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  • Costello v. Department of Public Utilities

    391 Mass. 527 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 1984

    Brookline v. Commissioner of Dep’t of Envtl. Quality Eng’g, supra at 390. Cf. Arthurs v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 383 Mass. 299, 304-305 (1981). Here the testimony of Dr. … Attorney Gen. v. Department of Pub. Utils., 390 Mass. 208, 228-229 (1983). Cf. Arthurs v. Board of Registration in Medicine, supra at 310-311. We find no error of law in the department’s reliance on Dr.

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  • Brown v. Lawrence

    57 Mass. 390 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1849

    Brown and another, heirs of Samuel L., the youngest son of the testator. … Childs v. Russell, 11 Met. 16 . A similar doctrine, we think, was held to govern in a recent English case. Doe v. Prigg, 8 B. & Cr. 231.

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  • Smith v. Brown

    136 Mass. 416 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 14, 1884

    This question was adjudged in the case of Matthewson v. Moulton, 135 Mass. 122 , which is decisive of the case at bar. … Santon, v. Ballard, 133 Mass. 464 , and cases cited. Writ of review quashed.

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  • Brown v. Pelonsky

    210 Mass. 502 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1912

    Purinton v. Chamberlin, 131 Mass. 589, 590 . Killam v. Peirce, 153 Mass. 502 . Chipman v. McClellan, 159 Mass. 363 . Jaquith v. Winnisimmet National Bank, 182 Mass. 53 . Atherton v. Emerson, 199 Mass. 199, 211 . … Ridge Avenue Bank v. Studheim, 145 Fed. Rep. 798.

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  • Brown v. Kellogg

    182 Mass. 297 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1902

    McAvoy v. Wright, 137 Mass. 207, 210 . Therefore by the terms of the statute, and even apart from it, the action did not abate. Sumner v. Tileston, 4 Pick. 308 , 309. Spenser v. Rutland, Yelv. 208, 209. Hill v. … See Bassett v. Howorth, 104 Mass. 224, 225 ; Kimball v. Sweet, 168 Mass. 105 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    34 Mass. App. Ct. 222 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 18, 1993

    There was no link established between Brown and the bedroom where .46 gram of cocaine had been found on the windowsill. See Commonwealth v. Booker, 31 Mass. App. Ct. 435, 438 (1991); Commonwealth v. Rivera, 31 Mass. … Brown said she took meals with the child.

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  • Allen v. Brown

    124 Mass. 77 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1878

    Union Bank v. Willis, 8 Met, 504. Brown v. Butler, 99 Mass. 179 . Way v. Butterworth, 108 Mass. 509 . … Hunt v. Bridgham, 2 Pick. 581 . Horne v. Bodwell, 5 Gray, 457 . Wilson v. Foot, 11 Met. 285 . Agricultural Bank v. Bishop, 6 Gray, 317 .

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  • Brown v. Harrington

    208 Mass. 600 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1911

    Then followed this language in large print: “ Mayor Brown forced a competent and humane board of charity *602 out of office because it would not do his bidding, and he put in the present charity board, which has been cognizant … Hicks v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, 164 Mass. 424 . Order affirmed', exceptions overruled.

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  • Brown v. Sallinger

    214 Mass. 245 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1913

    Teague v. Irwin, 134 Mass. 303, 307 . The counts are not inconsistent. … Devlin v. Houghton, 202 Mass. 75 . Exceptions overruled.

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  • Brown v. Commonwealth

    407 Mass. 84 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 20, 1990

    L. c. 211, § 3 (1988 ed.), Brown sought the same relief from a single justice of this court. See Aucella v. Commonwealth, 406 Mass. 415, 416 (1990); Neverson v. Commonwealth, 406 Mass. 174, 174-176 (1989); Berry v. … Bonomi, 335 Mass. 327, 348 (1957). 7 Brown’s reliance on Commonwealth v. Curtis, 318 Mass. 584 (1945), and Commonwealth v. Mazza, 399 Mass. 395 (1987), is misplaced.

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  • Brown v. Jones

    4 F. Cas. 404 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Oct 15, 1815

    In one case (Ewer v. … The cause, however, went off upon another point, and, in a subsequent case (Hyde v. Partridge, 2 Ld.

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  • Brown v. Rushton

    223 Mass. 80 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1916

    Wood v. Hayes has been regarded as authority, and followed in more recent cases. It has never been criticized in our own decisions. Day v. Holmes, 103 Mass. 306, 311 . Covell v. Loud, 135 Mass. 41, 44 . Weston v. … Chase v. Boston, 180 Mass. 458, 459 . Rice v. Winslow, 180 Mass. 500, 502 . Furber v. Dane, 203 Mass. 108, 116 .

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  • Brown v. Knight

    362 Mass. 350 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 18, 1972

    On July 14, 1967, the minor plaintiff, Susan Brown, went to a picnic conducted at a municipal picnic ground by the defendant as proprietor of a summer school. … See Marques v. Riverside Military Academy, Inc. 87 Ga. App. 370, 374 ; Cashen v. Riney, 239 Ky. 779, 787 ; Barbarisi v. Caruso, 47 N. J. Super. 125, 129-131; Briscoe v. School Dist.

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    387 Mass. 220 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 25, 1982

    Pontius saw Brown for a total of two hours, four months after the incident. At the time that Dr. … Brown’s behavior just after he stabbed his wife was not clearly irrational.

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  • Brown v. Linnell

    359 Mass. 446 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 4, 1971

    Hemenway v. Bartevian, 321 Mass. 226, 229 , and cases cited. … Ginn v. Almy, 212 Mass. 486, 506 .

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  • Brown v. Lull

    4 F. Cas. 407 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Oct 15, 1836

    S.] 675; in Spafford v. Dodge, 14 Mass. 66 ; in Beale v. Thompson, 4 East. 546; and in Abb. Shipp, pt 4, c. 3, § 2, pp. 458-464. and notes. … If courts of law have felt themselves bound down to a more limited exercise of jurisdiction, as it seems from the cases of Appleby v. Dods, S East, 300, and Jesse v.

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  • Brown v. Lumbert

    221 Mass. 419 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1915

    See Maryland Grange Agency v. Lee, 72 Md. 161 ; Wagner v. Wagner, 244 Ill. 101 ; Siegwarth’s estate, 226 Penn. St. 591; Kessner v. Phillips, 189 Mo. 515, 524 . Also Shelton v. King, 229 U. … S. 90 ; Broadway National Bank v. Adams, 133 Mass. 170 ; Young v. Snow, 167 Mass. 287 ; Dunn v. Dobson, 198 Mass. 142 ; Lathrop v. Merrill, 207 Mass. 6 .

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  • Groves v. Brown

    11 Mass. 334 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1814

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  • Brown v. Spring

    241 Mass. 565 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1922

    Welch v. Blanchard, supra. Partridge v. Clary, 228 Mass. 290, 292 . Norton on Deeds, 447. See Brown v. Wright, 194 Mass. 540, 544 ; Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Blanchard, 196 Mass. 35, 39 ; White v. … Holmes v. Holmes, 194 Mass. 552 . Gardner v. Skinner, 195 Mass. 164 . Trull v. Tarbell, supra. See Proctor v.

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  • Brown v. Cushman

    173 Mass. 368 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 18, 1899

    Kernochan v. Murray, 111 N. Y. 306 . Drummond v. Crane, ubi supra. … Kernochan v. Murray, 111 N. Y. 306 .

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