offense was defined to exclude any intentional conduct. See People v. Foster, 19 N.Y.2d 160 , 152-153 (1967).

Miller v. Clark

25 Mass. 412 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 15, 1830

See Fairfield v. Baldwin, 12 Pick. 388 . See Seely v. Brown, 14 Pick, 177; Wright v. Brownell, 3 Vermont R 435; Robeson v. Thompson, 4 Halsted, 97; Matthews v. Armstrong, 4 Verger, 181; Pellv. … Griggs, 4 Cowen, 426; Bluc Stout, 3 Cowen, 354; Bryan v. Bradley, 1 Taylor, 77 ; Waples v. Derrickson, 1 Harring. 134 ; Murrel v. Halbert, 1 Bailey, 238 ; West v. Rutledge, 4 Devereux, 40; Woodfolk v.

Wingrove v. Leney

312 Mass. 683 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 30, 1942

Voigt v. Voigt, 252 Mass. 582 . Raptes v. Pappas, 259 Mass. 37 . Licker v. Gluskin, 265 Mass. 403 . Franz v. Franz, 308 Mass. 262, 265 . … The only defect in the stairway which, according to the testimony, caused the accident was the looseness of the top board of the stairway.

Town of Holbrook v. Town of Randolph

374 Mass. 437 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 21, 1978

In 1972, however, the Holbrook representatives on the joint board began to seek an adjustment of the “equal” arrangement required by St. 1885, c. 217, § 13. … Co. v. Commissioner of Ins., ante 181, 190 (1978), as follows: “The plaintiffs carry a heavy burden in seeking to overcome the statute’s presumption of constitutionality. See El Paso v.

Healey v. Commissioner of Correction

463 Mass. 1001 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 27, 2012

person are governed by the 1958 version of the sexually dangerous person law; that he is entitled to be evaluated by psychiatrists rather than psychologists under that law; that he is entitled to hearings before the parole board … See MacDougall v. Commonwealth, 447 Mass. 505, 510-511 (2006). With respect to the claimed violation of his speedy trial right, any such “violation can be remedied on appeal from any adverse judgment.” Stevens v.

Institution for Savings in Roxbury & its Vicinity v. Roxbury Home for Aged Women

244 Mass. 583 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 26, 1923

Norris v. Loomis, 215 Mass. 344 . Bowden v. Brown, 200 Mass. 269 . … Odell v. Odell, supra.

Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District v. Labor Relations Commission

386 Mass. 414 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 3, 1982

“This does not permit a court to treat the proceeding as a trial de novo on the record which was before the administrative board. … Board of Educ., Central School Dist. No. 1 v. Helsby, 37 App.

Pickwick v. McCauliff

193 Mass. 70 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 16, 1906

Mahar v. Steuer, 170 Mass. 454 . McMahon v. … Leddy v. Barney, supra.

Eldred v. Mackie

178 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1901

Curley v. Harris, 11 Allen, 112 . … In regard to Indermaur v. Dames, L. R. 1 C.