Case law

King v. City of Springfield

233 Mass. 592 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 10, 1919

J., in Aspinwall v. … Boston 191 Mass. 441, 445 , “a unilateral contract, offering to the city favorable terms as to land damages as an inducement to the laying out of a street, may be considered by the board charged with the duty of dealing with

Commonwealth v. Sullivan

165 Mass. 183 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1896

The evidence offered was the record of the town meeting at which Livingstone was elected constable, and the testimony of a selectman, the clerk of the board, who produced their records showing the appointment of Livingstone … Attorney General v. Crocker, 138 Mass. 214 , 216 et seq. Sudbury v. Heard, 103 Mass. 543 . Elliott v. Willis, 1 Allen, 461 .

Bruni v. Andre

339 Mass. 708 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1959

Cook v. Doggett, 2 Allen, 439 , 440. Root v. Burt, 118 Mass. 521, 523 . Cave v. Osborne, 193 Mass. 482, 485 . DeMontague v. Bacharach, 181 Mass. 256 ; S. C. 187 Mass. 128, 131 . Brown v. Woodbury, 183 Mass. 279, 282 . … Coughlin v. Knowles, 7 Met. 57 . Riley v. Williams, 123 Mass. 506 . Twomey v. Crowley, 137 Mass. 184 .

Trade Mutual Liability Insurance v. Peters

291 Mass. 79 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1935

Dickinson v. Todd, 172 Mass.183. Old Corner Book Store v. Upham, 194 Mass. 101, 106 . Rubenstein v. Lottow, 220 Mass. 156, 165-168 . Moss v. Old Colony Trust Co. 246 Mass. 139, 144 . Berman v. … Romanausky v. Skutulas, 258 Mass. 190 . Zaff v. Brown, 265 Mass. 598 . Thayer v. Thayer, 277 Mass. 256, 258 . It does not appear that the order was not given seasonably after the record became complete. Donnell v.

Attorney General v. Goldberg

330 Mass. 291 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1953

Hosmer, Inc. v. Commonwealth, 302 Mass. 495, 501 . Opinion of the Justices, 309 Mass. 631, 639-640 . Flynn v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 320 Mass. 29, 31-32 .

Sewall v. Sewall

139 Mass. 157 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 28, 1885

In Sewall v. … New England Jewelry Co. v. Merriam, 2 Allen, 390 . Brown v. Smith, 116 Mass. 108 . The demandant contends that the remedy she seeks is the one provided by the St. of 1874, o. 188, § 4, (Pub.

Perini Corp v. Commissioner of Revenue

419 Mass. 763 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 22, 1995

Abatement applications which have been denied are currently being appealed to the Appellate Tax Board. … We do not consider whether the plaintiffs are entitled to abatements as this issue is currently pending before the board and should be decided there. See Space Bldg. Corp. v.

Lindsay v. Department of Social Services

439 Mass. 789 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 17, 2003

Levy v. Board of Registration & Discipline in Med., 378 Mass. 519, 525 (1979). … Board of Registration in Med., 399 Mass. 719 , 720 n.l (1987); Gurry v. Board of Pub. Accountancy, 394 Mass. 118, 129-130 (1985).

Town of Manchester v. Phillips

343 Mass. 591 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 9, 1962

Gillam v. … See Cliff v. Board of Health of Amesbury, ante, 58, 62. General Laws e.

A. J. Tower Co. v. Commonwealth

223 Mass. 371 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1916

Salem Iron Factory Co. v. Danvers, 10 Mass. 514 , as expounded in Worcester v. Board of Appeal, 184 Mass. 460 . … See Worcester v. Board of Appeal, 184 Mass. 460 . Petition dismissed with costs. The case was reserved by Braley, J., for determination by the full court. That statute is as follows: “Sec. 5219.

Cotter v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad

258 Mass. 279 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1927

Merrill v. Eastern Railroad, 139 Mass. 238 . Renaud v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 210 Mass. 553, 556 . Youngerman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 223 Mass. 29 . Doherty v. … Webster v. Fitchburg Railroad, 161 Mass. 298, 299 .

Dolan v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n

173 Mass. 197 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1899

See Brown v. Greenfield Life Association, 172 Mass. 498 ; Rainger v. Boston Mutual Life Association, 167 Mass. 109 . … See Smith v. Gillum, 80 Tex. 120 ; Bogue v. Bigelow, 29 Vt. 179 ; Fink v. Manhattan Railway, 15 Daly, 479 ; Veasey v. Brigman, 93 Ala. 548 , and 13 L. R. A. 541 and note ; Barnes v. People, 18 Ill. 52 ; Millett v.

Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Huse & Carleton, Inc.

254 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1926

Adams v. Leland, 7 Pick. 62 , 63. But the original decree was not open to collateral attack, and until revoked it was valid. McCooey v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 182 Mass. 205 . Connors v. … Turnquist v. Hannon, 219 Mass. 560 . Hall v. Henry Thayer & Co. 225 Mass. 151 . R. L. c. 171, § 2, as amended by St. 1907, c. 375, now G. L. c. 229, § 5. The right is conferred by statute.

Flower v. Town of Billerica

324 Mass. 519 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1949

Inc. v. … See Brown v. South Boston Savings Bank, 148 Mass. 300, 304 ; McRae v. Pope, *522 311 Mass. 500, 504 . The words “subject to,” used in their ordinary sense, mean “subordinate to,” “subservient to,” or “limited by.”

Commonwealth v. Burke

105 Mass. 376 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1870

Commonwealth v. Sugland, 4 Gray, 7 . Commonwealth v. Bailey, 13 Allen, 541 , 545. … Brown, for the defendant. C. Allen, Attorney General, for the Commonwealth. Exceptions overruled.

Himelfarb v. Novadel Agene Corp.

305 Mass. 446 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 25, 1940

The man pulled a board which came off the crate with quick force and it came up and struck the plaintiff in the face. This is all the material evidence as to what happened. … For the reasons stated in Strong v. Haverhill Electric Co. 299 Mass. 455 , and Marquis v.

Commonwealth v. Murphy

174 Mass. 369 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1899

People v. M'Kay, 18 Johns. 212 . State v. Walters, 16 La. An. 400. Jones v. State, 15 Ark. 261 . Turner v. State, 40 Ala. 21 . Gerard v. People, 4 Ill. 362 . State v. Redman, 17 Iowa, 329 . State v. … Brown, 167 Mass. 144 , does not constitute an interference with the defendant’s rights. Exceptions overruled.

Oehme v. Whittemore-Wright Co.

279 Mass. 558 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1932

McIntosh v. Abbot, 231 Mass. 180, 183 . Gold v. Spector, 247 Mass. 110 . … Fullam v. Wright & Colton Wire Cloth Co. 196 Mass. 474 . Putnam-Hooker Co. v. Hewins, 204 Mass. 426 . Osadchuk v. Gordon, 251 Mass. 540, 544 .

Matter of Morizzo

335 Mass. 251 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1957

See Keating v. Director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, 272 Mass. 212 . The ward is a patient at the United States Veterans’ Hospital at Bedford. … “The word ‘support’ is often used in our statutes, and in its ordinary signification it includes not merely board, but everything necessary to proper maintenance.” Gould v. Lawrence, 160 Mass. 232 .

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.