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  • Commonwealth v. Montgomery

    23 Mass. App. Ct. 909 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 14, 1986

    Commonwealth v. Moore, 379 Mass. 106, 111 (1979). See Commonwealth v. Brown, 364 Mass. 471, 478-480 (1973); Commonwealth v. Flanagan, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 366, 370 (1984). … Commonwealth v. Brown, 364 Mass. at 476 . Here, any risk of prejudice (see Commonwealth v.

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  • Hull v. Town of Belmont

    309 Mass. 274 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 29, 1941

    See Nectow v. Cambridge, 277 U. S. 183 . The case of Nelson v. … See Turner v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 305 Mass. 189, 192 ; Petros v. Superintendent of Buildings of Lynn, 306 Mass. 368, 369 ; Tranfaglia v. Building Commissioner of Winchester, 306 Mass. 495 .

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  • Mayo v. Boston Rent Control Administrator

    365 Mass. 575 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 5, 1974

    Block v. Hirsh, 256 U. S. 135 (1921). Marcus Brown Holding Co. Inc. v. Feldman, 256 U. S. 170 (1921). Edgar A. Levy Leasing Co. Inc. v. Siegel, 258 U. S. 242 (1922). Eisen v. Eastman, 421 F. 2d 560 (2d Cir. 1969). … Barney & Carey Co. v. Milton, 324 Mass. 440, 444-445 (1949). Grosso v. Board of Adjustment of Millburn, 137 N.J.L. 630 (1948).

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  • Montuori v. Bailen

    290 Mass. 72 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 28, 1935

    Browne, St. Frauds (5th ed.) § 231. Norton v. Webb, 35 Maine, 218, 220. This was decided in Colman v. Packard, 16 Mass. 39 , which was approved in Wales v. … Butt v. Butt, 91 Ind. 305 . Browne, St. Frauds (5th ed.) § 267.

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  • Orlando v. City of Brockton

    295 Mass. 205 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 8, 1936

    Kelley v. Boston, 186 Mass. 165, 166 . … Curran v. Boston, 151 Mass. 505, 509, 510 . Taggart v. Fall River, 170 Mass. 325, 327 . Bolster v. Lawrence, 225 Mass. 387, 391-392 , and cases cited. Bartol v. Boston, 259 Mass. 323, 326 , and cases cited. Hale v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Jaaskelainen

    407 B.R. 449 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · May 28, 2009

    Mirabal v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp., 537 F.2d 871 , 878-79 (7th Cir.1976), overruled on other grounds by Brown v. Marquette Sav. and Loan Ass’n, 686 F.2d 608, 614-15 (7th Cir.1982). … Co., 938 F.2d 889, 890 (8th Cir.1991); Brown v. Nat’l Perm. Fed. Sav. and Loan Ass’n, 683 F.2d 444, 447 (D.C.Cir.1982); Rudisell v. Fifth Third Bank, 622 F.2d 243, 254 (6th Cir.1980); Rachbach v.

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  • Ray v. Mayor of Everett

    328 Mass. 305 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 11, 1952

    It was so decided in O’Dowd v. … See also Bailen v. Assessors of Chelsea, 241 Mass. 411, 413 ; McKenna v. White, 287 Mass. 495 .

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  • Kewley v. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

    86 Mass. App. Ct. 154 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 22, 2014

    See Williamson v. Lee Optical of Okla., Inc., 348 U.S. 483, 488 (1955); Walden v. Board of Registration in Nursing, supra. … See McLean v. Mayor of Holyoke, 216 Mass. 62, 64-65 (1913); Berman v. Board of Registration in Med., 355 Mass. 358, 360 (1969); Urban Trans., Inc. v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Selectmen of Wakefield v. Judge of First District Court of Eastern Middlesex

    262 Mass. 477 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 29, 1928

    Ward v. Aldermen of Newton, 181 Mass. 432 . Byfield v. Newton, 247 Mass. 46, 53 . Bradley v. Zoning Adjustment Board of Boston, 255 Mass. 160, 171 . … The requirement still is as heretofore to “review” the action of the removing officer or board as that word has been defined in earlier decisions. The matter is not to be tried anew as if it were an appeal. Swan v.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Sullivan v. Lowell Institution for Savings

    2 Mass. App. Div. 598 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Nov 16, 1937

    Marston v. Reynolds, 211 Mass. 590, 592 . The court found he was not employed or paid by the defendant and that Brown had no authority to employ anyone. … The trial court found Brown had no authority to invite assistance in the performance of his work. Coulombe v. Horne Coal Co., 275 Mass. 226, 230 .

