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  • Jump v. Leon

    192 Mass. 511 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 4, 1906

    See Ford v. Thornton, 3 Leigh, 695 , 698 ; Lindsay v. Jackson, 2 Paige, 581 ; American Bank v. Wall, 56 Maine, 167; Gay v. Gay, 10 Paige, 369 , 376 ; Levy v. Steinbach, 43 Md. 212 ; Twigg v. … Dennie v. Elliott, 2 H. Bl. 587. Barker v. Braham, 2 Wm. Bl. 869. Brown v. Hendrickson, 10 Vroom, 239 . Wolcott v. Jones, 4 Allen, 367 , 368. Ames v. Bates, 119 Mass. 397 . Chipman v. Fowle, 130 Mass. 352, 354 .

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  • Healey v. Healey

    295 Mass. 37 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1936

    and lived together in different places in this Commonwealth; that three children were born to them; that the libellant was discharged from a hospital on June 10, 1932, and thereafter the parties lived at the libellee’s boarding … Thayer v. Thayer, 101 Mass. 111 . Dillon v. Dillon, 281 Mass. 423 . Topor v. Topor, 287 Mass. 473, 477 . Decree affirmed.

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  • Auto Flat Car Crushers, Inc. v. Hanover Insurance Co.

    469 Mass. 813 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 2014

    Brown v. LeClair, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 976, 979 (1985), citing DiMarzo v. American Mut. Ins. Co., 389 Mass. 85, 101 (1983). … Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., 464 Mass. 492, 503 (2013). See Hershenow v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. of Boston, Inc., 445 Mass. 790, 799 (2006), quoting Leardi v. Brown, 394 Mass. 151, 159 (1985).

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  • Commonwealth v. Trefethen

    157 Mass. 180 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1892

    Whitney v. Wheeler, 116 Mass. 490 . Whitwell v. Winslow, 132 *190 Mass. 807 . Lane v. Moore, 151 Mass. 87 . In Lane v. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 121 Mass. 69, 80 . Commonwealth v. Kenney, 12 Met. 235 . Commonwealth v. Galavan, 9 Allen, 271 . See Commonwealth v. Densmore, 12 Allen, 535 . Commonwealth v.

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  • Maffei v. Roman Catholic Archbishop

    449 Mass. 235 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 2007

    Eq. 607, 610 (1891) (transfer of land to priest by “ignorant, eccentric, and entirely illiterate” elderly woman); Brown v. Divine, 173 Misc. 1029, 1030 (N.Y. Sup. … Pironi, supra at 609 (“spiritual ascendancy” of Roman Catholic priest over Roman Catholic layperson “in a legal point of view is deemed confidential”); Brown v.

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Furber v. Dane

    204 Mass. 412 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1910

    Commonwealth v. Stearns, 2 Met. 343 , 348. Hayman v. Pond, 7 Met. 328 . Commonwealth v. Libbey, 11 Met. 64 . Wolcott v. Hodge, 15 Gray, 547 . Halpine v. May, 100 Mass. 498 . Woodward v. Towne, 127 Mass. 41 . Rice v. … Brown v. Corey, 191 Mass. 189 . Chapman v. Forsyth, 2 How. 202 . In re Gaylord, 113 Fed. Rep. 131.

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  • AIMEE BODGE & Others v. COMMONWEALTH & Others

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 13, 2024

    See Buckman v. … MacCormack v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Bermudez

    370 Mass. 438 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 10, 1976

    Commonwealth v. Zukoski, ante, 23, 28 (1976). Commonwealth v. Vanderpool, 367 Mass. 743, 746 (1975). Commonwealth v. … Palmore v. State, 283 Ala. 501, 508 (1969). Stewart v. State, 234 Ga. 3 (1975). Brown v. State, 228 Ga. 215, 218 (1971). People v. Pecora, 107 Ill. App. 2d 283, 296 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 1028 (1970) . People v.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Whiting v. Commonwealth

    370 Mass. 664 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 14, 1976

    L. c. 81, § 7E, as amended, was based in part on the holdings of this court in the cases of Dunham v. Boston, 12 Allen 375 , 377 (1866), Edge Moor Bridge Works v. … Gentile Bros. v. Rowena Homes, Inc., 352 Mass. 584, 590 (1967). Young v. Paquette, 341 Mass. 67, 76 (1960). Abalan v. Abalan, 329 Mass. 182, 183 (1952), and cases cited. Pieczarka v.

