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  • Cook v. Cook

    270 Mass. 534 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 5, 1930

    Meyer v. Fort Hill Engraving Co. 249 Mass. 302, 306 . Under the by-laws of the corporation, the board of directors had authority to fix the compensation of all officers. … Pratt v. Bacon, 10 Pick. 123 , 125, 126. Russell v. M’Lellan, 14 Pick. 63 , 68. Godfrey v. Mutual Finance Corp. 242 Mass. 197, 200 .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Lessard v. Inhabitants of Revere

    171 Mass. 294 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 20, 1898

    Abercrombie v. Ely, 60 Mo. 23 . Fatout v. School Commissioners, 102 Ind. 223, 232 . Board of Education v. Neidenberger, 78 Ill. 58 . Portland Lumbering & Manuf. Co. v. School District , 13 Oregon, 283. Jordan v. … Board of Education, 39 Minn. 298 . Mayrhofer v. Board of Education, 89 Cal. 110 . Knapp v. Swaney, 56 Mich. 345, 347 . Platteville v. Bell, 66 Wis. 326, 334 . Charn ock v. District Township, 51 Iowa, 70 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Choate-Symmes Health Services, Inc.

    406 Mass. 27 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 9, 1989

    Ass’n v. … Co. v. Commissioner of Corps. & Taxation, 363 Mass. 685, 691 (1973); Hertrais v. Moore, 325 Mass. 57, 61 (1949).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Wigglesworth v. Cowles

    38 Mass. App. Ct. 420 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 24, 1995

    The will provides that “[t]he board of trustees shall be self-electing” and that the remaining trustees shall fill vacancies in their ranks. … See also Brown v. Independent Baptist Church, 325 Mass. 645, 647-648 (1950).

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  • JEFFREY MACHADO and HERIK ESPINOSA, on Behalf of Themselves and of Similarly Situated Individuals

    Massachusetts Superior Court · Jan 15, 2019

    Leopoldstadt, Inc. v. Commissioner of Div. of Health Care Finance and Policy, 436 Mass. 80, 91 (2002), citing Protective Life Ins. Co. v. Sullivan, 425 Mass. 615, 618 (1997); see also Goldberg v. … Board of Health, 444 Mass. 627, 633 (2005); Town of Wakefield v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 45 Mass App. Ct. 630, 633 (1998).

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  • Frennier's Case

    318 Mass. 635 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 2, 1945

    Adamaitis v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 295 Mass. 215, 219, 220 . Boss v. Travelers Ins. Co. 296 Mass. 18, 22-23 . London Guarantee & Accident Co. Ltd. v. Cox, 41 Ga. App. 329 . Consolidation Coal Co. v. … Olson v. Triplett, 255 Ky. 724 . Fulton Ice Co. v. Meacham, 273 Ky. 483 . Meznarich v. Republic Coal Co. 101 Mont. 78 . See United States v. Rice, 72 Fed. (2d) 676, 677.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Willard v. Dorr

    29 F. Cas. 1275 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Oct 15, 1822

    “Admiralty,” E. 15; Ragg v. King, 2 Strange, 858; Clay v. Sudgrave, 1 Salk. 33; s. c. 1 Ld. Raym. 576; 12 Mod. 405; Carth. 518; Read v. Chapman, 2 Strange. 937; The Favourite, 2 C. Rob. Adm. 232; 2 Browne, Civ. & Adm. … As to the other point, so far as the bar depends upon the statute of limitations of Massachusetts, it has been already disposed of by this court, in the case of Brown v. Jones, 2 Gall. 477 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Routhier v. Keenan

    25 Mass. L. Rptr. 50 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Nov 12, 2008

    Id. at 25: see also Peterson v. … Blanchard v. Eli Lilly & Co., 207 F.Sup.2d 308, 313 n.2 (D.Vt. 2002); Cloud v. Pfizer, Inc., 198 F.Sup.2d 1118, 1135 (D.Ariz. 2001); Herrin v. Treon, 459 F.Sup.2d 525, 545 (N.D.Tex. 2006); Yanco v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Raytheon Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    455 Mass. 334 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 10, 2009

    See Motorola, Inc. v. … Cent., Inc. v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Corraro's Case

    380 Mass. 357 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 10, 1980

    Balsam v. New York State Div. of Employment, 24 App. … Co. v. Anderson, 280 Ala. *361 626 (1967); Sam Jones Casing Crews v. Skipper, 199 So. 2d 436 (Miss. 1967); Allen v. State Accident Ins. Fund, 29 Or. App. 631 (1977).

    Cited 13 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
  • Commonwealth v. Semegen

    72 Mass. App. Ct. 478 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 29, 2008

    See Commonwealth v. Brown, 431 Mass. 772, 775-777 (2000) (discussing earlier version of home invasion statute, G. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, supra at 776-777 (low end of sentencing range in statutes that prescribe a penalty expressed in terms of a range is “mandatory minimum sentence,” not the minimum term of imprisonment).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • White v. Livingston

    64 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1852

    We are all of opinion that the legal effect of the condition of the bond given by Brown to White was a demise to White of the premises therein described, so long as *260 he should pay the interest quarterly on the note therein … K; Moshier v.

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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
  • Pavian, Inc. v. Hickey

    452 Mass. 490 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 29, 2008

    Pavian, Inc. v. Hickey, 70 Mass. App. Ct. 477, 479 (2007). … Garrett v. Director of Div. of Employment Sec., supra, addressed G. L. c. 151A, § 42, which provides that an aggrieved party may obtain judicial review of an adverse decision of the board.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Lacione's Case

    227 Mass. 269 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1917

    In view of the fact (which did not appear at the hearing before the Industrial Accident Board) that agreements for compensation were made by the parties, and approved by the board on November 24, 1915, the insurer has argued … Ball v. William Hunt & Sons, Ltd. 5 B. W. C. C. 459.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Brackett v. Pitcher

    296 Mass. 295 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 29, 1936

    Bessey v. Ollman, 242 Mass. 89 . Briggs v. Connors, 243 Mass. 1 . … Bronson v. Coffin, 108 Mass. 175, 180 . Hogan v. Barry, 143 Mass. 538 . Crocker v. Cotting, 173 Mass. 68, 70 . Brooks v. West Boston Gas Co. 260 Mass. 407, 409 .

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • City of Revere v. Riceman

    280 Mass. 76 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 30, 1932

    Lexington v. Miskell, 260 Mass. 544 . Ryder v. Lexington Board of Health, 273 Mass. 177 . … See Lowell v. Archambault, 189 Mass. 70 ; General Baking Co. v. Street Commissioners, 242 Mass. 194 . We find no reversible error in the refusal to give the requested rulings. Decree affirmed with costs.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Martin v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    347 Mass. 264 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1964

    Bogdanowicz v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 341 Mass. 331, 335 . See Wagstaff v. … See also Farrar v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 324 Mass. 45, 50-51 ; Weiner v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 327 Mass. 360 , 363; Sinclair v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Kane v. Registrars of Voters of Fall River

    328 Mass. 511 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 27, 1952

    Needham v. County Commissioners of Norfolk, 324 Mass. 293, 295 . Adamsky v. City Council of New Bedford, 326 Mass. 706, 707 . Hannigan v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, ante, 366, 367. Nor are they properly here under G. … See Hall v. Barton, 290 Mass. 476 . Of the remaining 324 ballots the decision of the judge agreed with that of the board in 263 instances.

    Cited 14 timesPublished

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