Case law

Wiggin v. Boston & Albany Railroad

120 Mass. 201 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1876

Peebles v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 112 Mass. 498 . … Peebles v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 112 Mass. 498, 509 . Exceptions overruled.

Neale v. Springfield Street Railway Co.

189 Mass. 351 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1905

Cox v. South Shore & Boston Street Railway, 182 Mass. 497, 499 . Garvey v. Rhode Island Co. 26 R. I. 80. … The same rule has been applied where a person intending to board a train on a steam railroad stands too near the edge of the platform and is struck. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Bell, 122 Penn. St. 58. Matthews v.

Stowe v. Mason

289 Mass. 577 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1935

In Gerry v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 248 Mass. 559 , this court held that it was error to admit a report to the Industrial Accident Board under G. L. c. 152, § 19. … Newcomb v. Boston Protective Department, 146 Mass. 596, 604 . Falk v. Finkelman, 268 Mass. 524 . Wall v. King, 280 Mass. 577 , and cases cited.

Commonwealth v. Blow

362 Mass. 196 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1972

Beck v. Ohio, 379 U. S. 89, 91 . Commonwealth v. Mitchell, 353 Mass. 426, 428 . Commonwealth v. Stevens, ante, 24, 26. See Commonwealth v. Breen, 357 Mass. 441, 444 . … Commonwealth v. Brown, 354 Mass. 337, 338 . See Sibron v. New York, 392 U. S. 40, 66-67 . *200 2.

Commonwealth v. Crawford

430 Mass. 683 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 2000

The defendant relies on a passage from Brown v. … The passage from Brown does not support his proposition. There the Supreme Court went on to explain that the double jeopardy clause provides a check on courts to assure that they do not exceed their authority to punish.

Charlton v. Library Bureau

260 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1927

to act under the provisions of the stock participation and extra compensation agreements annually in 1922 to 1925, inclusive; that at the end of each calendar year, beginning with 1922, Cooley and Marvin filed with the board … For somewhat analogous situations see Clark v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. 229 Mass. 1, 7 ; Hurley v. Boston, 244 Mass. 466 , and cases cited at page 470. The ruling of the judge was right.

Commonwealth vs. a Juvenile

396 Mass. 215 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 13, 1985

, or light brown, jacket. … Commonwealth v.

Arcade Malleable Iron Co. v. Jenks

229 Mass. 95 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1918

In Brown v. … The nearest cases in this Commonwealth are Rice v. Gove, 22 Pick. 158 , Bradlee v. Boston Glass Manufactory, 16 Pick. 347 . The plaintiff has put great reliance upon McCrea v. Bentley, 154 N. Y.

Gilmore v. Kilbourn

317 Mass. 358 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1944

There were successively placed in the chamber two boards with slots which permitted wires to be passed around a bale and fastened. … The case falls within Childs v. American Express Co. 197 Mass. 337, 338-339 , Connolly v. Felter, 238 Mass. 305 , Starr v. Chafitz, ante, 227, and similar decisions.

Murtagh v. Registrars of Voters of Peabody

340 Mass. 737 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 28, 1960

Thereafter, the petitioner unsuccessfully asked the respondent board of registrars of voters to certify his election. … Greenwood v. Registrars of Voters of Fitchburg, 282 Mass. 74 .

Andersen v. Bishop

304 Mass. 396 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 28, 1939

See Kelly v. Bemis, 4 Gray, 83 ; Fisher v. Deans, 107 Mass. 118 . … Compare Stiles v. Municipal Council of Lowell, 233 Mass. 174 ; Brown v. Wimpenny, 239 Mass. 278 ; Jaffarian v. Murphy, 280 Mass. 402 . It is the general rule that this same exemption applies to prosecuting officers.

Reep v. Commissioner of the Department of Employment & Training

412 Mass. 845 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 11, 1992

The department’s board of review affirmed without a hearing the examiner’s determination. … See Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 252 (1966). Rather, as noted above, his decision resulted from an erroneous interpretation of law.

Churchill's Case

265 Mass. 117 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1928

claimant but also the means by which it should be accomplished, as to establish the relationship of employer and employee within the meaning of the act —was one of fact upon which the decision of the Industrial Accident Board … See Marsh v. Beraldi, 260 Mass. 225, 231 . Decree affirmed.

Knights v. Treasurer & Receiver General

236 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 13, 1920

State v. Board of State Canvassers, 32 Mont. 13 . Rains v. Simpson, 50 Texas, 495, 511 . State v. Guthrie, 17 Neb. 113 . State v. Bloxham, 42 Fla. 501, 503 . State v. Long, 174 Ind. 642 . Reeder v. … The only exception to this principle recogmzed by decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States has been that of “boards and bodies of a quasi-corporate character, having a continuous existence,” Pullman Co. v.

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.

Klein v. Keresey

307 Mass. 51 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 29, 1940

Horneman v. *53 Brown, 286 Mass. 65, 70 . But the testimony that it is proposed to contradict must have been material to the issue on trial. Kavanaugh v. Colombo, 304 Mass. 379, 381 , and cases cited. … Green v. Boston & Lowell Railroad, 128 Mass. 221, 227 . Nicholson v. Feindel, 219 Mass. 490, 494 . Boston v. Fountain, 267 Mass. 196, 200 . Liggett Drug Co. Inc. v.

Abramowitz v. DIRECTOR OF DIV. OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

390 Mass. 168 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 16, 1983

Martin v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 347 Mass. 264, 268 (1964), quoting Wagstaff v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 322 Mass. 664, 667 (1948). … Karras v.

Horne v. City of Haverhill

110 Mass. 527 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1872

Sprague v. Waite, 17 Pick. 309 . Plumer v. Brown, 8 Met. 578 . Wood v. Quincy, 11 Cush. 487 . Holbrook v. McBride, 4 Gray, 215 . Pettingill v.

Forgeron v. Corey Hill Garage, Inc.

249 Mass. 163 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1924

These three constituted the board of directors and controlled all the stock on February 15, 1921. … Produce Exchange Trust Co. v. Bieberbach, 176 Mass. 577 . Brooks v. Shaw, 197 Mass. 376 . Rintamaki v. Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd. 205 Mass. 115 . Parrot v. Mexican Central Railway, 207 Mass. 184 . *167 Pritchard v.

Modern Continental Construction Co. v. Massachusetts Port Authority

369 Mass. 825 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1976

See Capuano, Inc. v. School Bldg. Comm. of Wilbraham, 330 Mass. 494, 496 (1953); Slocum v. Medford, 302 Mass. 251, 254-255 (1939). Cf. Stretch v. Timilty, 309 Mass. 267, 270-271 (1941); Moneyweight Scale Co. v. … This is a situation diverse from that encountered in Long Island Signal Corp. v. County of Nassau, supra. See Pallas v. Johnson, 100 Colo. 449 (1937); Keyes Elec. Serv. v.