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Twiss v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
208 Mass. 108 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1911
Powers v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 153 Mass. 188 . Crowley v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway, 185 Mass. 279 . … Brown, J.
Cited 3 timesPublishedFall River Gas Works Co. v. Board of Gas & Electric Light Commissioners
214 Mass. 529 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 1913
The petitioner alleges in substance that the respondent board, hereinafter called the board, acting under R. … Scovill v. Thayer, 105 U. S. 143 .
Cited 15 timesPublished161 Mass. 302 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 17, 1894
Fall River Iron Works v. Old Colony & Fall River Railroad, 5 Allen, 221 , 226. People v. Smith, 21 N. Y. 595, 597 . Boom Co. v. Patterson, 98 U. S. 403, 406 . Stockton & Darlington Railway v. Brown, 9 H. L. Cas. 246. … Under this provision the town properly could delegate the power of taking to the selectmen and water board. Eastern Railroad v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 111 Mass. 125 . Lund v. New Bedford, 121 Mass. 286 . Lyon v.
Cited 40 timesPublished228 Mass. 213 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 19, 1917
Webster v. Commonwealth, 5 Cush. 386 , 404. Elder v. Dwight Manuf. Co. 4 Gray, 201 , 204. Jochumsen v. Suffolk Savings Bank, 3 Allen, 87 . Bearce v. Bowker, 115 Mass. 129, 130 . Santom v. Ballard, 133 Mass. 464 . … See Fierro’s Case, 223 Mass. 378 ; Bushnell v. Industrial Board of Illinois, 276 Ill. 262 .
Cited 47 timesPublishedWarner Amex Cable Communications Inc. v. Board of Assessors of Everett
396 Mass. 239 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 18, 1985
Boston v. Mac-Gray Co., 371 Mass. 825, 827 (1977). See Collector of Taxes v. Cigarette Serv. Co., supra at 166. … See Boston v. Mac-Gray Co., supra at 828 (coin-aper- *243 ated washing machines and dryers taxable); Collector of Taxes v. Cigarette Serv. Co., supra at 166. See also Ultronic Syss. Corp. v.
Cited 7 timesPublished53 Mass. App. Ct. 424 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 20, 2001
L. c. 152, § 10[1]); Brown v. Highland House Apartments, 12 Mass. Workers’ Comp. … However, although workers’ compensation law has authorized recoupment of monies paid, such payment appears to be a matter of discretion, see Brown v. Highland House Apartments, 12 Mass. Workers’ Comp.
Cited 4 timesPublishedMassachusetts Co-operative Bank League v. Board of Bank Incorporation
348 Mass. 134 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 1, 1964
Bank v. Board of Bank Incorporation, 347 Mass. 744, 745 . … See Olson v. Sissenwine, 259 Mass. 79, 81-82 ; Lowell Co-op. Bank v. Co-operative Cent. Bank, 287 Mass. 338, 346 . See also Warsofsky v. Sherman, 326 Mass. 290, 294 .
Cited 1 timesPublishedKa-Hur Enterprises, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Provincetown
424 Mass. 404 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 10, 1997
Pioneer Insulation & Modernizing Corp. v. Lynn, 331 Mass. 560, 565 (1954). In Bartlett v. Board of Appeals of Lakeville, 23 Mass. App. … Ka-Hur Enters., Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Province-town, supra at 74.
Cited 7 timesPublishedSantos v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds
29 Mass. L. Rptr. 149 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 8, 2011
DISCUSSION Santos, as the appealing party, bears the burden of demonstrating the invalidity of the board’s decision. Merisme v. Board of Appeals on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 27 Mass.App.Ct. 470, 474 (1989). … See Luk v.
Cited 1 timesPublishedBatchelder v. Home National Bank
218 Mass. 420 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 17, 1914
Hewitt v. Boston Straw Board Co. 214 Mass. 260 . Wilson v. Mitchell-Woodbury Co. 214 Mass. 514 , and cases there cited. … Hewitt v. Boston Straw Board Co. 214 Mass, 260. Brown v. Pelonsky, 210 Mass. 502 . Carroll v. Hayward, 124 Mass. 120, 122 .
Cited 14 timesPublishedMann Chemical Laboratories, Inc. v. United States
182 F. Supp. 40 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 2, 1960
The case comes before this Court after decision by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, hereinafter referred to as the “Board”, and in accordance with the Court’s Order of December 29, 1958, D.C. 174 F.Supp. 563 … While the contract did not call for white tablets, nevertheless the appearance of brown spots was not common, and suggested the probable presence of a foreign material.
