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  • Fuller v. Ruby

    76 Mass. 285 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1858

    Warren v. Consett, 2 Ld Raym. 1503. Atty v. Parish, 1 New Rep. 109. Davis v. Shoemaker, 1 Rawle, 140 . … Jones v. Fales, 4 Mass. 254 . Brown v. Waterman, 10 Cush. 117 . Were it necessary to the saving of the plaintiff’s rights, the court might now permit an amendment of his declaration. Eev. Sts. c. 100, § 22. Cleaves v.

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  • Baker v. Moffat

    61 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.

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  • Chisholm v. City Council of Lynn

    368 Mass. 311 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 7, 1975

    Judgment affirmed. 3 The act was analyzed and its provisions held constitutional in Marshal House, Inc. v. Rent Control Bd. of Brookline, 358 Mass. 686 (1971). … That this Act will be administered by a Rent Control Board. “3. That the appointments to the Rent Control Board will be subject to confirmation by the City Council. “4.

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  • Osborne v. Town of Lancaster

    345 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 . . .

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  • Farris v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    210 Mass. 585 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1912

    Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 192 Mass. 104 ; Sellon v. Boston Elevated Railway, 208 Mass. 507; Mullen v. Boston Elevated Railway, 209 Mass. 79 , and like cases rather than by Cokinos v. … Boston Elevated Railway, 209 Mass. 225 , Tognazzi v. Milford & Uxbridge Street Railway, 201 Mass. 7 , and Dunn v. Old Colony Street Railway, 186 Mass. 316 .

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  • Worcester v. Marchant

    31 Mass. 510 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1833

    It proceeds upon the ground, that the father-in-law and the mother have a right to the services of her minor son during his minority ; but we think that the case of Freto v. Brown, 4 Mass. … In Tubb et al. v. Harrison, 4 T. R. 118, it was decided that the husband is not bound to maintain his wife’s cjtild by a former husband. The statute of 43 Eliz. c. 2, § 7, extends to natural relations.

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  • Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Atlantic Research Corp.

    395 Mass. 1009 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 8, 1985

    L. c. 152, § 15, the Industrial Accident Board has authority to approve third-party settlements “[ejxcept in the case of a settlement by agreement by the parties to, and during a trial of, such an action at law.” … The relevant statutory provisions are analyzed in Burke v. Atlantic Research Corp., 18 Mass. App. Ct. 497, 499-500 (1984). The dismissal of these claims, on the authority of Diaz v.

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  • Broadway National Bank v. Baker

    176 Mass. 294 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 9, 1900

    Howell v. Manglesdorf, 33 Kans. 194 . Abbey v. W. B. Grimes Dry Goods Co. 44 Kans. 415 . United States National Bank v. Magnuson, 57 Kans. 573 . Ball v. Reese, 58 Kans. 614 . In Hancock National Bank v. Farnum, 176 U. … Brown v. Trail, 89 Fed. Rep. 641, 645. Whitman v. Oxford National Bank, 176 U. S. 559 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Burrell

    389 Mass. 804 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 3, 1983

    In his statement to the police, the defendant described the killer as a tall, thin, light-skinned male with a medium afro hairstyle, who pulled the gun out from the brown jacket he was wearing. … State v.

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  • Parks v. Smith

    155 Mass. 26 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1891

    In Low v. … Matthews v. Allen, 16 Gray, 594 . Harrison v. Bailey, 99 Mass. 620 . Third National Bank v. Ashworth, 105 Mass. 503 . Rindge v. Kimball, 124 Mass. 209 . Hobbs v. Straine, 149 Mass. 212 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Pugh

    462 Mass. 482 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 15, 2012

    Citing Commonwealth v. Brown, 376 Mass. 156, 164 (1978), the judge reasoned that the question of motive “is relevant and admissible to help explain the conclusions that may be reached from the evidence.” … Board of Registration in Nursing, 399 Mass. 558, 562 (1987) (upholding G.

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  • Miller v. Perry

    333 Mass. 155 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 29, 1955

    Savage v. Winchester, 15 Gray, 453 , 455. Browne v. Bixby, 190 Mass. 69, 70-71 . Ricker v. Ricker, 248 Mass. 549 . … Hall v. Tay, 131 Mass. 192 . Payson v. Lamson, 134 Mass. 593 . Barry v. General Mortgage & Loan Corp. 254 Mass. 282, 287 . See Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank v. Zeff, 275 Mass. 408 ; Merchants National Bank v.

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  • Neville v. Gifford

    242 Mass. 124 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1922

    Williams v. Milton, 215 Mass. 1 . Frost v. Thompson, 219 Mass. 360, 365 . Priestley v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 230 Mass. 452 . … Williams v. Boston, 208 Mass. 497 . Horgan v. Morgan, 233 Mass. 381 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Lutskov

    480 Mass. 575 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 14, 2018

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 466 Mass. 676, 688-689 (2013), S.C., 474 Mass. 576 (2016). … See also Commonwealth v. Brown, 431 Mass. 772, 774 & n.6 (2000). We disagree. Although the defendant's minimum twenty-year sentence under G.

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  • City 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.

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  • Emerson v. Deming

    304 Mass. 478 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 6, 1939

    Rowland v. Hackel, 243 Mass. 160 . Bascombe v. Inferrera, 271 Mass. 296 . Caragulian v. Rudd, 282 Mass. 260 . Waitzkin v. Glazer, 283 Mass. 86 . Sandler v. Green, 287 Mass. 404 . … Gillingham v. Brown, 178 Mass. 417, 424 . Wendell v. Clark, 240 Mass. 562 . United States v. Wilder, 13 Wall. 254 . Freiberg v. Pierce, 83 Fed. (2d) 961.

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  • Augat, Inc. v. Aegis, Inc.

    409 Mass. 165 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 16, 1991

    Co. v. Union Fidelity Life Ins. … On August 1, 1984, Greenspan submitted a letter of resignation to the president of Augat, sending a copy to the chairman of Augat’s board of directors.

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  • Deyrmanjian v. Palais

    311 Mass. 553 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 27, 1942

    See Smith v. Brown, 302 Mass. 432, 433 . In Miller v. Harvey, 221 N. Y. 54 , the plaintiff sold to the defendant' merchandise that was to be sent by express. The price was paid by the defendant in advance. … See Schlesinger v. Lennon, 145 N. Y. Sup. 929; Lopez v. Henry Isaacs, Inc. 210 App. Div. (N.

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  • Murphy v. ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIV OF PERSONNEL ADMIN.

    377 Mass. 217 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 2, 1979

    Gallagher v. Metropolitan Dist. Comm'n, 371 Mass. 691, 699 (1977); McKart v. United States, 395 U.S. 185, 198-199 (1969). … Int'l, Inc. v. E. Targosz & Co., 560 F.2d 805, 809 (7th Cir.1977); Cline v. Hoogland, 518 F.2d 776, 778 (8th Cir.1975).

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Libertarian Ass'n v. Secretary of Commonwealth

    462 Mass. 538 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 2012

    See Storer v. Brown, 415 U.S. 724, 730 (1974). … Storer v. Brown, supra at 738-740 .

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