Case law

Sawyer v. Merrill

27 Mass. 16 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1830

See Warren v. Hope, 6 Greenleaf, 479; Alsop v. Commercial Ins Co. 1 Sumner, 476; Ames v. Howard, 1 Sumner, 490, 491; People v. Sup Court of N. York, 10 Wendell, 285 ; Bullock v. Beach, 3 Vermont R. 73; Reed v. … Bates v. Conkling, 10 Wendell, 389 ; Van Dusen v. Van Slyck, 15 Johns. R. 223; Brown v. Howard, 14 Johns. R. 122; Elwell v. Martin, Ware, 53.

Taber v. City of New Bedford

135 Mass. 162 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 1883

Brimmer v. Boston, 102 Mass. 19 . … Brimmer v.

Smith Meal Co. v. State Tax Commission

350 Mass. 509 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1966

In State Tax Commn. v. John H. … See State Tax Commn. v. Wheatland, 343 Mass. 650, 653 ; Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. State Tax Commn. 346 Mass. 100, 105-106 .

Inhabitants of Watertown v. Mayo

109 Mass. 315 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1872

Commonwealth v. Alger, 7 Cush. 53 . Fisher v. McGirr, 1 Gray, 1 . Commonwealth v. Tewksbury, 11 Met. 55 . Baker v. Boston, 12 Pick. 184 . … Commonwealth v. Alger, 7 Cush. 53 . Baker v. Boston, 12 Pick. 184 . Austin v. Murray, 16 Pick. 121 . Coates v. New York, 7 Cowen, 585, 604.

Commonwealth v. Wiggins

477 Mass. 732 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 6, 2017

See Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 465 (2012); Commonwealth v. Brown, 466 Mass. 676, 688-689 (2013), S.C., 474 Mass. 576 (2016); Diatchenko v. … Costa, 472 Mass. 139, 143-146 (2015), the original sentencing judge could not have foreseen our decisions in Diatchenko and Brown.

McNamara v. Boston & Maine Railroad

202 Mass. 491 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1909

The jury could find upon the testimony put in by the plaintiff that this top roof was in such condition that wind could get in between it and the *498 metallic roof, and with more force when, as here, the' fascia boards were … It was a question of fact whether the loss of the missing part of the fascia board, under the existing conditions of the weather, and in connection with what else ought to have been discovered upon proper inspection, would

Child v. New York & New England Railroad

129 Mass. 170 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1880

Haven v. Grand Junction Railroad, 109 Mass. 88 . … Wilcox v. Fairhaven Bank, 7 Allen, 270 . Virginia v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 32 Md. 501, 539 . Ketchum, v. Duncan, 96 U. S. 659, 662 . Union Trust Co. v. Monticello & Port Jervis Railroad, 63 N. Y. 311 .

Lewis v. Commonwealth

329 Mass. 445 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 21, 1952

App. (2d) 518, and in Kozlowski v. Board of Trustees of the New Castle County Workhouse, 32 Del. 29 (overruled on another point, Biddle v. Board of Trustees of New Castle County Workhouse, 33 Del. 425 ). … Tinkoff v. United States, 86 Fed. (2d) 868, 880. Contra: People v. Williams, 404 Ill. 624 (but compare People v. Heard, 396 Ill. 215, 220-221 ). 2 Youst v. United States, 151 Fed. (2d) 666, 668. Ekberg v.

Robinson v. Selectmen of Watertown

336 Mass. 537 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 18, 1957

See Lesberg v. Lesberg, 260 Mass. 216, 221 ; Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank, 308 U. S. 371, 375 ; Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway v. United States, 290 U. … Elmer v. Commissioner of Insurance, 304 Mass. 194, 199 . Massachusetts Society of Graduate Physical Therapists, Inc. v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 330 Mass. 601, 605-606 . 6.

