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  • Rochford v. Atkins

    213 Mass. 463 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1913

    Fairbanks v. Snow, 145 Mass. 153 . Phillips v. Chase, 203 Mass. 556, 565 . Exceptions sustained. The case was tried before Brown, J., who ordered a verdict for the defendant Martha M. Atkins.

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  • Kennebec Co. v. Augusta Insurance & Banking

    72 Mass. 204 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1856

    This is very fully and emphatically stated by Lord Denman in the case of Goss v. Lord Nugent, 5 B. & Ad. 65, and 2 Nev. & Man. 33, 34. … Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 519 . Angell & Ames on Corp. § 273.

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  • Stapleton v. MacChi

    401 Mass. 725 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 18, 1988

    Miles v. Edward O. Tabor, M.D., Inc., 387 Mass. 783,785-786 (1982). Raunela v. Hertz Corp., 361 Mass. 341, 343 (1972). Brown v. Gerstein, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 558, 560 (1984). Glicklich v. Spievack, 16 Mass. App. … Hanrihan v. Hanrihan, 342 Mass. 559, 565-567 (1961). The cause of action accrues when the plaintiff becomes aware that the trust has been repudiated. Hanrihan v. Hanrihan, supra at 567 . Cosentino v. Cosentino, 10 Mass.

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  • Brisbin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    207 Mass. 553 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1911

    According to the custom of the defendant, passengers were expected to board the car when it had come to a stop in this position. … This case falls within the rule laid down in Plummer v. Boston Elevated Railway, 198 Mass. 499 , at 508 and 509. Anshen v. Boston, Elevated Railway, 205 Mass. 32 .

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  • Commercial Wharf Corp. v. City of Boston

    194 Mass. 460 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1907

    Read v. Sutton, 2 Cush. 115 . Bank of the United States v. Dandridge, 12 Wheat. 64, 69, 70 . United States v. Adams, 24 Fed. Rep. 348. Mandeville v. Reynolds, 68 N. Y. 528, 534 . … Blanchard v. Blackstone, 102 Mass. 343, 348 . O’Leary v. Board of Education, 93 N. Y. 1 . 1 Dillon, Mun. Corp. (4th ed.) § 305, note.

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  • Warren v. Manufacturers Insurance

    30 Mass. 518 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1833

    Atkinson v. Abbott, 11 East, 135 ; Johnson v. Hudson, ibid. 180 ; Hughes, 273 ; Law v. Hollingsworth, 7 T. R. 160; Dawson v. Atty, 7 East, 367 ; Bell v. Carstairs, 14 East, 374 ; Carruthers v. … Gray, 15 East, 35 ; Ward v. Wood,, 13 Mass. R. 539 ; Mitchell v. Smith, 4 Yeates, 86 ; Gremare v. Valon, 2 Campb. 144. The case of Atkinson v.

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  • Brookline v. COMMR. OF DEPT. OF ENVTL. QUALITY ENG'G

    398 Mass. 404 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 8, 1986

    Little, Inc. v. Commissioner of Health & Hosps. of Cambridge, 395 Mass. 535, 553 (1985), quoting Moysenko v. Board of Health of N. Andover, 347 Mass. 305, 308 (1964). See American Grain Prods. Processing Inst. v. … Health, 392 Mass. 309, 329 (1984); Levy v. Board of Registration & Discipline in Medicine, 378 Mass. 519, 524-525 (1979); School Comm. of Springfield v.

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  • Black v. Parker Manufacturing Co.

    329 Mass. 105 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 3, 1952

    Churchill v. Churchill, 239 Mass. 443, 445-446 . Wallin v. Smolensky, 303 Mass. 39, 42 . Kilroy v. O’Connor, 324 Mass. 238, 240 . … United Zinc Co. v. Harwood, 216 Mass. 474, 476 . Abbot v. Waltham Watch Co. 260 Mass. 81, 96 . Brown v. Little, Brown & Co. (Inc.) 269 Mass. 102, 117 .

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  • Pappas v. Maxwell

    337 Mass. 552 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 13, 1958

    Brooks v. … Carleton & Hovey Co. v. Burns, 285 Mass. 479, 483 . See Tuttle v. Corey, 245 Mass. 196, 204 ; Minot v. Minot, 319 Mass. 253, 259 ; Lowell Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities, 324 Mass. 80, 90 .

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  • Durkin v. Siegel

    340 Mass. 445 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1960

    Promissory notes signed by one Browne were indorsed by the defendant. … See Holmes, v.

