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  • The Carolus

    5 F. Cas. 100 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Oct 15, 1854

    But in this instance the pilot has testified that he was employed by the owner of the ship; and no such case is made by the answer as would compel an owner to receive a pilot on board under the statute laws of Massachusetts … The same rule, as held by courts of common law, may be found in Yates v. Brown, 8 Pick. 23 , and the cases there cited. And in Smith v. Condry. 1 How. [42 U. S.] 28, it is said to be undoubtedly the law.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Prozina Shipping Co. v. Thirty-four Automobiles

    179 F.R.D. 41 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 22, 1998

    Shortly before the seventy-eight cars were to be loaded on board the JEANIE BROWN for shipment to Haiti, a dispute arose between Prozina and ENS. … Prozina then proceeded to load the seventy-eight cars on board the JEANIE BROWN. Still not having been paid the charter hire, on May 15, Prozina withdrew the ship from charter.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Marrotta v. Suffolk County

    726 F. Supp. 2d 1 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 29, 2010

    Suffolk County, No. 05-10032, and superior officers assigned to the Suffolk County House of Correction and the Suffolk County Jail, in Brown v. … See id.; cf Williams v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Cigal v. Leader Development Corp.

    408 Mass. 212 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 6, 1990

    L. c. 93A, § 2); McMahon v. … L. c. 183A, § 8(/). 8 We recognize that our conclusion on this point conflicts with dictum in Glickman v. Brown, 21 Mass. App.

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Connolly's Case

    418 Mass. 848 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 16, 1994

    Sys. v. … Brown v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Stedman v. City of Gardner

    25 Mass. App. Dec. 69 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jun 15, 1962

    See: Attorney General v. Drohan, 169 Mass. 534 ; Brown v. Russell, 166 Mass. 14 . In Barrett v. … To the same effect see Gaw v. Ashley, 195 *74 Mass. 173 ; Mastrangelo v. Board of Health of Watertown, 340 Mass. 491 . Citing the Barrett and Gaw cases, Attorney General v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Maher v. Commonwealth

    291 Mass. 343 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 27, 1935

    Ott v. Board of Registration in Medicine, 276 Mass. 566, 569-571 , and cases there examined. Swan v. Justices of the Superior Court, 222 Mass. 542 . Harper v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 271 Mass. 482 . … Sherwood v. St. Paul & Chicago Railway, 21 Minn. 122, 126 . Forster v. Scott, 136 N. Y. 577 . Kittinger v. Rossman, 12 Del. Ch. 276, 286 . State v. Carragan, 7 Vroom, 52 . Compare Junius Construction Corp. v.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • Limina v. Tenaglia

    1992 Mass. App. Div. 58 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Mar 26, 1992

    The rent board also has a copy of all the decontrolled units. … Co. v. Wilson, 387 Mass. 841, 853 (1983); Brown v. LeClair, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 976, 980 (1985). There was no error of law.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Dinu v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

    56 F. Supp. 2d 129 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 13, 1999

    See, e.g., Mangla v. Brown University, 135 F.3d 80, 83 (1st Cir.1998). … Coveney v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Angelary v. Springfield Street Railway Co.

    213 Mass. 110 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 1912

    to the track, and stood fronting the wagon helping his sister to alight by the steps between the wheels, when an open car moving in the same direction with the wagon came up and he was struck and injured by the running board … Stackpole v. Boston Elevated Railway, 193 Mass. 562 . Holian v. Boston Elevated Railway, 194 Mass. 74 . See also Russo v. Charles S. Brown Co. 198 Mass. 473 . The denial of the request was right.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Town of Sharon v. Segal

    6 Mass. App. Ct. 853 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 2, 1978

    its board of selectmen or planning board when acting as park commissioners” (see St. 1943, c. 73, § 1, as amended by St. 1945, c. 503 § 1) and, if they survived beyond the effective dates of St. 1960, c. 275, §§ 2 and 4 … Compare Commonwealth v. Baronas, 285 Mass. 321, 322-333 (1934); Druzik v. Board of Health of Haverhill, 324 Mass. 129, 134-136 (1949); Brown v. Carlisle, 336 Mass. 147, 150-151 (1957). See also Rep. A. G., Pub. Doc.

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  • MacDonald's Case

    342 Mass. 777 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 3, 1961

    There was evidence, which need not be recounted, to support the finding of the board. … A finding supported by evidence will be upheld unless vitiated by error of law, Brown’s Case, 334 Mass. 343, 346 , and no such error appears. Costs under G. L. c. 152, § 11A, shall be allowed by the single justice.

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  • Town of Wellesley ex rel. Board of Selectmen v. Javamine, Inc.

    21 Mass. L. Rptr. 12 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Mar 14, 2006

    See especially Commissioner of Correction v. Superior Court, 446 Mass. 123, 124 (2006); Gordon & Son, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, 371 Mass. 584, 589 (1976) (authorities collected). See also Casey v. … See Christy’s Market, Inc. v.

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  • United States v. Phillips

    732 F. Supp. 255 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Feb 1, 1990

    United States v. … United States v.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • John Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 7971 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 18, 2024

    SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD. … No. 390261 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 98 Mass. App.

    Cited 0 timesUnpublished
  • Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove

    305 Mass. 213 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 12, 1940

    Luke’s Church v. Slack, 7 Cush. 226 , 238, 239. American Railway-Frog Co. v. Haven, 101 Mass. 398, 403-408 . J. H. Wentworth Co. v. French, 176 Mass. 442 . Longyear v. Hardman, 219 Mass. 405 . Rayburn v. … Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove, 303 Mass. 1, 9 . Brown v. Weymouth, 36 Maine, 414. Taylor v. Taylor, 74 Maine, 582, 584, 585. Minchener v. Carroll, 135 Ala. 409, 414 . See also Hill v. Murphy, 212 Mass. 1, 3 ; Lowell v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Cote v. Levine

    52 Mass. App. Ct. 435 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 31, 2001

    The initial board of trustees (initial board) consisted of Levine and Mandell. … The Supreme Judicial Court explained the demand requirement in Harhen v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838 (2000).

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Bagley v. Illyrian Gardens, Inc.

    28 Mass. App. Ct. 127 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 27, 1989

    See also Harker v. Holyoke, 390 Mass. at 558, n.3 . Cf. Brown v. Massachusetts Port Authy., 371 Mass. 395, 399-402 (1976). … See, e.g., Warren v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Amherst, 383 Mass. 1, 13 (1981); Crittenton Hastings House of the Florence Crittenton League v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 25 Mass. App. Ct. 704, 715 (1988).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Sodekson v. Lynch

    298 Mass. 72 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1937

    In Brown v. Newburyport, 209 Mass. 259, 266 , this court said, “Official duties involving the exercise of discretion and judgment for the public weal cannot be delegated. They can be performed only in person.” … Commonwealth v. Badger, 243 Mass. 137, 142 . McPherson v. Street Commissioners of Boston, 251 Mass. 34, 37, 38 . Kane v. Board of Appeals of Medford, 273 Mass. 97, 103 . Leroy v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • The Evelyn Ruth

    42 F.2d 458 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 3, 1930

    When the boat floated on the rising tide, those of her crew who remained on board took her to sea without hindrance or pursuit. … In Brown v. United States, 16 F.(2d) 682 (C. C.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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