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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.
Cited 40 timesPublished57 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.
Cited 2 timesPublished136 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.
Cited 4 timesPublished210 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.
Cited 4 timesPublished182 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 .
Cited 4 timesPublished34 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.
Cited 30 timesPublished124 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 .
Cited 8 timesPublished208 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.
Cited 5 timesPublished214 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.
Cited 4 timesPublished407 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.
Cited 17 timesPublished4 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.
Cited 5 timesPublished223 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 .
Cited 10 timesPublished362 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.
Cited 16 timesPublished387 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.
Cited 25 timesPublished359 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 .
Cited 6 timesPublished4 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.
Cited 21 timesPublished221 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 .
Cited 5 timesPublished11 Mass. 334 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1814
Cited 4 timesPublished241 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.
Cited 14 timesPublished173 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 .
Cited 9 timesPublished
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