Case law

Banaghan v. Dewey

340 Mass. 73 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 11, 1959

Over a period of years it had installed parts, replaced cables, repaired the control board, brakes and door latches, and kept the elevator lubricated. … Lyon Realty Corp. 308 Mass. 66, 70-71 , Brown v. A. W. Perry Co. 325 Mass. 479 , McAvey v. Albany Realty Co. 328 Mass. 310, 314 , Furber v. Rodney, 331 Mass. 16 , Lee v.

McDowell v. Ætna Insurance

164 Mass. 444 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 18, 1895

Bogart v. Brown, 5 Pick. 18 . Bemis v. Charles, 1 Met. 440 . Jones v. Parker, 20 N. H. 31. Jacob v. Lee, 2 Mood. & *447 Rob. 33 . Rogers v. Custanee, 2 Mood. & Rob. 179 . Morris v. Hauser, 2 Mood. & Rob. 392 . Vasse v. … See Bogart v. Brown, ubi supra. We think that the ruling admitting the letters from copies was right.

Carr v. Town of Bourne By Its Board of Selectmen

District Court, D. Massachusetts · Apr 12, 2023

Underwood v. Barrett, 924 F.3d 19, 20 (1st Cir. 2019) (citing Scott v. … .”); see also Ingram v.

Piona v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

332 Mass. 53 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 17, 1954

Burns v. Thomas Cook & Sons, Inc. 317 Mass. 398, 402 . O’Leary, petitioner, 325 Mass. 179, 182 . Compare Burgess v. Mayor & Aldermen of Brockton, 235 Mass. 95, 100 ; Clarke v. … See Coyne v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, 312 Mass. 224, 230 ; Selectmen of Lakeville v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, 329 Mass. 769 .

Cieri v. Commissioner of Insurance

343 Mass. 181 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1961

Commonwealth v. Higgins, 4 Gray, 34 , 35. Opinion of the Justices, 239 Mass. 603, 605 .” Opinion of the Justices, 275 Mass. 575, 579 . Howard v. State Bd. of Retirement, 325 Mass. 211, 213 . … See Sullivan v. Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives, 331 Mass. 135,137 .

Prince v. City of Boston

111 Mass. 226 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1872

Whiting v. Boston, 106 Mass. 89, 95 . … Codman v. Johnson, 104 Mass. 491 .

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.

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.

Hayden v. Beane

293 Mass. 347 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 30, 1936

Cripps and Henry V. Greene, copy of which is annexed marked “A”; and that on said date the plaintiff was elected president of the defendant corporation and a member of its board of directors. … Almy v. Orne, 165 Mass. 126 . Brightman v. Bates, 175 Mass. 105, 111 . Bullivant v. First National Bank of Boston, 246 Mass. 324, 333, 334 . Kirkley v. F. H. Roberts Co. 268 Mass. 246, *352 251 . Allen v.

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 .

United States v. Walsh

279 F. Supp. 115 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jan 26, 1968

Berman v. Craig, 1953, 3 Cir., 207 F. 2d 888 ; United States v. Vincelli, 1954, 2 Cir., 215 F.2d 210, 212 , rehearing denied, 216 F.2d 681 ; United States v. Ransom, 1955, 7 Cir., 223 F.2d 15 ; United States v. … Arbitrary or capricious action by a local board in considering such requests invalidates the board’s subsequent orders. See United States ex rel. Berman v. Craig, supra, 207 F.2d at 890 ; Olvera v.

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.

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 .

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).

Martin v. Reis

344 Mass. 32 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 30, 1962

. *36 Watkins v. Goodall, 138 Mass. 533, 536 . Bell v. Siegel, 242 Mass. 380, 382 . Caruso v. Lebowich, 251 Mass. 477 . Palladino v. De Stefano, 258 Mass. 12 . Hunter v. Goldstein, 267 Mass. 183,185 . Martin v. … the board at the spot of the injury.

D'URBANO v. Commonwealth

345 Mass. 466 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 12, 1963

On March 9,1959, in Metcalf v. … See Commonwealth v. Peters, 12 Met. 387 , 396-397; Commonwealth v. Farrell, 105 Mass. 189, 191 ; Commonwealth v. Fraher, 126 Mass. 265 ; Commonwealth v. Mahoney, 331 Mass. 510, 513-514 . 5.

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).

Falardeau v. Woupio

17 Mass. L. Rptr. 72 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 4, 2003

Duteau v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Webster, 47 Mass.App.Ct. 664, 667-68 (1999). … Dowd v. Board of Appeals of Dover, 5 Mass.App.Ct. 148, 154-55 (1977).

Muse v. DeVito

243 Mass. 384 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1923

Brown v. Cambridge, 3 Allen, 474 . See Feneff v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 196 Mass. 575 . … Boston Supply Co. v. Rubin, 214 Mass. 217, 221 . Nor is it material whether McMaster from whom she obtained a settlement in good faith, would have been legally liable for the injury. Brown v. Cambridge, supra. Brewer v.

CHARLES D. BONANNO, Trustee, & Another v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF GLOUCESTER & Others.

Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 4, 2026

v. Planning Bd. of Cambridge, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 491, 495 (1989) (general civic interest in enforcement of zoning laws is not enough to confer standing); Murray v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable, 22 Mass. App. … Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers of N.Y., Inc. v. Board of Appeal of 9 Billerica, 454 Mass. 374, 384 (2009).