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Int'l Underwater Contr. v. New Eng. Tel. & Tel.
8 Mass. App. Ct. 340 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 12, 1979
Present: KEVILLE, BROWN, & PERRETTA, JJ. Francis V. Matera ( Richard W. Schwartzman with him) for the plaintiff. Roscoe Trimmier, Jr., ( John M. Harrington, Jr., with him) for the defendant. BROWN, J. … Grimshaw Co. v. Nevil C.
Cited 0 timesPublishedCentral Vermont Ry. Co. v. Southern New England R. Corp.
1 F. Supp. 1004 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Dec 14, 1932
The president, chairman of the board, treasurer, and chief accounting officer of the Southern New England occupied like positions in the Central Vermont. … Railroad Company v. Letson, 2 How. 497 , 11 L. Ed. 353 ; Covington Draw Bridge Co. v. Shepherd, 20 How. 227 , 15 L. Ed. 896 ; Thomas v. Board of Trustees, 195 U. S. 207, 210 , 25 S. Ct. 24 , 49 L.
Cited 1 timesPublishedWilliam Zakon & Sons, Inc. v. Daigle
3 Mass. App. Div. 95 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Mar 28, 1938
See also Brown v. Nahant, 213 Mass. 271, 274 . The issue here depends upon the constructions of the Acts of 1933, e. 376, §23 (extra session), as amended by Acts of 1934, c. 385, §16. … In Cheney v.
Cited 0 timesPublished47 F. Supp. 494 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Oct 26, 1942
And, as used in the Bankruptcy Act, the expression has been regarded as broad enough to embrace an obligation written by statute into a contract (Brown v. O’Keefe, and Cunningham v. … Steamship Co. v. Joliffe, 2 Wall. 450, 456, 457 , 17 L.Ed. 805 ; National Labor Relations Board v.
Cited 4 timesPublished305 Mass. 76 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1940
During the year previous to his accident he had been employed by a steamship company from which he received a certain monthly wage together with room and board and tips. … Babikian v. Brown, 293 Mass. 195 . But this is not a suit to recover for wages. The loss of wages as such is not an element of damages.
Cited 28 timesPublished16 Mass. L. Rptr. 551 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 7, 2003
See Morris v. … Cross & Brown Co. v. Nelson, 167 N.Y.S.2d 573, 576 (N.Y.App.Div. 1957); see also BDO Seidman v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedSpring v. Geriatric Authority of Holyoke
394 Mass. 274 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 14, 1985
Commonwealth v. Hayes, 372 Mass. 505, 511 (1977), quoting Commonwealth v. Bloomberg, 302 Mass. 349, 352 (1939). … Leardi v. Brown, ante 151, 165-166 (1985) (plaintiff seeking nominal statutory damages need only show invasion of legally protected right).
Cited 166 timesPublished31 Mass. L. Rptr. 448 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 4, 2013
See Madsen v. Erwin, 395 Mass. 715, 721 (1985), quoting Olympic Junior, Inc. v. … See, e.g., Dartt v. Browning-Ferris Indus., Inc., 427 Mass. 1, 7 (1998); Labonte v. Hutchins & Wheeler, 424 Mass. 813, 821 (1997).
Cited 0 timesPublishedZelesky v. Commissioner of the Division of Public Employee Retirement Administration
30 Mass. App. Ct. 106 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 8, 1991
Brown, J. The plaintiff seeks, pursuant to G. … The question whether the plaintiff was required to appeal the decision of PERA to the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB) before seeking judicial relief needs no extended discussion.
Cited 8 timesPublishedUnited States v. Certain Subfreights Due Steamship Neponset
300 F. 981 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 1, 1924
S. v. … See Brown v. Tenner, L. R. 3 Ch. App. 597. On Reargument.
Reversed on other grounds by United States v. Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co., 13 F.2d 808 (1926)Cited 18 timesPublished2002 Mass. App. Div. 12 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jan 11, 2002
Beal v. Board of Selectmen of Hingham, 419 Mass. 535, 539 (1995). … Brown, 400 Mass. 826, 832 (1987), or to grant a motion for summary judgment merely to save the time and the expense of a trial. Hub Associates Inc. v. Goode, 357 Mass. 449 , (1970).
Cited 2 timesPublished135 Mass. 458 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 8, 1883
On November 7, 1869, Rust conveyed the land to Brown, in trust, first, to hold the land as security for all claims of Brown against Rust. … See Palin v. Hills, 1 Myl. & K. 470, 480; Long v. Watkinson, 17 Beav. 471. Our conclusion is, that Brown’s will contained a valid gift of his interest to the defendants, and that they are. entitled to prevail.
Cited 4 timesPublished24 Mass. L. Rptr. 300 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Jul 23, 2008
Commonwealth v. Brown, 426 Mass. 475, 480 (1998); See also Amsden v. … Co. v. Gamache, 426 Mass. 93, 95 (1997).
Cited 0 timesPublished181 Mass. 266 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 19, 1902
It is settled that if one of two cotenants in possession ousts the other, he may maintain an action of trespass quare clausum fregit; Silloway v. Brown, 12 Allen, 30 ; Bennett v. Clemence, 6 Allen, 10 , 18; Byam v. … The cases as to the apportionment of water rates in such a case are collected in Stimson v. Crosby, 180 Mass. 296 .
Cited 2 timesPublished1 Mass. App. Div. 174 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Mar 31, 1936
Engel v. Checker Taxi Co., 275 Mass. 471, 476 . Brown v. Daley, 273 Mass. 432 . Hogan v. Whittemore, 278 Mass. 573 . Commonwealth v. Davis, 284 Mass. 41, 51 . Bresnick v. Heath, Mass. Adv. … Brown v. Daley, 273 Mass. 432.
Cited 0 timesPublished31 Mass. L. Rptr. 22 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Nov 2, 2012
Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 840 (2000), documents of which “the plaintiff had notice” and on which s/he “relied ... in framing the complaint,” Marram v. … Kahn v.
Cited 1 timesPublished470 Mass. 163 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 26, 2014
Commonwealth v. Carlino, 449 Mass. 71, 80 (2007), quoting Commonwealth v. Leahy, 445 Mass. 481, 501 (2005). See Commonwealth v. Reddick, 372 Mass. 460, 464 (1977). … Commonwealth v. Colleran, 452 Mass. at 432, citing Commonwealth v.
Cited 3 timesPublishedREBECCA M. BROWN & Others v. JOHN J. DONOVAN, SR., & Another.
Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 8, 2024
BROWN & others1 vs. JOHN J. … Dist. v. J. Farmer & Co., 407 Mass. 1006, 1007 (1990).
Cited 0 timesUnpublishedJohn Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board
District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 23, 2020
Doe v. … Sex Offender Registry Board).
Cited 0 timesUnknownTOWN OF CONCORD v. NEIL E. RASMUSSEN & Others.
Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 21, 2024
Two years after the layout, the town paid John Brown, an abutter, for building stone walls on "the new Road in the north part of the Town" -- which would not have been necessary had Brown not donated his land for the road … See Flagg v. Flagg, 16 Gray 175 , 180 (1860); Moncy v. Planning Bd. of Scituate, 50 Mass. App. Ct. 715, 720 (2001). See also Denham v.
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