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  • Tirado v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds

    472 Mass. 333 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 28, 2015

    Commonwealth v. Pyles, 423 Mass. 717, 722-723 (1996). … See Commonwealth v. Tim T., 437 Mass. 592, 596-597 (2002). See also Commonwealth v. Mahadeo, 397 Mass. 314, 316 (1986).

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  • Foster Masonry Products, Inc. v. Board of Appeals

    13 Mass. App. Ct. 546 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 17, 1982

    See Stetson v. … The Supreme Judicial Court in Butler v.

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  • Sullivan v. Lawson

    267 Mass. 438 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 31, 1929

    Browne v. Turner, 176 Mass. 9, 12 . Commonwealth v. McNary, 246 Mass. 46, 48 . Commissioner of Banks v. Tremont Trust Co., ante, 331. … The board thus created was a State board. Sims v. Police Commissioner of Boston, 193 Mass. 547, 549 . Commonwealth v. Plaisted, supra. Phillips v. Boston, 150 Mass. 491, 494 . Newport Police Commission, 22 R. I. 654.

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  • Gardner-Athol Area Mental Health Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    401 Mass. 12 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 8, 1987

    Auth. v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Fitchburg, 380 Mass. 869, 874 (1980); Commissioner of Code Inspection of Worcester v. Worcester Dynamy, Inc., 11 Mass. App. Ct. 97, 99-100 (1980). Cf. Whitinsville Retirement Soc’y v. … Auth. v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Fitchburg, 380 Mass. 869 (1980).

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  • Foundation for Humanity, Inc. v. Board of Assessors

    3 Mass. Supp. 514 · Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board · Mar 29, 1982

    Boston Chamber of Commerce v. Assessors of Boston, 315 Mass. 712, 716 . … Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. v. Assessors of Boston, 294 Mass. 248, 257 . '...statutes granting exemption from taxation are strictly construed.” Animal Rescue League of Boston v.

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  • Daly Dry Wall, Inc. v. Board of Appeals

    3 Mass. App. Ct. 706 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 5, 1975

    The changes made by the planning and zoning board on or about February 17, 1972, in the proposal which had originally been aired at the duly advertised public hearing held by that board on February 9, 1972, under G. … Burlington v. Dunn, 318 Mass. 216, 218-219 (1945), cert. den. 326 U. S. 739 (1945). Doliner v. Town Clerk of Millis, 343 Mass. 10, 11-13 (1961). See also Johnson v. Framingham, 354 Mass. 750, 753-754 (1968).

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  • Carey v. Board of Governors of the Kernwood Country Club

    337 F. Supp. 2d 339 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Sep 17, 2004

    Regardless of whether the individual members of the Board are considered Adam’s employer or co-employees, the workers’ compensation statute bars recovery against them in a common law civil suit. Compare Anzalone v. … Moreover, even if the Court treats the Board of Governors as a board of trustees or a board of directors, to which it is clearly analogous, the Board would still be protected by Kernwood’s exemption from tort liability under

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  • Opinion of Justices to the Senate

    303 Mass. 615 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1939

    The power which, by this language of art. 4, is conferred upon the General Court is very broad (see Brown v. … The power to “provide by fixed laws, for the naming and settling all civil officers within the said commonwealth” is very broad (see Brown v.

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  • R.C. Management Corp. v. Planning Board of Southbridge

    31 Mass. App. Ct. 510 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 6, 1991

    See Corcoran v. Planning Bd. of Sudbury, 406 Mass. 248, 251-252 (1989). … Lawrence v. Falzarano, 380 Mass. 18 , 25 n.10 (1980). Perini Corp. v. Building Inspector of N. Andover, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 72 , 78 n.9 (1979). See also Finlay v. Eastern Racing Assn., 308 Mass. 20, 27 (1941).

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  • Walsh v. Commissioners of Civil Service

    300 Mass. 244 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 24, 1938

    Boston & Albany Railroad v. Public Service Commissioners, 232 Mass. 358, 361 . A statute is to be interpreted with reference to the preexisting law. Brown v. Robinson, 275 Mass. 55, 57 . Lowell Co-operative Bank v. … Morse v. Boston, 253 Mass. 247, 252 . Kelley v. Jordan Marsh Co. 278 Mass. 101, 111 .

