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  • Kingman v. New Bedford Home for Aged

    237 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1921

    Brown v. Thorndike, 15 Pick. 388, 400. Minot v. Boston Asylum & Farm School for Indigent Boys, 7 Met. 416 . Bodman v. American Tract Society, 9 Allen, 447 . Morse v. Stearns, 131 Mass. 389 . Hinckley v. … Faulkner v. National Sailors’ Home, *327 155 Mass. 458 . Gould v. Chamberlain, 184 Mass. 115 . Best v. Berry, 189 Mass. 510 .

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  • Brockton Savings Bank v. Shapiro

    311 Mass. 695 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1942

    Fiske v. Tolman, 124 Mass. 254 . Pratt v. Buckley, 175 Mass. 115 . North End Savings Bank v. Snow, 197 Mass. 339 . Phillips v. Vorenberg, 259 Mass. 46 . Brown v. … North End Savings Bank v. Snow, 197 Mass. 339 . Silverstein v. Saster, 285 Mass. 453 . Brown v. Kaplan, 302 Mass. 510 .

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  • Gaudet v. Ridino

    6 Mass. L. Rptr. 446 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 11, 1996

    Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of Northampton, 345 Mass. 158 (1962). … Town of Seekonk v. Anthony, 339 Mass. 49 (1959); Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of Northampton, 345 Mass. 158 (1962).

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  • Andrade v. City Council of Gloucester

    406 Mass. 337 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 18, 1989

    See Brown v. City Council of Cambridge, 289 Mass. 333, 334 (1935). However, the question raised is one of public importance not only to Gloucester but also to other municipalities. … See, e.g., Gould v. City Council of Newburyport, 392 Mass. 302 (1984); Moore v. School Comm. of Newton, 375 Mass. 443 (1978); Fantini v. School Comm. of Cambridge, 362 Mass. 320 (1972); Gorman v.

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  • United States v. Block

    483 F. Supp. 1296 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Feb 6, 1980

    Upon nearing and boarding the vessel the officers saw a brown leafy substance on the decks and the hatchway. At that point they began to search for suspects and marijuana as well. … Chambers v. Maroney, supra; Carroll v. United States, supra; United States v. Miller, supra. In Cardwell v.

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  • General Chemical Corp. v. Department of Environmental Quality Engineering

    19 Mass. App. Ct. 287 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 31, 1985

    Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, 441 U.S. 281, 317-318 (1979). See also Dodge v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 343 Mass. 375, 381 (1961). … Brown, 441 U.S. 281 (1979), on remand, 611 F.2d 439 (3d Cir. 1979). Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Usery, 426 F. Supp. 150, 172 (D.D.C. 1976). Westinghouse Elec. Corp. v. Brown, 443 F.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Weitman v. Tutor

    24 Mass. L. Rptr. 343 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Aug 13, 2008

    Giammargo v. Snapple Beverage Corp., 1994 WL 672698 , *2 (Del.Ch. Nov. 15, 1994). … See G.L.c. 156D, §8.30; Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 845 (2000).

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  • Zoning Board of Appeals of Groton v. Housing Appeals Committee

    22 Mass. L. Rptr. 334 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 9, 2007

    See New Boston Garden Corp. v. Bd. of Assessors of Boston, 383 Mass. 456, 466 (1981). Here, the Board had the authority to conclude that the evidence submitted by the instant petitioners was entitled to less weight. … In Bd. of Appeals of Maynard v.

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  • Assessors of Everett v. Albert N. Parlin House, Inc.

    331 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 13, 1954

    These are appeals by the board of assessors of Everett from decisions of the Appellate Tax Board granting abatements to Albert N. … This raises a question of law which was appropriately raised before the board, Choate v. Assessors of Boston, 304 Mass. 298 ; Assessors of Lancaster v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Board of Managers of the Sea 'N Sand Motel Condominium v. Ryan

    2015 Mass. App. Div. 92 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · May 19, 2015

    Kiley v. Glynn, 2004 Mass. App. Div. 183, 184 . … Palmer v. Murphy, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 334, 338 (1997).

