Case law

Cunningham v. Cambridge Savings Bank

138 Mass. 480 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1885

Lowell v. Spaulding, 4 Cush. 277 . Kirby v. Boylston Market Association, 14 Gray, 249 . Leonard v. Storer, 115 Mass. 86 . … The building was a dilapidated shed, situated in a remote part of Chelsea; some of the boards were frequently torn off by boys or others.

Commonwealth v. Rostad

410 Mass. 618 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 10, 1991

In Commonwealth v. Garcia, 409 Mass. 675 (1991), decided after Commonwealth v. Bishop, 402 Mass. 449 (1988), this court was faced with an inventory search of an automobile. … From the handbag, he removed an eyeglass case containing a baggy with brown vegetable matter in it; 5 paper packets of a type used for packaging narcotics for sale; a bag with a bag of white powder in it which proved to be

Direct-Mail Service, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public Works

295 Mass. 9 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1936

Brattin v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners, 249 Mass. 170, 172 . Peckham v. Mayor of Fall River, 253 Mass. 590 . Blackwell v. Mayor of Boston, 261 Mass. 58 . Jaffarian v. Mayor of Somerville, 275 Mass. 264 . … Grizzard, v. State Revenue Commission, 177 Ga. 845 . Stewart v. Maybury, 164 Wash. 500 . The statutory provisions relating to the registration of motor vehides are found in G. L. (Ter.

Mellen v. Whipple

67 Mass. 317 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1854

According to the decisions in Goodwin v. Gilbert, 9 Mass. 510 , Pike v. … Brown, 7 Cush. 133 . and some intermediate cases, the declaration now before us snows an agreement between Rollins and the defendant, for the nonperformance of which Rollins might maintain an action.

Driscoll v. Bunar

328 Mass. 398 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 1952

Fitzpatrick v. Gilson, 176 Mass. 477 . Goodnough v. Kinney, 205 Mass. 203 . Wheeler v. Lawler, 222 Mass. 210 . Stuart v. Newman, 241 Mass. 33, 36 . Ripley v. Taft, 253 Mass. 490, 492-493 . Frankina v. … Hale v. Brown, 215 Ala. 177 . Fisher v. Skidmore Land Co. 189 Iowa, 833 . Jordan v. Daniels, 224 Mo. App. 749 . Lundell v. Allen, 244 S. W. 1098 (Tex. Civ. App.). Ahearn v. Borngesser, 151 Wis. 194 .

Taylor v. Van Deusen

69 Mass. 498 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1855

Alexander v. Gould, 1 Mass. 165 . Reed v. Davis, 5 Pick. 388 . … Brown v. Maine Bank, 11 Mass. 153 . Nor can it be doubted that the judgment creditor or his assignee had the right to favor any party liable on the execution, that is, to elect against whom he would enforce it.

Simmons v. Almy

103 Mass. 33 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1869

The declaration in this case is upon an account annexed containing an item for board, and is equivalent to the common count upon a quantum meruit. … Bank of Brighton v. Smith, 12 Allen, 243 . Goff v. Rehoboth, 2 Cush. 473. Tuttle v. Tuttle, 12 Met. 551 . In the case of Johnston v.

Young v. Makepeace

103 Mass. 50 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1869

Brown, for the defendant. S. B. Townsend, for the complainant. Ames, J. In proceedings under the Gen. … In Towns v.

Matthys v. Hornblower

224 Mass. 248 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1916

Fiske v. Doucette, 206 Mass. 275 . Greene v. Corey, 210 Mass. 536 . … Browne, for the plaintiff. H. W. Ogden, for the defendants.

Knowles v. City of Boston

129 Mass. 551 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 21, 1880

The assessment in each case was invalid, because made by the board of aldermen instead of by the street commissioners. Bigelow v. Boston, 123 Mass. 50 . … Harvard College v. Boston, 104 Mass 470. Prince v. Boston, 111 Mass. 226 .

