Case law

Hunt

141 Mass. 515 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1886

Lovell v. Minot, 20 Pick. 116 . Kinmonth v. Brigham, 5 Allen, 270 . Clark v. Garfield, 8 Allen, 427 . Brown v. French, 125 Mass. 410 . Bowker v. Pierce, 130 Mass. 262 . … Miller v. Austen, ubi supra. Kilgore v. Bulkley, 14 Conn. 362 . Patterson v. Poindexter, 6 Watts & S. 227 . London Savings Fund Society v. Hagerstown Savings Bank, 36 Penn. St. 498. Cate v. Patterson, 25 Mich. 191 .

Knowles v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

233 Mass. 347 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 28, 1919

There was evidence that the plaintiff entered the car at Harvard Square station; that “most all the seats were filled;” that in the presence' of the guard and starter many people boarded the car *349 and it became so crowded … In Seale 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.

Youngworth v. Commonwealth

436 Mass. 608 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 26, 2002

Commonwealth v. Youngworth, 432 Mass. 1102 (2000). … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 431 Mass. 772, 775 (2000) (“If the Legislature had intended the result the defendant suggests, it presumably would have provided for it with some clarity”).

Gloucester Water Supply Co. v. City of Gloucester

179 Mass. 365 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1901

Brown, 128 Mass. 391 ; or he may at his election bring a petition for compensation on the ground that the defendant, is estopped to say that the land has not been taken. Boston & Providence Railroad v. … Brown v. Winnisimmet Co. 11 Allen, 326 .

Charbonnier v. Amico

367 Mass. 146 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 14, 1975

See Boston v. Massachusetts Port Authy. 364 Mass. 639, 659-661 (1974). Cf. Secretary of Environmental Affairs v. … See Selectmen of Avon v. Linder, 352 Mass. 581, 582-583 (1967); Starr v.

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.

City of Medford v. Quinn

352 Mass. 42 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 9, 1967

such action in the name of such board, and shall withhold from the town any reimbursement which it would otherwise be entitled to receive.” … Haverhill v. Porter, 333 Mass. 594 . In the Haverhill case, and in Martin v.

International Trust Co. v. Wattendorf

256 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1926

Subsequently he withdrew from the board of directors and his notes were returned. … Union Bank of Brooklyn v. Sullivan, 214 N. Y. 332 . New v. Page, 144 *326 Md. 606 . Cedar State Bank v. Olson, 116 Kans. 320 . Interstate Trust & Banking Co. v. Irwin, 138 La. 325 . New England Fire Ins. Co. v.

Federal Trust Co. v. Bristol County Street Railway Co.

218 Mass. 367 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 17, 1914

Tuite v. Stevens, 98 Mass. 305 . Howard v. Chase, 104 Mass. 249 .” Numerous other authorities support this proposition. Pecker v. Silsby, 123 Mass. 108 . Swann v. Wright, 110 U. S. 590 . American Water Works Co. v. … Freeman v. Auld, 44 N. Y. 50 . Home Trust Co. v. Bauchens, 151 App. Div. (N. Y.) 416. Weed Sewing Machine Co. v.

Caissie v. City of Cambridge

317 Mass. 346 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 5, 1944

The city was engaged in laying a sewer in the way, and at the end of the day’s work had piled up the boards and beams which were used in the work at a place where, if they had been left undisturbed, they would not have injured … Kidder v. Dunstable, 7 Gray, 104. Vinal v. Dorchester, 7 Gray, 421. Shepherd v. Chelsea, 4 Allen, 113 . Pratt v. Weymouth, 147 Mass. 245 . Igo v. Cambridge, 208 Mass. 571 . Conary v.

Van Norman v. Gordon

44 L.R.A. 840 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1899

Board of Public Works v. Columbia College, 17 Wall. 521 . If it had, then the fact that it is a judgment by confession under a warrant of attorney is immaterial. … Teel v. Yost, 128 N. Y. 387 . See Henry v. Estes, 127 Mass. 474 .

Custody of a Minor

383 Mass. 595 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 7, 1981

See Stone v. Duffy, 219 Mass. 178, 182 (1914). However, it has long been the law of Massachusetts that the preferences of children of sufficient maturity may be considered. See Baird v. … Id., citing Curtis v. Curtis, 5 Gray 535 , 537 (1855), and Commonwealth v. Hammond, 10 Pick. 274 , 275 (1830). In this case the judge expressly found Dom to be “bright, intelligent,” and “articulate.”

Turnbull v. Whitmore

218 Mass. 210 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1914

Brown and Anne L. Whitmore, children of Charles J. Whitmore. … Sanger v. Bourke, ubi supra. Heard v. Read, 169 Mass. 216 . Gray v. Sherman, 5 Allen, 198 .

Spaulding v. Backus

122 Mass. 553 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1877

Brown v. Maine Bank, 11 Mass. 153 . Greene v. Darling, 5 Mason, 201, 214 . Watson v. Mid-Wales Railway, L. R. 2 C. P. 593. … In Rawson v.

1A Auto, Inc. v. Director of the Office of Campaign and Political Finance

480 Mass. 423 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 6, 2018

See Brown & Martin, Rhetoric and Reality: Testing the Harm of Campaign Spending, 90 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1066 , 1071-1076 (2015). … Takushi , 504 U.S. 428 , 433, 112 S.Ct. 2059 , 119 L.Ed.2d 245 (1992), quoting Storer v. Brown , 415 U.S. 724 , 730, 94 S.Ct. 1274 , 39 L.Ed.2d 714 (1974).

Burt v. Municipal Council of Taunton

272 Mass. 130 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1930

Fuller v. Trustees of Deerfield Academy, 252 Mass. 258 . Morse v. Boston, 253 Mass. 247, 255 . Reilly v. Selectmen of Blackstone, 266 Mass. 503, 511 . Dowling v. Board of Assessors, 268 Mass. 480 . … Warren v. Street Commissioners of Boston, 181 Mass. 6 . Morse v. Boston, 253 Mass. 247 . Safford v. Lowell, 255 Mass. 220 .

Gifford v. Inhabitants of Westport

190 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1906

Commonwealth v. King, 13 Met. 115 . Morton v. Moore, 15 Gray, 573 . Commonwealth v. Blaisdell, 107 Mass. 234 . New Salem v. Eagle Mill Co. 138 Mass. 8 . … See also Parker v. Framingham, 8 Met. 260 , 268; New Salem v. Eagle Mill Co. 138 Mass. 8 .

Schwartz v. Rose

418 Mass. 41 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 1994

He was also informed that the Planning Board had conveyed the information to the Conservation Commission, that the Planning Board had discussed with Rose’s representative that one or more of the 5 Lots may not meet conservation … See Cherry v. Crispin, supra; Bellefeuille v.

Commonwealth v. Sammy Lozada

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 17, 2025

See Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v.