Cited 1 timesPublishedCommonwealth v. National Contracting Co.
198 Mass. 554 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1908
Commonwealth, 183 Mass. 89 , and established by the earlier cases of Palmer v. Clark, 106 Mass. 373 ; Flint v. Gibson, 106 Mass. 391 ; Robbins v. Clark, 129 Mass. 145 . See also the later cases of Norcross v. … After the consolidation of the two boards, Stearns was the chief engineer of the board, and Brown was not acting under him in any capacity, but was made an independent engineer of the sewerage works under the charge of the
Cited 0 timesPublishedSatloff v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry
20 Mass. L. Rptr. 165 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 5, 2005
Withrow v. Larkin, 421 U.S. 35, 55 (1975); and Raymond v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 387 Mass. 708, 715-16 (1982). C. … In particular, Board counsel cited the decisions of D'Amour v. Board of Registration in Dentistry, 409 Mass. 572, 579-81 (1991), and Raymond v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 387 Mass. 708, 714-17 (1982).
Cited 0 timesPublishedBoard of Com'rs of Stark Cty. v. Cape Stone Works
206 F. Supp. 2d 100 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jun 3, 2002
The Facts The Board of Commissioners of Stark County, Ohio (“the Board” or “the plaintiff’) contracted with the defendants, Cape Stone Works, Inc., and Stephen Lonsdale (collectively, “Cape Stone” or “the defendants”) to … Green v. Benson, 271 F.Supp. 90, 93 (E.D.Pa.1967). Cf. Chambers v. Blickle Ford Sales, Inc., 313 F.2d 252, 256 (2d Cir.1963); O’Keefe v. Landow, 289 F.2d 465 , 466 (2d Cir.1961). Id.
Cited 3 timesPublishedTown Administrator Screening Committee v. Board of Selectmen
20 Mass. L. Rptr. 152 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Oct 7, 2005
Unlike the situation where only private parties are involved and irreparable injury is the touchstone, see Packaging Industries Group, Inc. v. … See Edwards v. City of Boston, 408 Mass. 643, 646-47 ; Commonwealth v. Mass CRINC, 392 Mass. 79, 89 (1984). Defendants challenge plaintiffs’ likelihood of success both procedurally and substantively.
Cited 0 timesPublishedZoning Board of Appeals of Reading v. Fulgoni
19 Mass. L. Rptr. 160 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 10, 2005
The Board had under existing case law an additional 14 days following the 100-day period in which to file its decision. Burnham v. Town of Hadley, 58 Mass.App.Ct. 479 (2003). … Greely v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Framingham, 350 Mass. 549, 552 (1966).
Cited 0 timesPublishedWarner v. Selectmen of Amherst
326 Mass. 435 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 8, 1950
See Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14 ; Attorney General v. Drohan, 169 Mass. 534, 535 ; Attorney General v. Tillinghast, 203 Mass. 539 ; Gregoire v. Lowell, 253 Mass. 119, 121 ; O’Connell v. … See also State v. Van Buskirk, 11 Vroom, 463 ; Board of Education of Wolfe County v. Rose, 285 Ky. 217 .
Cited 26 timesPublished60 Mass. App. Ct. 473 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 19, 2004
Brown, J. This is a summary process action governed by the one-trial system. … See Brown v. Sewell, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 970 (1982).
Cited 19 timesPublished356 Mass. 678 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 3, 1970
Crowell v. Benson, 285 U. S. 22 . Brown-Pacific-Maxon Co. v. Toner, 255 F. 2d 611 (7th Cir.). Carstens v. Pillsbury, 172 Cal. 572 . Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co. v. Industrial Acc. Commn. 211 Cal. 154 . Ruda v. … Board of Conciliation & Arbitration, 311 Mass. 223, 227 . Burns v. Thomas Cook & Sons, Inc. 317 Mass. 398, 402 . Moran v. School Comm, of Littleton, 317 Mass. 591, 594-595 . Massachusetts Gen. Hasp. v.
Cited 40 timesPublished1 Mass. App. Ct. 573 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 4, 1973
Ltd., supra, at 96; Restatement 2d: Torts, §§ 323, 324A, 395-408; Harper & James, Torts, § 28.9) orto property (Brown v. Bigelow, 325 Mass. 4 [1949]). … Ltd. and Brown v. Bigelow , both supra. Two later cases, Spencer v. Gabriel, 328 Mass. 1 (1951), and Donahue v.
Reversed on other grounds by McDonough v. Whalen, 365 Mass. 506 (1974)Cited 6 timesPublished
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