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  • Southern Massachusetts Broadcasters, Inc. v. Duchaine

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 497 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 27, 1988

    See Whiting v. Brastow, 4 Pick. 310 , 311 (1826); Bliss v. Whitney, 9 Allen 114 , 115 (1864); Nojes v. Gagnon, 225 Mass. 580, 585 (1917); Wright v. Michelman, 246 Mass. 401, 403 (1923); Looney v. … See Restatement (Second) of Property, Landlord & Tenant § 12.3 comment b (1977); Brown, The Law of Personal Property § 16.11 (Raushenbush, 3d ed. 1975).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • City of Waltham v. Tukay Furs Service Company, Inc.

    6 Mass. App. Ct. 864 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 31, 1978

    Putnam, v. Scahill, 266 Mass. 537 (1929). Quincy Trust Co. v. Taylor, 317 Mass. 195, 198 (1944). National Academy of Sciences v. Cambridge Trust Co., 370 Mass. 303 (1976). Druker v. Roland Wm. … Compare Brown v. Corey, 191 Mass. 189, 191 (1906); Salter v. Beal, 321 Mass. 105, 108 (1947); Cardullo v. Landau, 329 Mass. 5, 9 (1952). The case was submitted on briefs. William J.

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  • Andover Consultants, Inc. v. City of Lawrence

    10 Mass. App. Ct. 156 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 30, 1980

    Gosselin’s Dairy, Inc. v. School Comm. of Holyoke, 348 Mass. 793 (1965). … L. c. 4, § 6, Third; Moy v. Jack Madden Ford Sales, Inc., 4 Mass. App. Ct. 102, 105 (1976). Cf. Commonwealth v. W. Barrington Co., 5 Mass. App. Ct. 416, 418-419 (1977).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Hurley v. Codman Management Co.

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 1136 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 17, 1989

    [but] simply the corporate hat of the members of a public board charged with the management and operation of a department of the city government.” Holt v. Boston, 24 Mass. App. Ct. 175, 179 (1987) (citations omitted). … Co. v. Westerlind, 374 Mass. 524, 526 (1978). 2. The trustees’ exemption from tort liability does not preclude their liability through a contractual promise of indemnification. Id. at 526-527 .

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  • Estes v. DeMello

    61 Mass. App. Ct. 638 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 18, 2004

    Hodgkins v. Bianchini, 323 Mass. 169, 173 (1948). See Stagman v. Kyhos, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 590, 593-594 (1985). … Jacobs v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 417 *643 Mass. 75, 77 (1994), quoting from Sherman v. Employers’Liab. Assurance Corp., 343 Mass. 354, 357 (1961). See Talbot v. Rednalloh Co., 283 Mass. 225, 230 (1933); Finn v.

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  • Caposella v. Commissioner of Revenue

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 359 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 23, 1988

    O’Dell v. United States, 326 F.2d 451, 456 (10th Cir. 1964). United States v. DeBeradinis, 395 F. Supp. 944, 952 (D. Conn. 1975), affd., 538 F.2d 315 (2d Cir. 1976). See First Natl. City Bank v. Kline, 439 F. … The defendant also appended as exhibits a petition for an abatement filed with the Appellate Tax Board and a stipulation filed in proceedings before that board (which were dismissed on jurisdictional grounds).

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  • Commonwealth v. Voight

    28 Mass. App. Ct. 769 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 5, 1990

    He requested that his frustrated attempt to obtain a taxi be reported to the board of selectmen and, particularly, that a record of his calls that morning be maintained. … He also let it be known that the chairperson of the board of selectmen “put [him] up to this.”

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Foxboro Harness, Inc. v. State Racing Commission

    42 Mass. App. Ct. 82 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 23, 1997

    Langlitz v. Board of Registration of Chiropractors, 396 Mass. 374, 379 (1985). Barrington Fair Assn., Inc. v. State Racing Commn., 27 Mass. App. … Catlin v. Board of Registration of Architects, 414 Mass. 1, 6 (1992).

