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  • Brown v. Greene

    181 Mass. 109 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 10, 1902

    Sanderson v. Sanderson, 17 Fla. 820, 847 . McLaughlin v. Newton, 53 N. H. 531. Spencer v. Spencer, 4 Md. Ch. 456, 464, 465 . Matthews v. Matthews, 66 Miss. 239 . See *111 Miller v. Irby, 63 Ala. 477, 483 ; Thomas v. … Buckley v. Buckley, 157 Mass. 536, 537 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    414 Mass. 123 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 8, 1993

    In Brown v. … See Brown v. Commonwealth, 407 Mass. 84, 85-86 (1990); Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 676-678 (1979).

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    80 Mass. 419 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1860

    Commonwealth v. Pray, 13 Pick. 359 . Commonwealth v. Simpson, 9 Met. 138 . … Stevens v. Commonwealth, 6 Met. 241 . See also Commonwealth v. Halbert, 12 Met. 446 ; Commonwealth v. Harney, 10 Met. 422 ; Commonwealth v. Simpson, 9 Met. 138 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    394 Mass. 394 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1985

    Commonwealth v. Martinez, 384 Mass. 377, 380-381 (1981). Commonwealth v. Joyce, 382 Mass. 222, 229 (1981). Commonwealth v. Redmond, 357 Mass. 333, 338 (1970). … Commonwealth v. Ahearn, supra. He merely refused to allow Brown to place before the jury evidence that was irrelevant in the form offered. In doing so, the judge committed no error. Commonwealth v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Kenney v. Brown

    139 Mass. 345 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 8, 1885

    The cases of Elwell v. Cumner, 136 Mass. 102 , and Bigelow v. Norris, ante, 12, are decisive of the case at bar. Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Overton

    4 F. Cas. 418 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 15, 1859

    There was a conversation between the master and officers, and the only passenger on board, as to the necessity of going into that island; the question being whether, if they retained the libellant on board, mortification … There was no surgical skill on board, and the unceasing motion of the ship, and the accidents and discomforts to which he was necessarily exposed, were unfavorable to his cure.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    66 Mass. App. Ct. 237 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 4, 2006

    Commonwealth v. Diaz, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 29, 33 (1984). See Commonwealth v. … Commonwealth v. Sumner, 18 Mass. App. Ct. at 352-353 ; Commonwealth v. Titus, 32 Mass. App.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • McMahon v. Brown

    219 Mass. 23 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 22, 1914

    Brown, junior, and the defendant. McMurtrie v. Guiler, 183 Mass. 451 . … Harvey v. Varney, 98 Mass. 118 . Wiggins v. Brand, 202 Mass. 141 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Nawn

    195 Mass. 161 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1907

    After it was dug, the centre line instead of being marked by sills was fixed by a board placed in the middle of the ditch and usually fastened to the cross braces. … O’Driscoll v. Faxon, 156 Mass. 527 . Garant v. Cashman, 183 Mass. 13, 18 . Wagner v. Boston Elevated Railway, 188 Mass. 437, 441 . Finnegan v. Winslow Skate Manuf. Co. 189 Mass. 580 . M. M. Bond, for the plaintiff. L.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Weatherby v. Brown

    106 Mass. 338 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1871

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    386 Mass. 17 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 29, 1982

    Compare Commonwealth v. Richard, 377 Mass. 64, 66 (1979), with Commonwealth v. French, 357 Mass. 356, 401 (1970), judgments vacated as to death penalty sub nom. Limone v. Massachusetts, 408 U.S. 936 (1972). … Commonwealth v. Prendergast, 385 Mass. 625, 634-635 (1982). Commonwealth v. Chubbuck, 384 Mass. 746, 756-757 (1981). Commonwealth v. Shelley, 381 Mass. 340, 354-355 (1980). Cf. Commonwealth v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Clark v. Brown

    120 Mass. 206 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1876

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Iasigi v. Brown

    12 F. Cas. 1146 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Oct 15, 1853

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Brown

    430 Mass. 1005 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 1, 1999

    We granted a joint application for direct appellate review in this case because we thought it raised issues in connection with a so-called gestational surrogacy arrangement, see R.R. v. … The first affidavit was from a physician who is board certified in reproductive endocrinology and who specializes in infertility.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Bolduc

    29 Mass. App. Ct. 909 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 23, 1990

    Attending, besides Sonia, were her boyfriend David Brown, his sister Gail (the plaintiff), her four year old daughter, and Mary Brown, mother of Gail and David. Eric Klein (Gail’s boyfriend) was a late arrival. … See Malchanoff v. Truehart, 354 Mass. 118, 123 (1968). It is possible for a number of persons to be keepers of a particular dog, see Boylan v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 11, 2024

    NATHANIEL BROWN. Norfolk. March 4, 2024. – July 11, 2024. Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Kafker, Wendlandt, Georges, & Dewar, JJ. Homicide. … Commonwealth v. Hodge, 386 Mass. 165, 167 (1982), quoting Commonwealth v. Michel, 381 Mass. 447, 453 (1980). See Strickland v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Sprague v. Brown

    178 Mass. 220 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1901

    In Saunders v. Bennett, 160 Mass. 48 , it is expressly stated that the conveyance and mortgage were parts of the same transaction. In Ettridge v. … If Brown’s seisin was not instantaneous, then the petitioners had a valid lien. Corbett v. Greenlaw, 117 Mass. 167 . Courtemanche v. Blackstone Valley Street Railway, 170 Mass. 50, 53 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Staples v. Brown

    95 Mass. 64 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1866

    Brown, under a deed conveying it to her, to hold to her sole and separate use. … Mechanics’ Bank v. Williams, 17 Pick. 438 . Gardner v. Hooper, 3 Gray, 398 . But the law is changed by statute in this respect as to lands held by the wife to her sole and separate use. Gen. Sts. c. 108, § 1. Silsby v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Koltin v. Brown

    233 Mass. 16 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 17, 1919

    The defendant Brown was the maker of this note, but it was not indorsed by Mintz nor was the Dinsmore Power Process Company a party to it. … Reed v. Boston Loan Co. 160 Mass. 237 . Shawmut Commercial Paper Co. v. Brigham, 211 Mass. 72 . In Spofford v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Harhen v. Brown

    46 Mass. App. Ct. 793 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 21, 1999

    Since 1991, Brown has been chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Hancock. … Whether, or to what extent, a board decision in compliance with Houle v.

    Reversed on other grounds by Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838 (2000)Cited 10 timesPublished

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