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  • Fox Ridge Associates & Co. v. Board of Assessors

    3 Mass. Supp. 205 · Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board · Feb 4, 1982

    Assessment of Quincy v. Boston Consolidated Gas Company, 309 Mass. 60 (1941). The board is not required to specify the exact manner in which it arrives at its fair cash value figures. Jordan Marsh Company v. … Assessors of Weymouth v. Thomas E. Curtis and Others Trustees, 1978 Adv. Sh. 1676, 1684, quoting Shoppers World, Inc. v. Assessors of Framingham, 348 Mass. 366 , 377 N.E.2d 10 (1965); Tregor v.

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  • Fuller's Package Store, Inc. v. Board of Assessors

    2 Mass. Supp. 344 · Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board · Apr 2, 1981

    Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consolidated Gas, 309 Mass. 60, 72 . … See Board of Assessors of Lynn v. Shop Lease Company, Inc., 364 Mass. 569 (1974).

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  • Home Depot v. Kardas

    81 Mass. App. Ct. 27 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 8, 2011

    See Brown v. Highland House Apartments, 12 Mass. Workers’ Comp. Rep. 322, 326 (1998) {Brown) (“a judge may order none, some, or all of the overpayments as appropriate”); Boyd v. Sciaba Constr., 12 Mass. Workers’ Comp. … “Whenever any party in interest presents a certified copy of an order or decision of a board member or of the reviewing board and any papers in connection therewith to the superior court department . . . , the court shall

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  • Boylan v. Boston Sand & Gravel Co.

    25 Mass. L. Rptr. 209 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 23, 2009

    See Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 846 (2000). … Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. at 844 , quoting Bartlett v. New York, N.H. & H.R.R., 221 Mass. 530, 532 (1915).

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  • Tarlow v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board of the Commonwealth

    32 Mass. L. Rptr. 487 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 26, 2015

    G.L.c. 32, §10(2); Megiel-Rollo v. Contributory Ret. Appeal Bd., 81 Mass.App.Ct. 317, 325 (2012). … Judgment shall enter forthwith for the defendants Contributory Retirement Appeal Board of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement Board.

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  • Brierley v. Walsh

    299 Mass. 292 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 1, 1938

    dispensaries then under the control of said board of hospital trustees and to transfer to the jurisdiction of such board *293 of health all officers, clerks and employees then employed by the said board of hospital trustees … Welker v. Lathrop, 210 N. Y. 434, 436, 437 . Brown v. Baldwin, 112 Va. 536, 538, 539 . High on Injunctions (4th ed.) §§ 1312, 1313.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Callahan v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Polices and Bonds

    90 Mass. App. Ct. 196 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 12, 2016

    As explained in Stockman v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 62 Mass. App. … See Commonwealth v. Maloney, 447 Mass. 577, 584 (2006). See also Burke v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 90 Mass. App. Ct.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Simpson v. City of North Adams

    174 Mass. 450 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 21, 1899

    Thurston v. Lynn, 116 Mass. 544 . … Callender v. Marsh, 1 Pick. 418 . Brown v. Lowell, 8 Met. 172 , 176. Proctor v. Stone, 158 Mass. 564, 567 .

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  • Polak v. Riverside Marine Construction, Inc.

    22 F. Supp. 3d 109 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 28, 2014

    See Kalesnick v. … plaintiff was injured was not a vessel as a matter of law); Brown v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Boston Gas Co. v. Board of Assessors of Boston

    82 Mass. App. Ct. 517 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 3, 2012

    The board’s expertise in this regard is entitled to “some deference,” Koch v. … See, e.g., Assessors of Lynnfield v. New England Oyster House, Inc., 362 Mass. 696 , 700 n.2 (1972), citing New Brunswick v. New Jersey Div. of Tax Appeals, 39 N.J. 537, 546 (1963); Assessors of Lynn v.

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