Case law

Polaroid Corp. v. Commissioner of Revenue

393 Mass. 490 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 11, 1984

See Franklin v. Albert, 381 Mass. 611, 615 (1980); Massachusetts Comm’ n Against Discrimination v. Liberty Mut. Ins. … The cases of Becton, Dickinson & Co. v. Department of Revenue, 383 Mass. 786 (1981), and W.R. Grace & Co. v.

Bullard v. Eames

219 Mass. 49 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 23, 1914

Co. v. Stone, 200 Mass. 158 . Fullam, v. Wright & Colton Wire Cloth Co. 196 Mass. 474 . Stewart v. Thayer, 168 Mass. 519 . … Earnshaw v. Whittemore, 194 Mass. 187 . Brown v. Woodbury, 183 Mass. 279 . Whiteside v. Brawley, 152 Mass. 133, 134 .

Burns v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.

193 Mass. 63 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 16, 1906

McDer *65 mott v. Boston Elevated Railway, 184 Mass. 126 . Young v. Small, 188 Mass. 4, 5 . Slattery v. Lawrence Ice Co. 190 Mass. 79 . Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway, 192 Mass. 37 . … Upon reaching the middle of the track used by cars going north, he saw a car coming, and jumping back to avoid it, was struck by the under side of the running board, and thrown under the wheels of the rear truck.

Foote v. Cotting

195 Mass. 55 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1907

Winsor v. Savage, 9 Met. 846 , 348. Brown v. Fales, 139 Mass. 21, 28 . Massachusetts Ins. Co. v. Creen, ubi supra. … Kelley v. Lindsey, 7 Gray, 287 . Provincetown v. Truro, 135 Mass. 263, 265 . Boston Ice Co. v. Potter, 123 Mass. 28 . Earle v. Coburn, 130 Mass. 596 . Massachusetts Ins. Co. v. Creen, ubi supra. Kemp 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.

Commonwealth v. Saunders

435 Mass. 691 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 24, 2002

In Commonwealth v. Saunders, 50 Mass. App. … See note 1, supra', Commonwealth v. Brown, 431 Mass. 772, 778 (2000). The judge initially did not realize that the kidnapping conviction was time-barred under G.

Commonwealth v. Gallarelli

372 Mass. 573 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 11, 1977

This suggestion follows in the tracks of an opinion by Jacobs, J., who led his court to a like conclusion in State v. Gregory, 66 N.J. 510 (1975). … Stat. c. 38, § 3-3 (1972); People v. Golson, 32 Ill. 2d 398 (1965), cert. denied, 384 U.S. 1023 (1966). Cf. People v. White, 390 Mich. 245 (1973); State v. Brown, 262 Ore. 442 (1972); Commonwealth v.

Commonwealth v. Kelley

370 Mass. 147 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 15, 1976

Within a few minutes a man carrying a brown paper bag in his arms ran toward Hudson Road down a lightly wooded depression between the Vazal house and a neighboring house on property next door or adjacent to the Vazal property … Commonwealth v. Perry, 357 Mass. 149, 151 (1970); Commonwealth v. Fancy, 349 Mass. 196, 200-201 (1965) ; Commonwealth v. Murphy, supra.

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.

Gilkie v. Marsh

186 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 21, 1904

Leland v. Adams, 9 Gray, 171 . Lincoln v. Lincoln, 107 Mass. 590 . Crossman v. Field, 119 Mass. 170 . Goddard v. Whitney, 140 Mass. 92, 100 . Smith v. Rice, 183 Mass. 251 . Dana v. Dana, 185 Mass. 156, 158 . … Ide v. Ide, 5 Mass. 500, 501 . Wight v. Thayer, 1 Gray, 284 , 286. Allen v. Ashley School Fund, 102 Mass. 262, 264 . Brown v. Addison Gilbert Hospital, 155 Mass. 323, 326 . Siders v.

Farnum v. Bascom

122 Mass. 282 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1877

Thompson v. Lawley, 2 B. & P. 303. In Rogers v. … Davenhill v. Fletcher, Ambl. 244. Heath v. Dendy, 1 Russ. 543; Norcott v. Gordon, *289 14 Sim. 258. Isenhart v. Brown, 1 Edw. Ch. 411 . Pollard v. Pollard, 1 Allen, 490 . Towle v. Swasey, supra.

Crowley v. Whittemore

255 Mass. 99 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1926

Dexter v. Blanchard, 11 Allen, 365 . Curtis v. Brown, 5 Cush. 488 , and cases cited. Griffin v. Cunningham, 183 Mass. 505 . George Lawley & Son Corp. v. Buff, 230 Mass. 21 . Exceptions overruled.

Brayton v. City of Fall River

113 Mass. 218 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1873

Haskell v. New Bedford, 108 Mass. 208 . Emery v. Lowell, 104 Mass. 13 . Child v. Boston, 4 Allen, 41 . Richardson v. Boston, 19 How. 263 . Gerrish v. Brown, 51 Maine, 256. Attorney General v. … In Willard v.

Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

208 Mass. 619 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 1911

Cambridge Board of Health, 200 Mass. 474, 478 ; Mutual Loan Co. v. Martell, 200 Mass. 482, 484 ; Dewey v. Richardson, 206 Mass. 430, 432 . It was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in Lochner v. … Commonwealth v. Williams, 6 Gray, 1 . Commonwealth v. Pillsbury, 12 Gray, 127 . Commonwealth v. Rowe, 14 Gray, 47 . Commonwealth v. Barber, 143 Mass. 560, 562 .

Rrk v. Sgp

400 Mass. 12 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1987

McG. v. … See, e.g., Pickett v. Brown, 462 U.S. 1 (1983); Mills v. Habluetzel, 456 U.S. 91 (1982); Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762 (1977); Gomez v. Perez, 409 U.S. 535 (1973). See also Powers v.

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.

Lyon v. Commissioner of Corp. & Taxation

258 Mass. 450 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1927

The Foundation is controlled by a board of trustees vested with full power to carry out its objects. Rules have been adopted for the administration of the Foundation. … Chapman v. Miller, 128 Mass. 269, 270 . Spaulding v. Day, 10 Allen, 96 , 98. Southern Pacific Co. v. Lowe, 245 U. S. 330, 335 . United States v. Merriam, 263 U. S. 179 .

Hullum v. Commonwealth

396 Mass. 1009 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1986

See Baggs v. Hirschfield, 293 Mass. 1, 3 (1935). A statutory violation cannot be considered as evidence of negligence unless there is a causal relationship between the violation and the harm suffered. Falvey v. … McCarthy v. Boston City Hosp., 358 Mass. 639, 647 (1971), quoting Falvey v. Hamelburg, supra. Order of Appellate Division dismissing report affirmed.

Gaffney v. Bay State Street Railway Co.

221 Mass. 457 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1915

Poole, one Keating and the intestate were seated on the tail board laid across the cart as a temporary seat, in the order named, Poole being seated on the nigh side. … Hudson v. Lynn & Boston Railroad, 185 Mass. 510 . Bothwell v. Boston Elevated Railway, 215 Mass. 467 . McCue v. Boston Elevated Railway, ante, 432.

Massachusetts Medical Service v. Commissioner of Insurance

346 Mass. 346 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1963

Co. v. Commissioner of Ins. 298 Mass. 161, 168 . *349 It follows that the decrees must be reversed. … There was evidence that the fee committee included representatives of the subspecialties in surgery and medicine, and that the schedule had been considered by the Blue Shield board of directors and by the Council of the Medical