Case law

Stone v. City of Springfield

341 Mass. 246 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1960

[city], through its board of assessors, pursued a deliberate and intentional policy of fractional or percentage valuations of real estate in Springfield; that such valuations were not made on a uniform basis for all real … In Amory v.

Calvin v. Huntley

178 Mass. 29 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1901

Temple v. Turner, 123 Mass. 125, 128 , and cases there cited. Smith v. Oakes, 141 Mass. 451, 454 . Leon v. Galceran, 11 Wall. 185 . Such an action is within the exception named in U. S. Rev. … Crocker v. Marine National Bank, 101 Mass. 240 . Claflin v. Houseman, 93 U. S. 130, 136 . But it is urged that this is an action to recover a forfeiture or penalty within the meaning of U. S. Rev.

Bell v. Tuttle

83 Mass. 219 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1861

In the case of Prentice v. Richards, 8 Gray, 227 , cited and relied upon by the defendant, it was held that the lease of a boarding-house could not be regarded as creating a claim for necessaries. … V. Lynde, for the defendant.

Murray v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.

143 Mass. 250 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1887

Combs v. Scott, 12 Allen, 493 . … Sherman v. Fitch, 98 Mass. 59 . Lyndeborough Glass Co. v. Massachusetts Glass Co. 111 Mass. 315 . Kelley v. Newburyport Horse Railroad, 141 Mass. 496 .

Capen v. Doty

95 Mass. 262 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1866

This provision but confirmed the opinion of this court in Brown v. Maine Bank, 11 Mass. 158 . Rep. of Comm’rs on Rev. Sts. c. 73, § 22, note. See also Prescott v. Wright, 6 Mass. 22 , 23; Heywood v. … Brown v. *264 Maine Bank, and other cases above cited. Clerk v. Withers, Holt, 303, 646; S. C. 1 Salk. 323; 2 Ld. Raym. 1074 ; 6 Mod. 298, 299 ; 11 Mod. 35.

Forastiere v. Springfield Institution For Savings

303 Mass. 101 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 25, 1939

Laighton v. Brookline Trust Co. 225 Mass. 458, 459, 460 . National Mahaiwe Bank v. Peck, 127 Mass. 298 . Prudential Realty Co. v. Commissioner of Banks, 241 Mass. 277, 279 . Howard v. … See Brown v. First National Bank of Boston, 216 Mass. 298, 301, 302 ; Nineteenth Ward Bank v. First National Bank of South Weymouth, 184 Mass. 49, 51 .

Town of Wayland v. Lee

331 Mass. 550 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1954

In 1934 the land was zoned in a single residence district in which the removal of sod, loam, sand, and gravel was forbidden without a permit from the board of appeals. … As in Burlington v.

Henry F. Michell Co. v. Fitzgerald

353 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 30, 1967

Parks Shellac Co. v. Harris, 237 Mass. 312, 319 ; Continental Corp. v. Gowdy, 283 Mass. 204, 210 . … See Browne v. Brockton Natl. Bank, 305 Mass. 521, 530 . In the circumstances, the defrauded plaintiff may look directly to the individual directors. Final decree affirmed with costs of appeal.

Anzalone v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

403 Mass. 119 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 1, 1988

Santana v. Registrars of Voters of Worcester, 384 Mass. 487, 491 (1981). Nader v. Citron, 372 Mass. 96, 98 (1977). In Manning v. … Mendes v. Tin Kee Ng, 400 Mass. 131 (1987). See Saharceski v. Marcure, 373 Mass. 304, 306 (1977).

Town of Barnstable v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship Authority

343 Mass. 674 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1962

In New Bedford v. New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket S.S. … There has been added a finance advisory board, with unlimited powers of advice and a slight veto on expenditures, which is locally elected.

Tracy v. Goodwin

87 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1862

The proper rule of construction in such cases is stated by Chief Justice Shaw, in Brown v. … In Heard v.

Eames v. Salem & Lowell Railroad

98 Mass. 560 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1868

It was probably based on the opinions in Browne v. Providence, Hartford & Fishkill Railroad Co. 12 Gray, 55 , and Corwin v. New York & Erie Railroad Co. 3 Kernan, 42, there referred to. … But, in the ailroad act above cited, “ suitable fences ” are required, with-v ut describing them or referring to any standard.

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 .

Corbett v. Boston & Maine Railroad

219 Mass. 351 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1914

Jennings v. Wall, 217 Mass. 278, 281, 282 . Moore v. Sanford, 151 Mass. 285 . Furber v. Dane, 204 Mass. 412, 415 . William W. Bierce, Limited, v. Hutchins, 205 U. S. 340, 347 . Snow v. Alley, 156 Mass. 193, 195 . … Brown v. Woodbury, 183 Mass. 279, 281 . Rankin v. Tygard, 119 C. C. A. 591, 602 .

Crawford-Plummer Co. v. McCarthy

227 Mass. 350 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1917

Moore v. … In Brown v. Kendall, 8 Allen, 209 , a void recognizance was given.

Newhall v. Burt

24 Mass. 156 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 23, 1828

See Kelleran v. Brown, 4 Mass. R. 443 ; Rice v. Rice, 4 Pick. (2nd ed.) 353, note 1; Flagg v. Mann, 14 Pick. 467 ; Trull 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.

Elmer v. Fessenden

151 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1890

If, as may be assumed, the excluded testimony would have shown that the woi’kmen when they left gave as their reason to the superintendent that the defendant had told them that the board of health reported arsenic in the … Compare Derry v. Handley, 16 L. T. (N. S.) 263; Parkins v. Scott, 1 H. & C. 153 ; Keenholts v. Becker, 3 Denio, 346, 352 ; Terwilliger v. Wands, 17 N. Y. 54, 59 ; Fowles v. Bowen, 30 N. Y. 20, 22 ; Titus v.

Boston & Albany Railroad v. City Council of Cambridge

166 Mass. 224 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1896

Old Colony Railroad v. Framingham Water Co. 153 Mass. 561 , and *225 cases cited. … its city council, at any time after the passage of this act, may take and hold, by purchase or otherwise, any and all such real estate and lauds within said city as it may deem advisable, upon the recommendation of the board

Garfield & Proctor Coal Co. v. Rockland-Rockport Lime Co.

61 L.R.A. 946 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1903

Wendell v. Baxter, 12 Gray, 494 . Carleton v. Franconia Iron & Steel Co. 99 Mass. 216 . Thompson v. Northeastern Railway, 2 B. & S. 106. Mersey Docks v. Gibbs, L. R. 1 H. L. 93.” … Rep. 884, was decided upon the general principles we have stated, but Judge Brown, in giving the opinion, apparently in answer to an argument of counsel, said: “ The libellant, in voluntarily moving the boat forward upon