McDonald v. Union Freight Railroad

190 Mass. 123 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1906

(St. 1872, c. 342,) while giving it authority to use all kinds of power employed by street railways, provides that “ the cars on said road may be drawn during the night by steam power, subject to the regulation of said board … In Boston v.

Wilkins v. City of Haverhill

468 Mass. 86 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 9, 2014

Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 466 Mass. 779, 783 (2014), quoting Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513 (1975). In relevant part, G. … L. c. 15, § 1G (requiring establishment of school board advisory council on parent and community education and involvement); 603 Code Mass.

Town of Dedham v. City of Newton

320 Mass. 391 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 7, 1946

From June to August, 1920, Hale’s parents “had board and room . . . in a boarding and room *393 ing house” in Newton. … In Brockton v.

McIntire v. Leland

229 Mass. 348 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1918

Leland as foreman to superintend the running of the farm» He “had more leeway than a great many” foremen; he hired the laborers, boarded them and paid them and himself with money given him by Leland for that purpose. … Anderson v. Middlebrook, 202 Mass. 506, 508 , and cases cited.

McKenney v. Commission on Judicial Conduct

377 Mass. 790 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1979

See Browne v. Turner, 174 Mass. 150, 159 (1899). … This postenactment affidavit of a single legislator is not relevant legislative history either. 9 See Plunkett v. Old Colony Trust Co., 233 Mass. 471, 474 (1919); Browne v.

Tracy v. Wetherell

165 Mass. 113 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 2, 1896

The Massachusetts decisions do not go so far as the English in excluding a claim for labor; Goddard v. Binney, 115 Mass. 450 ; Lee v. … Bacon v. Parker, 137 Mass. 309, 312 . In Webster v.

Commonwealth v. Leonard

352 Mass. 636 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 7, 1967

See Bryer v. P. S. … See Glassman v. Barron, 277 Mass. 376, 382 ; Rogers v. Superior Court, 46 Cal. 2d 3, 8 ; People v. Henry, 86 Cal.

Dennie v. Clapp

19 Mass. 204 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1824

Cromwell v. Lovett, 1 Hall, 51 ; Peake’s Ev. (2d Lond. ed.) 251; Patton v. Ash, 7 Serg. & R. 116 ; People v. Howell, 4 Johns. R. 296; 3 Stark. … Watkins v. Hill, 8 Pick. 522 ; Van Ostrand v. Reed, 1 Wendell, 424 ; Barrelli v. Brown, 1 M‘Cord, 449. Aliter, if it be so expressly agreed. New York State Bank v. Fletcher, 5 Wendell, 85 . See also Thatcher v.

Maloney v. Inhabitants of Cohasset

234 Mass. 284 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1920

Service of a sufficient notice upon a member of the board of selectmen of a town is adequate by the express terms of the statute. McCarthy v. Dedham, 188 Mass. 204 . … Burke v. Lynn, 219 Mass. 302 . Merrill v. Paige, 229 Mass. 511 . R.

Bailey v. Crosby

226 Mass. 492 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1917

Rote v. Warner, 9 Ohio Cir. Dec. 536, 539 . Matter of Kernochan, 104 N. Y. 618 . Meacham v. Sternes, 9 Paige, 398, 403 . … Manning v. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 8 Met. 566 . Fernald v. Gooch, 202 Mass. 408, 412 . Harper’s Appeal, 111 Penn. St. 243, 245, 251.

Lavartue v. Ely Lumber Co.

213 Mass. 65 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1912

After sawing one set of sticks the plaintiff began upon the second set, when, as the plank or board passed the saw the strips came against the refuse, and, being forced above the plane of the table, their recoil threw or … Fitzgerald v. *67 Connecticut River Paper Co. 155 Mass. 155 . Mahoney v. Dore, 155 Mass. 513 . Wagner v. Boston Elevated Railway, 188 Mass. 437 . Jellow v. Fore River Ship Building Co. 201 Mass. 464 . Griffin v.