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  • Parsons v. Seelye

    92 F. 1005 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Feb 24, 1899

    BROWN, District Judge. This suit is for infringement of letters patent No. 368,108, issued August 9, 1887, to Henry Parsons, for a machine for cutting leather or other materials. … The claim, however, contains the words “substantially as specified”; and, as said in Westinghouse v. Boyden Power-Brake Co., 170 U. S. 537, 558 , 18 Sup.

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  • Simpson v. Phillipsdale Paper Mill Co.

    227 Mass. 430 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1917

    The floor boards had been sawed away to make this opening and those taken out were made into a cover or trap door; they corresponded with the boards in the floor in color and thickness; there was a ring countersunk in the … Healey v. Perkins Machine Co. 216 Mass. 75, 78 . Standard Oil Co. v. Brown, 218 U. S. 78 .

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  • Haddad v. Gonzalez

    410 Mass. 855 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 12, 1991

    See Harris v. Board of Trustees of State Colleges, 405 Mass. 515, 528 (1989); King v. Grace, 293 Mass. 244, 247 (1936). … See Hemingway, supra at 199 ; Leardi v. Brown, supra at 156; McKenna v. Begin, .supra at 170-171 .

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  • Commonwealth v. Manning

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 695 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 6, 1998

    See Brown v. … See Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. at 487-488 ; Commonwealth v. *699 Fredette, supra at 461 n.4. In regard to the “but for” test, Mr. Justice Powell’s concurring opinion in Brown v.

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  • Klotz v. Pan-American Match Co.

    221 Mass. 38 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 24, 1915

    Varney v. Baker, ubi supra. Butler v. Martin, 220 Mass.. 224. … Nu te v. Hamilton Mutual Ins. Co. 6 Gray, 174 . Trustees of Free Schools in Andover v. Flint, 13 Met. 539 . Traders & Mechanics’ Ins. Co. v. Brown, 142 Mass. 403 . Greene v.

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  • Madden's Case

    222 Mass. 487 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 7, 1916

    v. … Industrial Commission of Ohio v. Brown, 92 Ohio St. 309 . If there is anything in any of the three decisions last cited inconsistent with our conclusion, we are constrained not to follow them.

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  • Commonwealth v. Anderson

    366 Mass. 394 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 14, 1974

    Brown Paper Bag. Important! has Narcotics. This is No Joke.” The message was unsigned. … United States v. Legato, 480 F. 2d 408 (5th Cir. 1973), cert. den. 414 U. S. 979 (1973) (tip that someone carrying a bomb in an orange bag would attempt to board flight to Chicago). United States v.

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  • White v. County of Franklin

    274 Mass. 465 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1931

    Brown v. Haverhill, 3 Dane Abbr. 263, 264. The force of that decision in this respect is not shaken by Gilman v. Haverhill, 128 Mass. 36 . … Ringle v. Board of Freeholders, 27 Vroom, 661 . Ennis v. Wood River Branch Railroad, 12 R. I. 73. Spies v. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad, 148 Wis. 35 . Cape Girardeau & Chester Railroad v.

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  • Davis v. Spaulding

    19 L.R.A. 102 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1892

    Gas. 349; Regina v. Metropolitan Board of Works, 3 B. & S. 710; Hodgkinson v. Ennor, 4 B. & S. 229; Roath v. Driscoll, 20 Conn. 533 ; Brown v. Illius, 25 Conn. 583 ; Chatfield v. Wilson, 28 Vt. 49 ; Clark v. … Conroe, 38 Vt. 469 ; Wheatley v. Baugh, 25 Penn. St. 528; Haldeman v. Bruckhart, 45 Penn. St. 514; Frazier v. Brown, 12 Ohio St. 294 ; Pixley v. Clark, 35 N. Y. 520 ; Delhi v. Youmans, 45 N. Y. 362 ; Bliss v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Epstein v. Executive Secretary

    22 Mass. App. Ct. 135 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 23, 1986

    Litton Business Syss., Inc. v. Commissioner of Rev., 383 Mass. 619, 622 (1981). The third Superior Court judge was empowered to reconsider the issue, although not bound to do so. See Peterson v. … Loring v. Commissioner of Pub. Works, 264 Mass. 460, 465, 468 (1928).

