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167 Mass. 486 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 23, 1897
Williams v. Wade, 1 Met. 82 . Slacum v. Pomery, 6 Cranch, 221 . Lee v. Selleck, 33 N. Y. 615 . Greathead v. Walton, 40 Conn. 226 . Dan. Neg. Instr. (4th ed.) § 899. 3. … Brown, 139 Mass. 345 ; as to cases of forgery or unauthorized signature, Greenfield Bank v. Crafts, 2 Allen, 269 , and 4 Allen, 447 ; Traders’ National Bank v. Rogers, ante, 315; and as to cases of indorsers, Creamer v.
Cited 17 timesPublished242 Mass. 25 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1922
In Stevens v. … Swift v. Barnes, 16 Pick. 194 . Leighton v. Brown, 98 Mass. 515 . Stevens v. Tuite, 104 Mass. 328 .” The case at bar comes within the principle declared and applied in Parker v. Simonds, 8 Met. 205 , Stevens v.
Cited 12 timesPublishedSalem Glass Co. v. Joseph Rugo, Inc.
343 Mass. 103 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1961
Hunt Co. v. Boston Elev. Ry., *106 supra; Brown v. Foster, 113 Mass. 136, 138-139 ; Handy v. Bliss, 204 Mass. 513, 519-520 ; Rooney v. Weeks, 290 Mass. 18, 27 . But the instant case is of neither type. … In Hawkins v.
Cited 12 timesPublishedCox v. South Shore & Boston Street Railway Co.
182 Mass. 497 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1903
Hinckley v. Cape Cod Railroad, 120 Mass. 257 . Tyndale v. Old Colony Railroad, 156 Mass. 503 . Moore v. Boston Albany Railroad, 159 Mass. 399 . Chandler v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 159 Mass. 589 . … Murphy v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 167 Mass. 64 .
Cited 10 timesPublishedBanca Italiana di Sconto v. Columbia Counter Co.
252 Mass. 552 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1925
Hill v. Dunham, 7 Gray, 543 . … Cherry v. Sprague, 187 Mass. 113 . Walling v. Cushman, supra.
Cited 13 timesPublished160 Mass. 282 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1894
This is a complaint against the defendant under St. 1890, c. 132, for maintaining a building not connected with a public sewer, although required to connect it by the board of health. … Bennett v. New Bedford, 110 Mass. 433, 437 . Carr v. Dooley, 122 Mass. 255, 257 . Sheehan v. Fitchburg, 131 Mass. 523 .
Cited 6 timesPublishedHand v. Inhabitants of Brookline
126 Mass. 324 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1879
Scott v. Mayor, & c. of Manchester, 1 H. & N. 59, and 2 H. & N. 204. White v. Hindley Local Board, L. R. 10 Q. B. 219. Bailey v. Mayor, & c. of New York, 3 Hill, 531 , 539, and 2 Denio, 433 . Aldrich v. Tripp, 11 R. … Cook v. Castner, 9 Cush. 266 . Hunt v. Lowell Gas Light Co. 8 Allen, 169 .
Cited 48 timesPublished345 Mass. 164 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 30, 1962
Licker v. Gluskin, 265 Mass. 403 . Pineo v. White, 320 Mass. 487, 490-491 , and cases cited. … Wales v. Coffin, 13 Allen, 213 , 215. Hoag v. Hoag, 213 Mass. 50 .” Pineo v. White, 320 Mass. 487, 491 . The surviving wife took no new title when her husband died. “Upon . . .
Cited 5 timesPublishedCruz 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).
Cited 14 timesPublishedCrompton v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
333 Mass. 160 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 29, 1955
See, for example, Arnold v. Jacobs, 316 Mass. 81, 83 ; Sheehan v. … Lunt v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. 253 Mass. 610, 613 . The demurrer in that case, however, was sustained because the declaration did not negative certain losses which were not covered by the policy. See also Brown v.
Cited 10 timesPublished278 Mass. 5 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 28, 1931
low gutter and turn to drive along Pond Street in the direction from which the plaintiff came; that until he reached the inside edge of the sidewalk he could not see along Pond Street in that direction because of a high board … Anger v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 231 Mass. 163, 165 .
Cited 7 timesPublished328 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 .
Cited 28 timesPublishedCommissioner of Banks v. Fitchburg Co-Operative Bank
329 Mass. 401 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 4, 1952
The portions of this statute relating to the approval of a *405 letter by the commissioner were before this court recently in Lexington Co-operative Bank v. Commissioner of Banks, 327 Mass. 624 . … The board had in fact so voted and a statement to this effect was contained in the letter approved by the plaintiff.
Cited 0 timesPublished155 Mass. 493 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1892
The gates were made of narrow strips of board, and were not of sufficient strength to be of service in stopping horses if they pushed against them. … Titcomb v. Fitchburg Railroad, 12 Allen, 254 . Tyrrell v. Eastern Railroad, 111 Mass. 546 . Exceptions sustained.
Cited 3 timesPublished103 Mass. 345 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1869
Hibbert v. Cooke, 1 Sim. & Stu. 552. Dent v. Dent, 30 Beav. 363. … Parsons v. Winslow, 16 Mass. 361 . In Caldecott v. Brown, 2 Hare, 145, 146, the court say (Wigram, V.
Cited 22 timesPublished266 Mass. 50 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 23, 1929
Cohen v. Nagle, 190 Mass. 4 . Tewksbury v. Tewksbury, 222 Mass. 595, 596 . Corkery v. Dorsey, 223 Mass. 97 . The facts material to the consideration of the appeal from the denial and dismissal of the petition of C. … Osgood v. Breed, 12 Mass. 525, 536 . Swan v. Picquet, 4 Pick. 465 . Brown v. Corey, 134 Mass. 249 . Morrill v. Wiseman, 134 Mass. 252 , note. Under St. 1884, c. 131, and G.
Cited 16 timesPublished399 Mass. 131 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 26, 1987
Commonwealth v. Accaputo, 380 Mass. 435 , 448 n.18 (1980). Commonwealth v. Moynihan, 376 Mass. 468, 473 (1978). … Burr testified that she is a licensed physician, board certified in pediatrics.
Cited 7 timesPublishedCity of Chicopee v. Jakubowski
348 Mass. 230 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 8, 1964
Kesselring v. Bonnycastle Club, Inc. 299 Ky. 585, 589 . … Kurz v. Board of Appeals of North Reading, 341 Mass. 110 . Decree affirmed.
Cited 7 timesPublishedCrawford v. Robert L. Kent, Inc.
341 Mass. 125 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 3, 1960
In Kurz v. Board of Appeals of No. Reading, ante, p. 110, we hpve held that “educational use” within the local zoning by-law did not include a commercial enterprise providing instruction in dancing.
Cited 5 timesPublished61 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1851
Putnam v. Longley, 11 Pick. 487 ; Slasson v. Brown, 20 Pick. 436 ; Ward v. Clapp, 4 Met. 455 ; Young v. Capen, 7 Met. 287 . The dictum in Haskell v.
Cited 1 timesPublished
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