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  • Dewing v. Dewing

    165 Mass. 230 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1896

    Jones v. Harraden, 9 Mass. 540 n. Shepard v. Richards, 2 Gray, 424 , 427, 428. … only questions necessary to be considered are whether, as a matter of substantive law, or at least under the answer, which was a general denial, the defendant should *231 have been denied any allowance for his services and board

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  • Davis v. County Commissioners

    11 L.R.A. 750 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1891

    In Smith v. … Metropolitan Board of Works v. McCarthy, L. R. 7 H. L. 243, L. R. 8 C. P. 191, and 7 C. P. 508.

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  • Worcester County National Bank v. Stiles

    292 Mass. 453 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1935

    Breen v. Burns, 280 Mass. 222, 227 . … Pierce v. Tiernan, 280 Mass. 180 . O’Brien v. McManama, 281 Mass. 89 . Smith v. Greeley, 291 Mass. 271 . See now St. 1933, c. 221, § 4.

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  • Commonwealth v. McDermott

    255 Mass. 575 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 25, 1926

    Coffin v. Vincent, 12 Cush. 98 . Dugan v. Mahoney, 11 Allen, 572 . Commonwealth v. Ford, 130 Mass. 64, 67 . Costello v. Crowell, 133 Mass. 352 . Mayberry v. Holbrook, 182 Mass. 463 . Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 14 Gray, 419 . Commonwealth v. Rogers, 181 Mass. 184, 193. Commonwealth v. Stuart, 207 Mass. 563 . Attorney General v. Pelletier, 240 Mass. 264, 312 .

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  • American Hide & Leather Co. v. Commonwealth

    252 Mass. 345 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1925

    L. c. 63, § 77, as amended by St. 1922, c. 520, § 14, or by appeal to the appeal board under G. L. c. 63, §§ 51, 71. … Co. v. Commonwealth, 144 Mass. 598 . Attorney General v. East Boston Co. 222 Mass. 450 . Alpha Portland Cement Co. v. Commonwealth, 248 Mass. 156, 159 . The commissioner made the assessment under these words of G.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • National Shawmut Bank v. Cumming

    325 Mass. 457 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1950

    In 1946 she brought a petition for a “divorce from bed and board forever,” and in 1947 he asked her “to let him have a full divorce.” … Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 137 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Antonelli

    345 Mass. 518 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1963

    In support of his contention that the guard was not an officer the defendant cites Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14, 25-26 , Attorney Gen. v. Drohan, 169 Mass. 534 , and Attorney Gen. v. … Commonwealth v. Farrell, 5 Allen, 130 , 131. See annotation in 56 A. L. R. 666, 667-669.

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  • Baxter National Bank v. Talbot

    13 L.R.A. 52 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1891

    Pearsall v. Dwight, 2 Mass. 84 . Orr v. Amory, 11 Mass. 25 . McClees v. Burt, 5 Met. 198 . *217 Foss v. Nutting, 14 Gray, 484 . Richardson v. New York Central Railroad, 98 Mass. 85 . Hoadley v. … Leach v. Greene, 116 Mass. 534 . Drake, v. Rice, 130 Mass. 410 . Downer v. Chesebrough, 36 Conn. 39 . Leroux v. Brown, 12 C. B. 801. Stoneman v. Erie Railway, 52 N. Y. 429 .

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  • Wrentham v. Corey

    159 Mass. 93 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1893

    Baker v. Thayer, 3 Met. 312 , 314. Marshall Fishing Co. v Hadley Falls Co. 5 Cush. 602 . … Lanesborough v. County Commissioners, 22 Pick. 278 . West Newbury v. Chase, 5 Gray, 421 . Westport v. County Commissioners, 9 Allen, 204 .

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  • Prondecka v. Turners Falls Power & Electric Co.

    238 Mass. 239 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 21, 1921

    In Carey v. … New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 210 Mass. 553, 557 ; Brown v. Thayer, 212 Mass. 392, 397 ; Johnston v. Bay State Street Railway, 222 Mass. 583 .

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  • Glassey v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.

    185 Mass. 315 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1904

    Hanlon v. South Boston Horse Railroad, 129 Mass. 310 . … Stone v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 171 Mass. 536, 543 . McDonald v. Snelling, 14 Allen, 290 , 299. Hobbs v. London & Southwestern Railway, L. R. 10 Q. B. 111, 122.

    Cited 34 timesPublished

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