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  • Gascoigne v. Cary Brick Co.

    217 Mass. 302 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1914

    Borden v. … Taylor v. Cole, 111 Mass. 363 . Sessa v. Arthur, 183 Mass. 230 . Borden v. Fine, 212 Mass. 425, 428 .

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  • Shaw v. Cummiskey

    24 Mass. 76 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 16, 1828

    It does not appear by the report, that any cheaper mode could have been adopted, and there being an order from the board of health to fill it up, it should be presumed to have been necessary, unless the contrary had been … See Barden v. Crocker, 10 Pick. 388 ; The People v. Albany, 11 Wendell, 539 .

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  • Slocum v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

    245 Mass. 565 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 7, 1923

    changed only the procedural and not the substantial rights of the parties, and that the right of the executor or administrator of the insured to maintain such an action is not taken away by the statute, *568 seem settled by Brown … v.

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  • York v. Flaherty

    210 Mass. 35 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 16, 1911

    Bailey v. Wood, 202 Mass. 549 . Bailey v. Wood, 202 Mass. 562 . … Flaherty, having paid the loan out of the proceeds of the policy after her husband’s death, has a claim for indemnity against his insolvent estate, under the rule of Brown v. Bixby, 190 Mass. 69 , and cases there cited.

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  • Wellington v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    158 Mass. 185 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1893

    Wyman v. Lexington West Cambridge Railroad, 13 Met. 316 , 324. Brown v. Boston & Worcester Railroad, 13 Met. 327 , n. Meacham v. Fitchburg Railroad, 4 Cush. 291 , 295. Shattuck v. … Walker v. Old Colony & Newport Railway, 103 Mass. 10 . Johnson v. Boston, 130 Mass. 452, 454 . Cassidy v. Old Colony Railroad, 141 Mass. 174, 178 . See also Pierce v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Finance Corp. of New England, Inc. v. Maynard

    249 Mass. 294 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1924

    See Waterhouse v. Kendall, 11 Cush. 128 ; Traver v. Stevens, 11 Cush. 167 ; Hubon v. Park, 116 Mass. 541 ; Hapgood v. Wellington, 136 Mass. 217 ; Turner v. Rogers, 121 Mass. 12 . In Black v. … Perkins v. Brown, 115 Mich. 41 . Hoyle v. Shirley, 94 Miss. 466 . 43 L. R. A. note 449, 474. And see Williston on Contracts, § 814.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Dodge v. Anna Jaques Hospital

    301 Mass. 431 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1938

    Lawrence v. Houghton, 296 Mass. 407, 408 . MacLeod v. Davis, 290 Mass. 335, 338 . Wilson v. Jones, 280 Mass. 488 . Kennedy v. Welch, 196 Mass. 592, 594 . Pray v. Brigham, 174 Mass. 129 . … Easterbrooks v. Tillinghast, 5 Gray, 17 , 21. Teele v. Bishop of Derry, 168 Mass. 341, 343 . Gill v. Attorney General, 197 Mass. 232, 237 . Bowden v. Brown, 200 Mass. 269, 271 . Am. Law Inst. Restatement: Trusts, § 413.

    Cited 98 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Ruiz

    453 Mass. 474 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 2009

    Kerr, Criminal Procedure § 26.9(b), at 863 (3d ed. 2007), quoting Brown v. State, 406 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. Dist. Ct. … See, e.g., Brown v. Commonwealth, 564 S.W.2d 21, 23 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977) (“appellant was on notice that the commission of an additional crime was in viola- *484 tian of the conditions of probation”).

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Womble v. Dubuque Fire & Marine Insurance

    310 Mass. 142 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 30, 1941

    Under date of April 14, 1938, which was after the first fire and before the second fire, out of which the present action arose, “The Board of Church Extension Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church,” described … Church” as one witness called it, testified that at the time of the trial he had been connected with that church for twenty-one years and had been secretary for eighteen years and was secretary of the “trustee board”; that

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Utley v. Utley

    355 Mass. 469 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 10, 1969

    Successive special precepts of attachment were issued on petitions of the wife to reach the retirement allowances held by the Boston Retirement Board. “On August 24, 1967, after notice to the . . . … In support of this contention she cites French v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Jeselsohn v. Park Trust Co.

