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  • H. H. Brown Shoe Co. v. H. C. Brown Co.

    258 Mass. 343 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 24, 1927

    Parrot v. Mexican Central Railway, 207 Mass. 184 . Boston Food Products Co. v. Wilson & Co. 245 Mass. 550, 560 . Forgeron v. … Beacon Trust Co. v. Souther, 183 Mass. 413, 417 . Glovin v. Eagle Clothing Co. Inc. 247 Mass. 215, 218 .

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  • Boston Blower Co. v. Brown

    149 Mass. 421 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 20, 1889

    Brown v. Foster, 113 Mass. 136 . The intent of the original contract was obviously to provide for the payment for the tools although a new contract might be substituted for this, and such is its effect. … In Gates v.

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  • Shrewsbury Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 379 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 1, 1977

    Malden Retirement Bd. v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 1 Mass. App. Ct. 420, 424, n.7 (1973). Kelley v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 341 Mass. 611, 614 (1961). … But it is for the appeal board to determine the credibility of the evidence and — apart from a misconstruction which amounts to an error of law — its significance. Maddocks v.

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  • Boston & Albany Railroad v. Brown

    177 Mass. 65 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1900

    The defendant Russell was employed by Brown, and drove his carriage during the period referred to in the declaration. … Some months afterwards a written notice to the same effect was given him by the plaintiff. , The law applicable to cases of this kind was stated by this court in Old Colony Railroad v. Tripp, 147 Mass. 35 .

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  • Brown v. Metropolitan Transit Authority

    341 Mass. 690 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 2, 1961

    Brown of 305 Highland Street, Roxbury, on her claim against you for personal injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of your agents, servants or employees on January 13,1956, in Dudley Street Station, Roxbury.” … Commonwealth v. MacKenzie, 211 Mass. 578, 580 . Flye v. Hall, 224 Mass. 528, 530 . Siegel v. Thern, 229 Mass. 172, 173 . Commonwealth v. Dyer, 243 Mass. 472, 506 . Langan v. Pianowski, 307 Mass. 149, 152 .

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  • Manella v. Brown Co.

    537 F. Supp. 1226 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 5, 1982

    The dispute in this case centers on a lease agreement between the plaintiff and Brown Company (Brown). … Guaclides v. Kruse, supra.

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  • Brown v. Town of Winthrop

    270 Mass. 322 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1930

    Burt v. Boston, 122 Mass. 223 . Campbell v. Boston, 189 Mass. 7 . Stoliker v. Boston, 204 Mass. 522 . Connelly v. Boston, 206 Mass. 4 . See Brooks v. Somerville, 106 Mass. 271, 274 . … See Davidson v. Nichols, 11 Allen, 514 , 517. In Brown v. Winthrop the exceptions are sustained; in Brown v. Sargent they are overruled. So ordered.

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  • Brown v. Boston & Maine Railroad

    233 Mass. 502 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 11, 1919

    Hanscom v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co. 220 Mass. 1 , and cases collected at page 8. Utter v. Franklin, 172 U. S. 416 . Gross v. United States Mortgage Co. 108 U. S. 477 . White Water Valley Canal Co. v. … Anderson v. Santa Anna, 116 U. S. 356, 363, 364 . Ritchie v. Franklin County, 22 Wall. 67 . Grenada County Supervisors v. Brogden, 112 U. S. 261, 270, 272 . Randall v. Kreiger, 23 Wall. 137, 149 . Watson v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Cunard Steamship Co.

    147 Mass. 58 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 5, 1888

    See Graves v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, 137 Mass. 33 ; Hill v. Boston, Hoosac Tunnel, & Western Railroad, 144 Mass. 284 . … Irving v. Manning, 1 H. L. Cas. 287, 306. Lewis v. Rucker, 2 Burr. 1167. Bradlie v. Maryland Ins. Co. 12 Pet. 378, 399 . Boardman v. Boston Ins. Co. 146 Mass. 442 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Suburban Land Co. v. Brown

    237 Mass. 166 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1921

    Ellicott v. Coffin, 106 Mass. 365 . Giles v. Royal Ins. Co. 179 Mass. 261 . The case involved contracts by Roger W. Brown to build cottages and camps for the Suburban Land Company. … Farlow v. Ellis, 15 Gray, 229 . Boyden v. Hill, 198 Mass. 477, 484, 485 . Whether there has been a waiver, especially when it is to be implied from numerous facts, is usually a question of fact. Fox v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Retirement Board of Stoneham v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    476 Mass. 130 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 22, 2016

    Davis v. … to 10 The board relies on Shea v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Inhabitants of Nahant

    213 Mass. 271 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 27, 1913

    Medway, 176 Mass. 67 , that a city or town is not responsible for any acts of its licensing board, whether a special commission or the mayor and aldermen, or, as here,.the selectmen of a town. … Cook v. Boston, 9 Allen, 393 . Emery v. Lowell, 127 Mass. 138 . Kraft v. Keokuk, 14 Iowa, 86 . Edinburg v. Hackney, 54 Ind. 83 . Brazil v. Kress, 55 Ind. 14 . Cahaba v. Burnett, 34 Ala. 400 . Tupelo v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Brown v. F.L. Roberts & Co.

    452 Mass. 674 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 2, 2008

    Brown v. F.L. Roberts & Co., 419 F. Supp. 2d 7, 17 (D. … Brown v. F.L. Roberts & Co., supra at 19.

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  • Teachers' Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    346 Mass. 663 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1964

    Compare Boston Retirement Bd. v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 340 Mass. 109 ; Boston Retirement Bd. v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 340 Mass. 112 . 2. The medical opinion was based on more than conjecture. … See State Bd. of Retirement v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd. 342 Mass. 58, 65, fn. 1 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Wesley C. Cook v. Brown

    125 Mass. 503 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 21, 1878

    See Warner v. Bright, 52 Ill. 35 ; Phelps v. Goddard, 1 Tyler, 60 ; Grainger v. Hill, 4 Bing. N. C. 212; Heywood v. Collinge, 9 A. & E. 268. Exceptions sustained.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • 27 Ramsdell Ave., LLC v. Brown

    480 Mass. 1109 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 27, 2018

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  • Brown v. Nutter, McClennen & Fish

    45 Mass. App. Ct. 212 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 21, 1998

    We summarize the facts as they appear in Brown’s complaint, drawing all inferences favorably to her, as we must. Harvard Law Sch. Coalition for Civil Rights v. … In Fusaro v.

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  • Brown v. Floersheim Mercantile Co.

    206 Mass. 373 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 6, 1910

    Andrews v. Ludlow, 5 Pick. 28 , 31. Hancock v. Colyer, 99 Mass. 187 . Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co. v. Plimpton, 174 Mass. 208, 211 . … Hooper v. Hills, 9 Pick. 435 , 440. Hancock v. Colyer, 103 Mass. 396 . Clark v. Williams, 190 Mass. 219,222 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • State Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 306 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 30, 1981

    In Gannon v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 338 Mass. 628 , 632 .(1959), a ease with similar facts, the court read G. … See Boston Retirement Bd. v. McCormick, 345 Mass. 692, 695-696 (1963).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Inhabitants of Peabody

    228 Mass. 52 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 17, 1917

    Jennings v. Tisbury, 5 Gray, 73 . Durgin v. Lowell, 3 Allen, 398 . Moffatt v. Kenny, 174 Mass. 311 . Weldon v. Prescott, 187 Mass. 415 . 4. … Downey v. H. P. Hood & Sons, 203 Mass. 4, 12 . Perley v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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