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  • City of Boston

    221 Mass. 468 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 22, 1915

    The appropriate municipal officers of Boston in effect are constituted a public board to repair, maintain and operate the bridge. There is nothing in Hampshire County v. … Springfield v. Springfield Street Railway, 182 Mass. 41 . Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway, 182 Mass. 49 ; S. C. 196 U. S. 539 . Higginson v. Treasurer of Boston, 212 Mass. 583 . Browne v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Kemensky v. Chapin

    193 Mass. 500 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1907

    Houston, 1 Comst. 261, 269; Stone v. Browning, 51 N. Y. 211 ; S. C. 68 N. Y. 598; Cooke v. Millard, 65 N. Y. 352, 368; Gibbs v. Benjamin, 45 Vt. 124 ; Hill v. McDonald, 17 Wis. 97, 101 ; Bacon v. … Remick v. Sandford, 120 Mass. 309 . Knight v. Mann, 118 Mass. 143 . Atherton v. Newhall, 123 Mass. 141 . Denny v. Williams, 5 Allen, 1 . Howard v. Borden, 13 Allen, 299 , 300. Stone v. Browning, 51 N. Y. 211 ; S.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Stoddard v. Penniman

    113 Mass. 386 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1873

    Stoddard v. Penniman, 108 Mass. 366 . … of Stoddard, and the failure of Hanson to procure Brown’s assent would be no defence.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Landford v. Universal Insurance

    282 Mass. 323 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1933

    Hartwell v. Kelly, 117 Mass. 235 . Ryder v. Faxon, 171 Mass. 206 . Swift v. Boyd, 202 Mass. 26 . Noyes v. Gagnon, 225 Mass. 580, 584 . … Moulton v. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation, 243 Mass. 129, 130, 131 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • The Boston

    3 F. Cas. 932 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · May 15, 1833

    See Mason v. The Blaireau, 2 Cranch [6 U. S.] 240; Abb. Shipp, pt. 4, c. 3, § 5, p. 272, note; Spurr v. Pearson [supra]. … See Hoyt v. Wildfire, 3 Johns. 518 ; Lewis v. Davis, 3 Johns. 17 ; Spurr v. Pearson [Case No. 13,268].

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Dunham v. City of Lowell

    200 Mass. 468 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 6, 1909

    The tax was properly assessed to Brown. He held the legal title as trustee, at least so far as respected the question of taxation. Brown v. Wright, 194 Mass. 540 . It was therefore a Yalid lien upon the land. *469 2. … Brown and none other. The petitioner has no standing for an abatement. The case of Hough v. North Adams, 196 Mass. 290 , upon which the petitioner somewhat relies, contains nothing inconsistent with this result.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Swift & Co. v. Furness, Withy & Co.

    87 F. 345 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 10, 1898

    BROWN, District Judge. … The ship sailed for Loudon October 6, 1894, making an ordinary voyage, and arrived off Dover October 21st, with a London pilot on board.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Melville v. Town of Adams

    9 F. Supp. 3d 77 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 27, 2014

    Co. v. … Brown, 566 F.3d 515, 517 (5th Cir.2009) (“None of the Supreme Court’s public employee speech decisions qualifies or limits the First Amendment’s protection of elected government officials’ speech.”), vacated by 576 F.3d 531

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Falco

    43 Mass. App. Ct. 253 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 30, 1997

    Commonwealth v. Perito, 417 Mass. 674, 680 (1994). … See Commonwealth v. Finelli, 422 Mass. 860, 863 (1996).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Raymond v. City of Haverhill

    168 Mass. 382 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1897

    The only decisions opposed to the view we have taken which have been shown us are Wieting v. Millston, 77 Wis. 523 , and Brown v. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway, 54 Wis. 342 . … It is possible to distinguish Brown v. Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway. Wieting v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Fisher v. United States

