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  • Souza v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

    270 Mass. 189 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 1930

    A record of the board of health of Fall River, admitted without objection, showed that in February, 1921, John G. … Ayers v. Ratshesky, 213 Mass. 589 . Dolan v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, 173 Mass. 197, 202 . Hinds v. Bowen, 268 Mass. 55 . The rulings requested were denied rightly.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Lindsey v. Massios

    372 Mass. 79 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1977

    Marsh v. Goldstein, 341 Mass. 83, 85 (1960). Russo v. Rizzo, 302 Mass. 177, 178 (1939). … Perry v.

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  • Colo v. Treasurer & Receiver General

    378 Mass. 550 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 31, 1979

    See, e.g., Everson v. Board of Educ. of Ewing, 330 U.S. 1, 8-15 (1947); id. at 33-43 (Rutledge, J., dissenting); McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420, 437-441 (1961); Walz v. … McCollum v. Board of Educ. of School Dist. No. 71, 333 U.S. 203, 253 (1948) (Reed, J., dissenting). But cf. Engel v.

    Cited 48 timesPublished
  • 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.

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  • Little v. Conant

    19 Mass. 527 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1824

    (ed. 1728) 126 ; Johns v. Carne, Cro. Eliz. 621 ; Wortley v. Herpingham, ibid. 766 ; *560 Coppin v. Carter, 1 T. R. 462 ; Aleworth v. Roberts, 1 Lev. 39 ; Moreton’s case, 1 Vent. 30 ; Anon., 1 Vern. 60 ; Palmer v. … Nicholson v. Elton, 13 Serg. & Rawle, 416 ; Hambly v. Trott, Cowp. 375 ; Cutler v Browne, 2 Haywood, 182 ; Crane v. Crane, 4 Halsted, 173 ; People v. Gibbs, 9 Wendell, 29 . See Miller v.

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  • Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

    362 Mass. 895 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1972

    Pickens v. Johnson, 42 Cal. 2d 399 ; Werlein v. Calvert, 460 S. W. 2d 398 (Texas); State ex rel New Washington Oyster Co. Inc. v. Meakim, 34 Wash. 2d 131 . In Nelson v. … See Brown v. Little, Brown & Co. (Inc.) 269 Mass. 102, 113 . “Retire” has been defined to mean “to withdraw from office” and “to withdraw from active service.” 77 C. J. S. 329-330.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Nelson v. Salem State College

    446 Mass. 525 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 2006

    See also Littles v. … United States v.

    Cited 103 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Stratton Finance Co.

    310 Mass. 469 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 31, 1941

    Cambridge v. John C. Dow Co. 185 Mass. 448, 451 . Attorney General v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 197 *474 Mass. 194, 197 . Kelley v. Board of Health of Peabody, 248 Mass. 165, 168 . Barrows v. … Some of them are cited in Board of Survey of Lexington v. Suburban Land Co. 235 Mass. 108 . Such statutory provisions were held constitutional only by a closely divided court in Carleton v. Rugg, 149 Mass. 550 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Skold v. Chief of the Fire Department

    266 Mass. 513 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 25, 1929

    We are unable to distinguish the case in principle from the recent case of Feehan v. … Attorney General v. Trehy, 178 Mass. 186, 188 . Wells v. Commissioner of Public Works of North Adams, 253 Mass. 416, 419 . See Munds v. Superintendent of Streets of New Bedford, 264 Mass. 242 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Tra-Jo Corp. v. Town Clerk

    366 Mass. 846 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 16, 1974

    Exemptions were provided for lots not requiring prior subdivision approval by the planning board and lots shown on subdivision plans approved prior to March 23,1973. … See Karchmar v. Worcester, 364 Mass. 124, 136 (1973), and cases cited.

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  • Thibeault v. City of New Bedford

    342 Mass. 552 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 3, 1961

    Andrews v. Board of Registrars of Voters of Easton, 246 Mass. 572, 576-577 . Compare the appeal, with equity procedure, under G. L. c. 213, § 1D; Murtagh v. Registrars of Voters of Peabody, 340 Mass. 737 . … Co. v. Commonwealth, 338 Mass. 568, 572 . See Stowell v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. 228 Mass. 555, 556-557 ; Commonwealth v. Hogan, 341 Mass. 372, 374 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Alicea v. Commonwealth

    410 Mass. 384 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 10, 1991

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 401 Mass. 745, 747 (1988). … See Richardson v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • School Committee v. City of Chicopee

    412 Mass. 593 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1992

    Mindful, perhaps, of the language in O’Reilly v. … See Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513 (1975). A charter provision such as § 58 cannot impede such application and purpose.

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  • Morillo v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    394 Mass. 765 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 8, 1985

    Keough v. Director of Div. of Employment Sec., 370 Mass. 1, 4 (1976). The claimant, Horacio Morillo, worked for the employer, G.S.F. … The claimant appealed this decision to the board of review, which denied his application for review, thereby adopting the earlier decision.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Massachusetts Medical Service v. Commissioner of Insurance

    344 Mass. 335 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 1962

    Ott v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 276 Mass. 566, 571 . The statute does not expressly require a hearing before the Commissioner. … Clarke v. Board of Collegiate Authy. 327 Mass. 279, 283 . Ohio Bell Tel. Co. v. Public Utils. Commn. of Ohio, 301 U. S. 292, 304-305 . Morgan v. United States, 298 U. S. 468, 479-480 .

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Hoffer v. Commissioner of Correction

    397 Mass. 152 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 20, 1986

    See Gurry v. Board of Pub. Accountancy, 394 Mass. 118, 126 (1985); McLeod’s Case, 389 Mass. 431, 434 (1983). … See Board of Health of N. Adams v. Mayor of N. Adams, 368 Mass. 554, 568-569 (1975); Alves v. Braintree, 341 Mass. 6, 12 (1960); Commonwealth v. Hudson, 315 Mass. 335, 343 (1943).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Trimount Lumber Co. v. Murdough

    229 Mass. 254 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 11, 1918

    Fullam v. Wright & Colton Wire Cloth Co. 196 Mass. 474, 476 , and cases cited. … Taylor v. Cole, 111 Mass. 363 . Gilmore v. Williams, 162 Mass. 351 . Borden v. Fine, 212 Mass. 425, 427, 428 . Gascoigne v. Cary Brick Co. 217 Mass. 302, 305 . McGrath v. Quinn, 218 Mass. 27, 29 .

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Martin

    304 Mass. 320 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1939

    Commonwealth v. King, 202 Mass. 379 . Commonwealth v. Cline, 213 Mass. 225 . Commonwealth v. Anderson, 245 Mass. 177 . Commonwealth v. Mercier, 257 Mass. 353 . Commonwealth v. Randall, 260 Mass. 303 . Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 121 Mass. 69, 80 . Commonwealth v. Brothers, 158 Mass. 200, 206 .

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Walker v. Inhabitants of West Boylston

    128 Mass. 550 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1880

    The case differs from Locke v. … Torrey v. Millbury, 21 Pick. 64 . Hadsell v. Hancock, 3 Gray, 526 . Avery v. Stewart, 1 Cush. 496 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • City of Worcester v. Keith

    87 Mass. 17 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1862

    It was therefore regarded as an application solely to the legal discretion of that board, and the address to the council was considered as a mere unimportant irregularity, which might be rejected as surplusage. … The case is unlike that suggested in Whately v.

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