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  • City of Springfield v. Dreison Investments, Inc.

    11 Mass. L. Rptr. 379 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Feb 25, 2000

    SBC’s Board of Directors authorized Mr. … Brown’s letter to Mr.

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  • Commonwealth v. Blake

    428 Mass. 57 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 22, 1998

    Gray v. … Brooks, supra at 576 ; Commonwealth v. Williams, supra. 4. Brown as a joint venturer.

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  • Fitchburg Savings Bank v. Torrey

    134 Mass. 239 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 5, 1883

    Brown became a stockholder of the corporation. Holyoke Bank v. Burnham, 11 Cush. 183 . … Bank v. Lanier, 11 Wall. 369 . Dickinson v.

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  • Herman v. Home Depot, Inc.

    2001 Mass. App. Div. 132 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jun 19, 2001

    Registrar of Motor Vehicles v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds, 382 Mass. 580, 585-586 (1981). … Walker v. Board of Appeals of Harwich, 388 Mass. 42 (1987) is inappo-site.

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  • Boyer v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance

    277 Mass. 359 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 2, 1931

    Putnam v. United States Trust Co. 223 Mass. 199, 201 . … See in this connection Lovell v. Williams, 125 Mass. 439 ; Whittier v. Child, 174 Mass. 36 ; American Mining & Smelting Co. v. Converse, 175 Mass. 449 .

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  • Packard v. First Congregational Parish

    256 Mass. 550 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1926

    Bassett v. Porter, 4 Cush. 487 , 492. The finding that the parish was not incorporated before 1828 is final. Curtis v. Brown, 219 Mass. 157, 159 . Hartt v. Rueter, 223 Mass. 207, 212 . … First Parish in Medford v. Pratt, 4 Pick. 222 . Stebbins v. Jennings, supra. Ludlow v. Sikes, 19 Pick. 317 , 323. First Parish in Medford v. Medford, 21 Pick. 199 . Lakin v. Ames, supra.

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  • Burdo v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Chelmsford

    113 N.E.3d 934 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 15, 2018

    Partnership v. Board of Appeals of Shirley , 461 Mass. 469 , 481 (2012), quoting M. … Seltzer v. Board of Appeals of Orleans , 24 Mass. App. Ct. 521 , 522 (1987).

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  • A Juvenile

    364 Mass. 531 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 31, 1974

    Jones v. Breed, 343 F. Supp. 690, 692 (C. D. Cal. 1972). Bryan v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 7 Cal. 3d 575, 580-584 (1972). People v. Brown, 13 Cal. App. 3d 876, 880-881 (1970), cert. den. sub nom. Brown v. … [the judge] made a finding that the [petitioner was not a fit subject for commitment to the Youth Service Board” and dismissed the complaint.

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  • Boston Gas Co. v. Assessors of Boston

    334 Mass. 549 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 24, 1956

    The tax board quoted at length from Commonwealth v. Lowell Gas Light Co. 12 Allen, 75 , 78-79. Findings of the Tax Board — The Electric Department. Substation Equipment, Line Transformers, and Transformer Installations. … Hardiman v. Brown, 162 Mass. 585 .” Commonwealth v. Bellino, 320 Mass. 635, 638 . There was no error in the denial of the company’s requests numbered 40 to 47, inclusive. The Sale and Lease Back.

    Cited 63 timesPublished
  • von Arnim v. American Tube Works

    188 Mass. 515 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1905

    Eaton v. Robinson, 19 R. I. 146. Brown v. DeYoung, 167 Ill. 549 . Blair v. Telegram Newspaper Co. 172 Mass. 201 . … corporation could have brought an action for money had and received against each officer for the amount withdrawn by him, or if it was proved that the president, treasurer, and assistant treasurer, when acting as such, or as a board

    Cited 73 timesPublished

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