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  • Griffin v. Brown

    19 Mass. 303 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1824

    See Tiley v. Cowling, Ld. Ray. 744; King v. Frederick, Str. 1095. … Ante, 243, note (1); per Yeates J. in Snyder v. Snyder, ubi supra. See also Baring v. Reeder, 1 Hen. & Munf. 154 ; Wilmot v. Talbot, 3 Harr. & M‘Hen. 2 ; Boltz v. Ballman, 1 Yeates, 534 ; Gallagher v.

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  • Colt v. Brown

    78 Mass. 233 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1858

    Makepeace v. Coates, 8 Mass. 451 . This principle was afterwards embodied in the Rev. Sts. c. 96, § 10. This assignment is for the benefit of a large class of creditors in a due course of legal proceeding. … Crease v. Babcock, 10 Met. 525 . Judgment for the plaintiffs, deducting the $1200.

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    2 Mass. App. Ct. 76 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 25, 1974

    Brown and Tyler testified in their own behalf, and each denied robbing or assaulting Ater. … Brown denied ever having seen a welfare card or ever having seen Ater before he had stepped from *79 the cruiser.

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  • Beverstock v. Brown

    157 Mass. 565 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1893

    The principles laid down in Capen v. Duggan, 136 Mass. 501 , are decisive of this case.

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  • Brown v. Stearns

    13 Mass. 536 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1816

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  • Bennett v. Brown

    222 Mass. 283 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 24, 1915

    Warner v. Beach, 4 Gray, 162 , is directly in point. … Brown, who was one of his three children. If the will was vacated this amount would be deducted from the share of that child and the shares of the other children would be increased.

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    50 Mass. App. Ct. 253 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 19, 2000

    Compare Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 34 Mass. *259 App. Ct. 222, 226-227 (1993). Contrast Commonwealth v. Brzezinski, 405 Mass. 401, 409-410 (1989).

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  • Greene v. Brown

    180 Mass. 308 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1902

    Green v. Gaskill, 175 Mass. 265 . Ammidown v. Kinsey, 144 Mass. 587 . Foster v. Foster, 134 Mass. 120 . Wilson v. Leishman, 12 Met. 316 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    6 Mass. App. Ct. 844 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 14, 1978

    The procedure for accepting a guilty plea was discussed in Commonwealth v. Stanton, 2 Mass. App. … Commonwealth v. Morrow, 363 Mass. 601, 606 (1973). Judgment affirmed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    68 Mass. App. Ct. 261 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 20, 2007

    The police confirmed that a white Toyota Corolla bearing the above plate number was registered to a Jennifer Brown, who lived at 46 Ford Street, Apt. 2; computer records from the Brockton police department and the board of … probation confirmed that the defendant, Cedric Brown, bom on January 27, 1983, to Jennifer Brown, also lived in that apartment.

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  • Grindle v. Brown

    321 Mass. 182 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 2, 1947

    Schaffer v. Leimberg, 318 Mass. 396 . Administrator of the Office of Price Administration v. Chook, 320 Mass. 187, 190 , and cases cited. … Bresnick v. Heath, 292 Mass. 293, 298 . Nicholas Zeo, Inc. v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. 317 Mass. 374, 379 . Lawrence v. O’Neill, 317 Mass. 393, 394 . 3.

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 988 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 11, 1981

    Contrast Commonwealth v. Ennis, 1 Mass. App. … Commonwealth v. Stasiun, 349 Mass. 38,45 (1965); Commonwealth v. England, 350 Mass. 83,87-88 (1966); Commonwealth v. Benjamin, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 604, 617-618, 626-628 (1975). John F. Donahue for the defendant. William T.

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  • Brown v. Phelps

    103 Mass. 313 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1869

    The defendant contends that the case of Stebbins v. Leowolf, 3 Cush. 137 , is a decisive authority against the plaintiffs’ claim in respect to these shares.

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    116 Mass. 339 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 1874

    Commonwealth v. Hines, 101 Mass. 33 . Commonwealth v. Smith, 108 Mass. 486 . Exceptions overruled.

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    9 Mass. App. Ct. 609 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 23, 1980

    Gloria also told the victim that she “was supposed to give [the money] to Brown.” That evening she engaged in prostitution. … Commonwealth v. Tivnon, 8 Gray 375 , 381 (1857). Commonwealth v. Chapman, 345 Mass. 251, 255 (1962). Commonwealth v. Flynn, 362 Mass. 455, 477 (1972). See Commonwealth v.

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  • Brown v. Farmer

    184 Mass. 136 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 2, 1903

    Brown of Boston and Henry A. … Gardiner v. Savage, 182 Mass. 521 , following the English cases there cited, and those cited in Loring v. Coolidge, 99 Mass. 191, 192 , to which may be added Waldron v.

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  • Easton v. Brown

    170 Mass. 311 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 25, 1898

    Batchelder v. Hutchinson, 161 Mass. 462, 467 . … Howard v. Robinson, 5 Cush. 119 . Assuming that the bank would have a right to be heard, it is manifest that it was bound to present its application seasonably. The petition was filed in March, 1896.

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  • Madden v. Brown

    97 Mass. 148 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1867

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  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    47 Mass. App. Ct. 616 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 23, 1999

    Our previous opinion on this appeal, Commonwealth v. Brown, 46 Mass. App. … Connery v. Commissioner of Correction, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 253, 254 (1992), S.C., 414 Mass. 1009 (1993). See Commonwealth v. Brown, 167 Mass. 144, 146 (1896) (Holmes, J.)

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  • Brown v. Paull

    2006 Mass. App. Div. 43 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Mar 24, 2006

    Farley v. Sprague, 374 Mass. 419, 425 (1978). The judgment in this case is void because the court never acquired jurisdiction over the defendant. Colley v. Benson, Young & Downs Ins. Agency, Inc., 42 Mass. App. … See Bowers v. Board of Appeals of Marshfield, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 29, 31 (1983) and cases cited.

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