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • HRG Development Corp. v. Graphic Arts Mutual Insurance

    26 Mass. App. Ct. 374 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 14, 1988

    Brown, J. This action was brought pursuant to G. … Supply Co. v. Norfolk & Dedham Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 1 Mass. App. Ct. 762, 764 (1974), quoting from Mellon v. Federal Ins.

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  • City of Bos. v. Katranis

    92 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 8, 2017

    Tabachnick , 425 Mass. 1010 (1997) (court refused to address merits of claims where appendix did not contain necessary record materials); Kellogg v. … Board of Registration in Med ., 461 Mass. 1001 , 1003 (2011) (failure to support claims of error with sufficient legal argument, factual detail, or citation to authority; appellant's submissions provided "an insufficient

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  • RONALD GOLDMAN & others v. SECRETARY OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

    101 Mass. App. Ct. 427 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 22, 2022

    See Urban Transport, Inc. v. … See Brennan v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Guindon Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 931 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 31, 1983

    L. c. 175, § 176; Commercial v. Baker, 368 Mass. 58, 83 (1975). The injunctive relief granted was consistent with standards articulated in Packaging Indus. Group, Inc. v. … McCauley v. Sons Pharmacy, Inc., 3 Mass. App. Ct. 774 (1975). Contrast Twomey v. Board of Appeals of Medford, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 770 , 776 n.11 (1979). See generally Smith & Zobel, Rules Practice § 12.15.1 (1981 Supp.).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Scionti

    81 Mass. App. Ct. 266 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 15, 2012

    Prater, supra; Commonwealth v. Brown, 449 Mass. 747, 761 (2007). … Commonwealth v. Brown, 364 Mass. 471, 475 (1973).

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  • Commonwealth v. Norman

    87 Mass. App. Ct. 344 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 8, 2015

    See Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Lora, 43 Mass. App.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Mostyn v. Department of Environmental Protection

    83 Mass. App. Ct. 788 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 24, 2013

    See Board of Health of Sturbridge v. Board of Health of Southbridge, 461 Mass. 548 , 558 & n.22 (2012). … Mostyn v. Board of Managers of Sea Pines Condominium I Assn., 81 Mass. App. Ct. 1126 (2012). Other litigation between the parties regarding this property has reached this court on at least two prior occasions.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Choate, Hall & Stewart v. SCA Services, Inc.

    22 Mass. App. Ct. 522 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 18, 1986

    The court, finally overthrowing the regime of Mellen v. … See also Tillman v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Burlington Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Town of Harvard

    31 Mass. App. Ct. 261 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 16, 1991

    Partnership v. Board of Appeals of Shrewsbury, 409 Mass. 317, 320 (1991). In the report, there is no mention of the imposition of civil penalties as a possible method of enforcing a zoning by-law under G. … Commonwealth v. Porrazzo, supra at 172 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. One 1978 Ketch Named "Snow White"

    23 Mass. App. Ct. 399 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 15, 1987

    Brown, J. Jon Dunaj, the claimant, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court ordering the forfeiture of a ketch (“Snow White”) to the Commonwealth pursuant to G. L. c. 94C, § 47. … Commonwealth v. Dabrieo, 370 Mass. 728, 737 (1976); Commonwealth v. McDonald, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 368, 374 (1986).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Commissioners of Hampden County v. Town of Agawam

    45 Mass. App. Ct. 481 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 18, 1998

    Spence v. Boston Edison Co., 390 Mass. 604, 610 (1983). See generally Boston v. Board of Educ., 392 Mass. 788 , 793 n.6 (1984); Receiver of the Boston Hous. Authy. v. … Commissioner of Labor & Indus., 396 Mass. 50, 58 (1985); Clean Harbors, Inc. v. Board of Health of Braintree, 415 Mass. 876, 878-879 (1993). See also Celia, Administrative Law and Practice § 1685 (1986).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Maddalena v. Brand

    7 Mass. App. Ct. 466 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 26, 1979

    While restrictions in this Commonwealth are to be construed against the grantor (Hemenway v. Bartevian, 321 Mass. 226, 229 [1947]; Brown v. … Similarly, in Jeffries v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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