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  • Gildea v. Commissioner of Correction

    336 Mass. 48 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 8, 1957

    Lembersky v. Parole Board of the Department of Correction, 332 Mass. 290, 294 . Previous to October 20, 1955, under G. L. (Ter. … While “[Reductions for good behavior provided by a statute are a part of the sentence imposed by the court and a lessening of the term due a prisoner for good behavior must be recognized and granted” (Lembersky v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Flanagan

    17 Mass. App. Ct. 366 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 12, 1984

    Brown, 364 Mass. at 479 ; Commonwealth v. Moore, 379 Mass. at 111 . We consider first the need for those measures. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 364 Mass. at 479 (“ordinary rules of admissibility need not be observed”). Though Commonwealth v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • DiLoreto v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

    383 Mass. 243 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 31, 1981

    Corning Glass Works v. Ann & Hope, Inc., 363 Mass. 409, 420-424 (1973). See Arlington v. … City R.R. v.

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  • Weston v. Minot

    29 F. Cas. 807 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Sep 15, 1847

    Brown v. Lull [Cas. No. 2,018]; Dean v. Bates [Id. 3,704], Indeed, Spence on Equity Jurisprudence (page 17) says that admiralty powers were once exercised in the courts of chancery. … Major v. White, 7 Car. & P. 41; 3 Conn. 9 . The captain neither bought the articles, nor sent them on board, but merely received and stowed such as came.

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  • Commissioners of Woburn Cemetery v. Treasurer of Woburn

    319 Mass. 86 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 16, 1946

    funds is held by the city as trustee and not by the board, Boston v. … The board was in charge of a department of the city. Attorney General v. Tillinghast, 203 Mass. 539 . Attorney General v. Andrew, 206 Mass. 46 . Adams v. Selectmen of Northbridge, 253 Mass. 408 . Robertson v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Correia v. Supreme Lodge of the Portuguese Fraternity of the United States

    218 Mass. 305 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 17, 1914

    Newburyport Institution for Savings v. Puffer, 201 Mass. 41, 46 . Foye v. Patch, 132 Mass. 105, 110 . … Hickey v. Baine, 195 Mass. 446, 452 , and cases cited.

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  • C. & H. Co. v. Building Commissioner

    303 Mass. 499 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 7, 1939

    Bellevue Hotel Co. v. Building Commissioner of Boston, 299 Mass. 73 . Godfrey v. Building Commissioner of Boston, 263 Mass. 589, 593 . Bancroft v. Building Commissioner of Boston, 257 Mass. 82, 86 . McLaughlin v. … A further provision created a board of appeal, and declared: “An applicant for a permit hereunder whose application has been refused, may appeal therefrom within thirty days to said Board.”

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Lamont v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    337 Mass. 328 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 1958

    Mattey v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 164 Pa. Super. Ct. 36 . Subsequently there have been others to the same effect. Beaman v. Bench, 75 Ariz. 345 . Grobe v. Board of Review, 409 Ill. 576 . Jackson v. … Johnson v. LaGrange Shoe Corp. 244 Minn. 354 . In re Barnes, 286 App. Div. (N. Y.) 910. See Bedwell v. Review Board, 119 Ind. App. 607 .

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Holsworth v. Holsworth

    252 Mass. 133 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 17, 1925

    Meader v. Meader, ante, 132. Drew v. Drew, 250 Mass. 41 . … Rogers, 122 Mass. 423 , Maglathlin v. Maglathlin, 138 Mass. 299 , Brown v. Brown, 208 Mass. 290 , LaFlamme v. LaFlamme, 210 Mass. 156 , Drew v. Drew, 250 Mass. 41 , Keats v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Anderson's Case

    373 Mass. 813 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1977

    L. c. 152, § 7A, and to determine whether that statute was correctly applied by the reviewing board (board) of the Industrial Accident Board. … Cook v. Farm Serv. Stores, Inc., 301 Mass. 564, 566-567, 569 (1938). Thomes v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished

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