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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.

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  • Central 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.

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  • William 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.

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  • In Re Shawsheen Dairy, Inc.

    47 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.

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  • Mitchell v. Walton Lunch Co.

    305 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 timesPublished
  • Buhrer v. BDO Seidman, LLP

    16 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.

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  • Spring 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 timesPublished
  • Mickiewicz v. City of Boston

    31 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).

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  • Zelesky 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.

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  • United 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 timesPublished
  • Gallant v. Indian Ranch, Inc.

    2002 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).

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  • Damon v. Bibber

    135 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.

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  • Valenca v. Town of Milford

    24 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).

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  • Harford v. Taylor

    181 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 timesPublished
  • Towle v. Morin

    1 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.

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  • Sanderson v. Verdasys, Inc.

    31 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.

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  • Commonwealth v. Ortiz

    470 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 timesPublished
  • REBECCA 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).

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  • John Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 23, 2020

    Doe v. … Sex Offender Registry Board).

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  • TOWN 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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