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  • Inhabitants of Watertown v. Dana

    255 Mass. 67 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1926

    It was said in Curtis v. … French v. Peters, 177 Mass. 568, 572 . Lyons v. Elston, 211 Mass. 478, 482 , and cases there cited. Church v. Brown, 247 Mass. 282, 287 . See Proctor v. Dillon, 235 Mass. 538, 540 . Final decree reversed.

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  • Crocker v. Deschenes

    287 Mass. 202 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1934

    In McGinnis v. … And in Brown v. Nahant, 213 Mass. 271 , it was said at page 274: “The licenses were not granted to him by the town of Nahant or in any sense by its authority.

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  • C.B. Blair Development Corp. v. Town of Holden Planning Board

    19 Mass. L. Rptr. 643 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jun 29, 2005

    RULINGS OF LAW The plaintiff has the burden in this appeal to show that the Board acted improperly in disapproving the subdivision plan. Board of Selectman of Ayer v. … Castle Bates, Inc. v. Planning Board of Medfleld, 344 Mass. 329, 334 (1962).

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  • Lipchitz v. Raytheon Co.

    434 Mass. 493 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 9, 2001

    Azadian was board certified as a general surgeon; Lipchitz was not board certified. Alphas, the outgoing CMD, had not been board certified. … Blare v. Husky Injection Molding Sys. Boston, Inc., 419 Mass. 437, 445 (1995). See Dartt v. Browning-Ferris Indus., Inc. (Mass.), 427 Mass. 1, 16 (1998).

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  • The Rajah

    20 F. Cas. 193 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 15, 1852

    This was the case in Johnson v. Sims [Case No. 7,413] and The Juliana, 2 Dod. 504, where the agreement was inserted in the shipping articles; and in Buck v. Rawlinson, 1 Brown, Pari. … Judge Story, in Brown v.

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  • Rambert v. Commonwealth

    389 Mass. 771 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 26, 1983

    City Council of Peabody v. Board of Appeals of Peabody, 360 Mass. 867, 867 (1971). … Belanger & Sons v. Joseph M. Concannon Corp., 333 Mass. 22, 25 (1955), quoting Brown v. Robinson, 275 Mass. 55, 57 (1931).

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  • Manias v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    388 Mass. 201 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 16, 1983

    Robertson v. Brown, 139 So. 2d 226, 229 (La. Ct. App. 1962). Cf. President & Fellows of Harvard College v. … “It is . . . the function of the board and not a judge to make findings of fact in [Employment Security] case[s].” White v.

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  • National Wholesale Grocery Co. v. Mann

    251 Mass. 238 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1925

    Two consequences follow from a simple c. i. f. contract; when the goods have been put on board (1) the title passes to the buyer, and (2) the goods are at the risk of the buyer. … New York Central Railroad v. Freedman, 240 Mass. 200, 209 . Leavitt v. Fiberloid Co. 196 Mass. 440, 453 . F. W. Stock & Sons v. Snell, 226 Mass. 499, 504 . Tuttle v. Brown, 4 Gray, 457 , 460. Brown v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Dowd v. Iantosca

    27 Mass. App. Ct. 325 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 16, 1989

    As stated in H & M Associates v. El Centro, 109 Cal. App. 3d 399, 409 (1980), cited in Doliner v. Brown, 21 Mass. App. … See and compare Doliner v. Brown, 21 Mass. App.

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  • DeGrace v. Conservation Commission of Harwich

    31 Mass. App. Ct. 132 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 29, 1991

    Boston v. Board of Educ., 392 Mass. 788 , 792 (1984) (allegedly inconsistent statutes are construed to give reasonable effect to both and to create a consistent body of law). 2. The septic system. … See note 5, supra. 8 From a decision by the board of health, “the applicant pursues those usual remedies to one aggrieved by a decision of a local authority.” Hamilton v. Conservation Commn. of Orleans, 12 Mass. App.

    Cited 26 timesPublished

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