    129 F. Supp. 759 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Mar 30, 1955

    Bausch’s Estate v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, supra; Varnedoe v. Allen, 5 Cir., 158 F.2d 467 . … Plaintiff relies also on the cases of Hahn v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 13 T.C.M. 308 , C.C.H. Dec. 20,-249 (M); MacFarlane v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 19 T.C. 9 , and Aprill v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Gliniecki

    339 Mass. 464 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1959

    Brown”; the second indictment charged that the defendant on the same day and at the same place “did assault Kenneth J. Brown by means of a dangerous weapon with intent to murder . . . Kenneth J. … Commonwealth v. Cero, 264 Mass. 264, 271 . Commonwealth v. Polian, 288 Mass. 494, 496-497 . Commonwealth v. Gale, 317 Mass. 274, 277 . Commonwealth v. Bellino, 320 Mass. 635, 644, 646 .

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Lamoureux

    348 Mass. 390 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 29, 1965

    Commonwealth v. Moore, 323 Mass. 70, 74 . There was no error in admitting as exhibits other items now to be mentioned. … Commonwealth v. McGarty, 323 Mass. 435, 438 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Anthony

    306 Mass. 470 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 6, 1940

    Forgrave Partner Brown Anthony & Co.” Later the check was credited to the account of the firm, and its amount was credited to Forgrave’s “capital account” in the firm of Brown Anthony and Co. On January 14, Mrs. … Sleight v. United States, 82 Fed. (2d) 459. Whatever the fact may have been, we think that the evidence in these records falls somewhat short of enough to prove Anthony’s guilt in this group of cases. See Brown v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Kartell v. Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.

    384 Mass. 409 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 20, 1981

    Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943), and most recently articulated in California Retail Liquor Dealers Ass’n v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97 (1980). … See, e.g., California Retail Liquor Dealers Ass’n v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., 445 U.S. 97 (1980); Bates v. State Bar, 433 U.S. 350 (1977); Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943).

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Derrick v. New England Greyhound Lines, Inc.

    148 F. Supp. 496 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 17, 1957

    as Brown’s agent. … Norton v. Palmer, 7 Cush., Mass., 523; Gray v. Lenox, 215 Mass. 598 , 102 N.E. 1097 ; Restatement, Conflict of Laws, § 512.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Fairfield's Motors, Inc. v. Fitz-Inn Auto Park, Inc.

    1 Mass. App. Ct. 833 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 21, 1973

    The plaintiff leased a motor vehicle owned by it to one Brown. Brown *834 drove his family to lunch at a Boston restaurant and while there parked the vehicle in the defendant’s parking garage. … Nothing in the record would warrant a finding that Brown was the agent of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was not a party to the contract of bailment between Brown and the defendant.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Bilodeau v. Maffei

    309 Mass. 237 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 28, 1941

    Wheeler v. Tarullo, 237 Mass. 306, 309 , and cases cited. We are of opinion that there was no error in this instruction. The case of Brown v. … Compare Gariety v. Fleming, 121 Kans. 42, 44 ; Thompson v. Ellsworth, 39 Mich. 719, 723 ; Bailey v. Warner, 118 Fed. 395, 397 ; Stoecker v. Nathanson, 70 L. R. A. 667.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Huebsch v. Katahdin Industries, Inc.

    13 Mass. L. Rptr. 180 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Apr 24, 2001

    According to the complaint, Huebsch worked “at least 90 days” in the first year and “was available for work on numerous other days, if called upon by the Board to do so.” … Hahren v. Brown, 431 Mass. 838, 839-40 (2000), citing, inter alia, Shaw v. Digital Equip. Corp., 82 F.3d 1194, 1220 (1st Cir. 1996).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Swan v. Stephens

    99 Mass. 7 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1868

    Silloway v. Brown, 12 Allen, 30 . … Higbee v. Rice, 5 Mass. 344, 351 . Washington Bank v. Brown, 2 Met. 293 . Devens v. Bower, 6 Gray, 126 . 4.

    Cited 14 timesPublished

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