Case law

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.

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 .

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.

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 .

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.

McNeil v. Commissioner of Correction

417 Mass. 818 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1994

Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513 (1975), quoting Industrial Fin. Corp. v. State Tax Comm’n, 367 Mass. 360, 364 (1975). We also apply two other principles of statutory construction. … Board of Educ., supra at 513-514. Second, “the statutory language itself is the principal source of insight into the legislative purpose.” Hoffman v. Howmedica, Inc., 373 Mass. 32, 37 (1977).

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.”

Mahoney v. Nollman

309 Mass. 522 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 8, 1941

Jackson v. … First African Methodist Episcopal Society v. Brown, 147 Mass. 296, 298, 299 , and cases cited. Queenin v. Blank, 268 Mass. 432, 436 .

Commonwealth v. Lopez

474 Mass. 690 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 8, 2016

Commonwealth v. … She then saw the defendant return and look out the peephole of the front door, all the while with a "large, brown" gun in his hand.

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 .

Yesner v. Commissioner of Banks

252 Mass. 358 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1925

In Lowe v. … The reasoning and conclusion in Cunningham v. Brown, 265 U. S. 1, 12, 13 , although relating to different facts and to proceedings in bankruptcy, are pertinent to the conditions revealed on the present record.

State of Maine v. Gould

52 Mass. 220 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1846

Horsley v. Bell, 1 Bro. C. C. 101, note. Sheffield v. Watson, 3 Caines, 69 . Gill v. Brown, 12 Johns. 385 . … See Commonwealth v. Phœnix Bank, (ante, 138, 139.) Upon these considerations, we are of opinion that no action can be maintained in the name of the State of Maine upon the contract now in suit.

Foster v. Starkey

66 Mass. 324 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1853

In Baxter v. … Brown v. Anderson, 13 Mass. 201 . The point was again decided, where the new promise had been made by an administrator to the creditor. Emerson v. Thompson, 16 Mass. 428 .

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

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.

Nutter v. Framingham & Lowell Railroad

132 Mass. 427 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 30, 1882

See also to same point Manufacturers’ Bank v. Osgood, 12 Maine, 117; Brown v. Warren, 43 N. H. 430. T. F. Nutter, pro se. R. Olney, for the trustee. … In Hathaway v.