    241 Mass. 388 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1922

    Spurr v. Benedict, 99 Mass. 463, 466 . Long v. Athol, 196 Mass. 497 . Shapira v. Wildey Savings Bank, 213 Mass. 498 . Dzuris v. Pierce, 216 Mass. 132 . Hillside Co-operative Bank v. Cavanaugh, supra. … Spurr v. Benedict, supra. Keene v. Demelman, 172 Mass. 17, 22 . Shapira v. Wildey Savings Bank, supra.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Ellsworth v. Brewer

    28 Mass. 316 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 23, 1831

    Eagle Bank v. Smith, 5 Connect. R. 71; Penn v. Flack, 3 Gill & Johns. 369, Penney v. Sanborn, 5 N. H. R. 557 ; Dana v. Underwood, 19 Pick. 99 Dimsdale v. Lanchester, 4 Esp. R. 201; Bolton v. Richard, 6 T. … R. 139; Brown v. Kewley, 2 Bos. & Pull. 518. See Bachellor v. Priest, 12 Pick. 399

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  • Howe v. Mackay

    22 Mass. 44 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1827

    Thus in Buddicum v. … See Lockwood v Sturtevant, 6 Connect. R. 373; Brown v. Feeter, 7 Wendell, 306 .

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  • Molesworth v. State Ballot Law Commission

    348 Mass. 23 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 22, 1964

    In Molesworth v. … It was regarding this aspect that in Newman v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Alliance, AFSCME/SEIU, AFL-CIO v. Commonwealth

    427 Mass. 546 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 1, 1998

    Ass’n of New England v. Metropolitan Dist. Comm’n, 397 Mass. 341, 345 (1986); O’Donnell v. Board of Appeals of Billerica, 349 Mass. 324, 328 (1965). … Massachusetts Soc’y of Graduate Physical Therapists, Inc. v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 330 Mass. 601, 606 (1953).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • St. James Building Corp. v. Commissioner of Public Safety

    260 Mass. 548 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 7, 1927

    See Ayer v. Commissioners on Height of Buildings in Boston, 242 *552 Mass. 30, 35 ; Davis v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 251 Mass. 283, 285 . … See Wright v. Lyons, 224 Mass. 167, 169 . In Strachan v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Sproul v. Hemmingway

    31 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1833

    Stei nman v. Bush, 1 Bos. & Pul. 404 ; Laugher v. Pointer, 5 Barn. & Cressw. 547 ; S. C. 8 Dowl. & Ryl. 556. … Fletcher v. Braddick, 5 Bos. & Pul. 182.

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  • Proprietors of Locks & Canals on Merrimack River v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    245 Mass. 52 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1923

    Brown v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 233 Mass. 502, 511 . Each of the leases here in issue contained an habendum clause and a covenant. … Co. v. Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad, 149 Mass. 214 . Day v. Worcester, Nashua, & Rochester Railroad, 151 Mass. 302 . Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Georgia, 92 U. S. 665 . Green County v. Conness, 109 U.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Prince v. Shepard

    26 Mass. 176 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1829

    See also Early v. Garrett, 9 Barn. & Cressw. 932. See Ellis v. Short, 21 Pick. 144 ; Buddington v. Shearer, 22 Pick. 427 ; Hamblett v. Hamblett, 6 N. Hamp. R. 342; Jewett v. Stevens, 6 N. Hamp. R 80; Norris v. … Badger, 6 Cowen, 445; Doe v. Tyler, 6 Bingh. 561; M'Lanahan v. Universal Ins. Co. 1 Peters, 183 ; Wiggin v. Damrell,4 N. Hamp. R. 69 See Carthrene v. Brown, 3 Leigh, 98 ; Walker v. Webber, 3 Fairfield, 60, 67; Catlin r.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Arce

    426 Mass. 601 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1998

    See Commonwealth v. Andrade, 422 Mass. 236, 240 (1996); Commonwealth v. Gil, supra at 218-219 . … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 413 Mass. 693, 696 (1992); Commonwealth v. Zagranski, 408 Mass. 278, 285 (1990); Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 364 Mass. 211, 223 (1973). 4.

    Cited 9 timesPublished

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