Hawkesworth v. Thompson

98 Mass. 77 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1867

The sewer was constructed in pursuance of a petition and agreement made by certain abutters, including those from whom the parties in this action derived their respective titles, and filed with the board of aldermen of the … Their liability does not rest upon different grounds, as in the case of Parsons v.

Stratton Massachusetts Gold Mines Co. v. Stratton

206 Mass. 117 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1910

. *118 He has also found that this suit was brought and has been prosecuted without authority of the corporation, and that a board of directors, duly elected, have ordered -that the counsel for the plaintiff withdraw their … But the present case, upon the findings of the' master, does not present the question of law which was decided in Hayward v. Leeson .

Schofield's Case

272 Mass. 229 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1930

On the issue thus raised for the decision of the member, and the Industrial Accident Board on appeal, the question presented was one of law and not of fact because all the material evidence as to the terms of the employment … Pyyny v. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. 253 Mass. 574 . Towne’s Case, 254 Mass. 280 . Khoury v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. 265 Mass. 236 . Bradley’s Case, 269 Mass. 399 .

Gerrish v. Black

104 Mass. 400 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1870

Adams v. Brown, 7 Cush. 222 . 4. Both parties except to the master’s report, as to the amount with which he has charged the defendant on account of rents since his entry for foreclosure. … Saunders v. Frost, 5 Pick. 259 . Miller v. Lincoln, 6 Gray, 556 . Hubbard v. Shaw, 12 Allen, 120 . Hughes v. Williams, 12 Ves. 493.

Howe v. Attorney General

325 Mass. 268 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 3, 1950

Crocker v. Justices of the Superior Court, 208 Mass. 162, 164-165 . Milton v. Auditor of the Commonwealth, 244 Mass. 93, 96 . Leigh v. Commissioner of Public Health & Charities of Lawrence, 310 Mass. 343, 344 . … Maher v. Commonwealth, 291 Mass. 343, 345 . Miami Grove Inc. v. Licensing Board for Boston, 312 Mass. 318, 324 . Compare Horton v. Attorney General, 269 Mass. 503, 507-508 ; Bowe v.

Graton v. City of Cambridge

250 Mass. 317 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1924

Any town officer or board doing any act towards establishing any such tax, assessment, lien or charge upon any real estate in the town shall transmit a notice of such act to its collector. … Rossire v. Boston, 4 Allen, 57 . Bolster v. Lawrence, 225 Mass. 387, 389 . Rockland v. Farnsworth, 93 Maine, 178, 183. Lorillard v. Monroe, 11 N. Y. 392, 396 . G.

Gardner v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

228 Mass. 545 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 27, 1917

One of the plaintiffs, on looking over the pasture, found near the division fence various articles of rubbish, such as paint and tomato cans, pails, rope, trolley poles, broken crockery and pieces of black board. … Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway, 209 Mass. 345 . See also McCulloch v. Needham, 217 Mass. 227 ; Lyford v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 227 Mass. 10 .

Cruz Management Co. v. Wideman

417 Mass. 771 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 12, 1994

Attorney Gen. v. Brown, 400 Mass. 826, 828 (1987), citing Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp., 331 U.S. 218, 230 (1947). … See Attorney Gen. v. Brown, 400 Mass. 826, 828-831 (1987).

Dana v. Dana

260 Mass. 460 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1927

The board as constituted consisted of three members of the bar, each having a usual place of business in Boston where the plaintiff also resides. The agreement for arbitration was valid. Marsch v. … Maynard v. Frederick, 7 Cush. 247. Blodgett v. Prince, 109 Mass. 44 . Hall v. Norwalk Fire Ins. Co. 57 Conn. 105 . Sanborn v. Paul, 60 Maine, 325. Hewlett v. Laycock, 2 C. & P. 574.

Abele v. S. A. Meagher Co.

227 Mass. 427 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1917

If under Callahan v. … Lorillard v. Clyde, 86 N. Y. 384 . Flinn v. Bagley, 7 Fed. Rep. 785. Scovil v. Thayer, 105 U. S. 143, 153 .