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  • Pembroke Iron Co. v. Parsons

    71 Mass. 589 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1856

    This case, though quite similar in facts, is distinguishable in principle, from that of Bourne v. Seymour, 16 C. B. 337, recently decided in England. … The John Taylor did reach the place of shipment, took on board a cargo of nitrate of soda, and arrived in London.

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  • Robertson v. State Tax Commission

    365 Mass. 630 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 4, 1974

    See Parker v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. 258 Mass. 379, 381 (1927); Barrett and Bailey, Taxation (2d ed.) §§ 459, 461 (1970). Compare Barnes v. State Tax Commn. 363 Mass. 589, 591 (1973). See also Woodward v. … S. 572 (1970); United States v. Hilton Hotels Corp. 397 U. S. 580 (1970); Estate of Meade v. Commissioner of Int. Rev. 489 F. 2d 161 (5th Cir. 1974).

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  • United States Trust Co. v. Commonwealth

    245 Mass. 75 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1923

    Holmes v. Turners Falls Co. 150 Mass. 535, 550 . Jennings v. Wyzanski, 188 Mass. 285 . Union Trust Co. v. Hasseltine, 200 Mass. 414 . Cutler v. Haven, 8 Pick. 490 . Mulcahy v. Fenwick, 161 Mass. 164 . Holbrook v. … Brown, 214 Mass. 542, 544 .

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  • Marsh v. Beraldi

    260 Mass. 225 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 14, 1927

    In cases like Pyyny v. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. 253 Mass. 574 , Neelon v. … Brown v. Spencer, 163 Cal. 589, 595 . The actual dealings of Beraldi and Toscano with the truck appeared fully in the evidence. Nor was the testimony inadmissible on the ground that it varied a written instrument.

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  • Foley v. Wyeth

    84 Mass. 131 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1861

    J., in the case of Thurston v. Hancock, 12 Mass. 220 . The decision in the case of Lasala v. Holbrook, 4 Paige, 169 , is to the same *133 effect. Radcliff v. Mayor, &c. of Brooklyn, 4 Comst. 195. Richardson v. … Brown v. Robbins, 4 Hurlst. & Norm. 186. His right of dominion over his own land is not without some limitations.

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  • Lynch v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    372 Mass. 864 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1977

    In turn, the director of the Division of Employment Security (division) has appealed the judicial determination which reversed the decision of the division’s board of review. … Caughey v. Employment Security *865 Dept., 81 Wash. 2d 597, 602-603 (4972). The decision of the District Court is reversed and a decision is to be entered adjudging the decision of the board to be correct. Joseph S.

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  • L. E. Fosgate Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

    263 Mass. 192 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1928

    John Brothers Co. v. … Browne v. Hare, 3 H. & N. 484. 1 Williston, Sales, (2 ed.) 603, 701.

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  • Levin v. Twin Tanners, Inc.

    318 Mass. 13 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1945

    Lonergan v. American Railway Express Co. 250 Mass. 30, 35 . Goyette v. Amor, 294 Mass. 355, 357 . Brown v. Daley, 273 Mass. 432, 435 . Spain v. Oikemus, 278 Mass. 544 . Herman v. Sladofsky, 301 Mass. 534, 537 . … Spain v. Oikemus, 278 Mass. 544 . Legg v. Bloom, 282 Mass. 303, 305 . Byrne v. Dunn, 296 Mass. 184 . Campbell v. Cairns, 302 Mass. 584, 586 . Nicholson v. Babb, 304 Mass. 216, 218-219 . Sadak v.

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  • Siegel v. Starzyk

    238 Mass. 291 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1921

    Salisbury v. Andrews, 19 Pick. 250 . Welch v. Wilcox, 101 Mass. 162 . Tucker v. Howard, 122 Mass. 529 . Nash v. New England Mutual Life Ins. Co. 127 Mass. 91 . … Downey v. H. P. Hood & Sons, 203 Mass. 4 . Curtis Manuf. Co. v. Spencer Wire Co. 203 Mass. 448 . Kershishian v. Johnson, 210 Mass. 135 . Szathmary v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 214 Mass. 42 . Draper v.

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  • C. H. Eden Co. v. Henry Krey Co.

    221 Mass. 62 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1915

    Allen v. Ford, 19 Pick. 217 . Brown v. Holbrook, 4 Gray, 102 . Hagar v. Norton, 188 Mass. 47 . M. S. Holbrook, for the defendant. C. H. Baldwin, for the plaintiff, submitted a brief.

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