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96 Mass. 188 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1867
Brown v. Lapham, 3 Cush. 554 . Accordingly an assignment in form is held to be an extinguishment, when the justice of the case requires it. Wade v. Howard, 6 Pick. 492 . … Pike v. Brown, 7 Cush. 133 . Braman v. Dowse, 12 Cush. 227 .
Cited 2 timesPublished347 Mass. 270 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 6, 1964
L. c. 152, § 18, which was before this court in Brown v. Brown, 207 Mass. 254 . … Darrow v. Darrow, 159 Mass. 262, 265-266 . Peirce v. Peirce, 160 Mass. 216 . Levanosky v. Levanosky, 311 Mass. 638, 640 . Boltz v.
Cited 4 timesPublished252 Mass. 172 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 17, 1925
Cheney Bigelow Wire Works v. Sorrell, 142 Mass. 442 . Marble v. … Harvey v. Byrnes, 107 Mass. 518 . Sherer v. Trowbridge, 135 Mass. 500 .
Cited 8 timesPublished286 Mass. 459 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1934
Cadis Phipps, the impartial physician,” with the board on May 24, 1930, “if such report was or is before the board.” … Commonwealth v. Mead, 153 Mass. 284 . Nevertheless, we think the principle should be followed that a ruling, right on other grounds, should be upheld even though the reason given may be wrong. Reilly v.
Cited 26 timesPublishedBarkin v. Milk Control Commission
8 Mass. App. Ct. 517 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 29, 1979
See Sullivan v. Committee on Rules, 331 Mass. at 137 . See also Cieri v. Commissioner of Ins., 343 Mass. at 186 . The power to remove a person from a position need not be explicit; it can be implied. Adie v. … See Regan v. Commissioner of Ins., 343 Mass. 202, 206 (1961). At most, the only requirement was that the Retirement Board receive notice from the commission of Barkin’s termination.
Cited 4 timesPublished73 Mass. 382 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1856
Grover v. Grover, 24 Pick. 261 . Sessions v. Moseley, 4 Cush. 87 . See also Borneman v. Sidlinger, 15 Maine, 429 ; Brown v. Brown, 18 Conn. 410 ; 2 Kent Com. (6th ed.) 447. … The donee was a competent witness on the trial, according to the decision in Palmer v. White, 10 Cush. 321 . Exceptions overruled
Cited 1 timesPublished350 Mass. 178 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 4, 1966
Despite the order and method of procedure before the *180 single member, the full board, and the reviewing board, the fundamental question of substance presented to the Superior Court was whether the full board could revoke … A lump sum agreement has been held to be ‘‘ an agreement in regard to compensation” which requires board approval under Gr. L. c. 152, § 6, and is enforceable under Gr. L. c. 152, § 11. Conlon v.
Cited 14 timesPublishedCumberland Farms, Inc. v. Milk Control Commission
340 Mass. 672 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 1960
See Nebbia v. New York, 291 U. S. 502, 538 ; Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew, 300 U. S. 608 ; Ray v. Parker, 15 Cal. 2d 275, 281 ; State v. Stoddard, 126 Conn. 623, 626-627 ; Abbotts Dairies, Inc. v. … Hosmer, Inc. v. Commonwealth, 302 Mass. 495, 501 . Flynn v. Board of Registration in Optometry, 320 Mass. 29, 31-32 . We now turn to a more difficult question.
Cited 12 timesPublishedHeshion v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
208 Mass. 117 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1911
Beal v. Lowell Dracut Street Railway, 157 Mass. 444 . Sweetland v. Lynn Boston Railroad, 177 Mass. 574 . Pomeroy v. Boston & Northern Street Railway, 193 Mass. 507 . Eldredge v. Boston Elevated Railway, 203 Mass. 582 . … an angle as to involve the danger of its hitting any one upon the running board of a passing car.
Cited 5 timesPublished310 Mass. 811 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 24, 1942
Until the contract was executed in behalf of the city by the board, the board could rescind its vote and decline to .execute the contract without incurring any liability to the contractor. Edge Moor Bridge Works v. … Commonwealth v. Hogan, 249 Mass. 555 . Hough v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 309 Mass. 534 . People v. Gibson, 191 N. Y. 227 . Statutes somewhat similar have been so construed in other jurisdictions. State v.
Cited 28 timesPublishedLeonard v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
335 Mass. 308 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 21, 1957
See National Labor Relations Board v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway, 235 Fed. (2d) 700 1 (two cases: proceedings upon petitions for enforcement of orders of the national labor relations board reported in 110 N. … So ordered. 1 Certiorari denied December 17, 1956, sub nomine Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway v. National Labor Relations Board, 352 U.
Cited 3 timesPublished412 Mass. 43 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 26, 1992
in Dentistry (board). … Co. v. Mitchell, supra at 218 . Vigilant Ins. Co. v. Kambly, supra at 690 . L.L. v. Medical Protective Co., supra at 460.
Cited 52 timesPublished183 Mass. 410 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1903
Hunt v. Brown, 146 Mass. 253, 255 . Riley v. Hale, 158 Mass. 240, 246 . Gilmore v. Williams, 162 Mass. 351 . … The facts averred in the pleadings, and the evidence introduced at the trial in the Superior Court, bring this case within the principles stated in Boston Blower Co. v. Brown, 149 Mass. 421, 430, 431 .
Cited 17 timesPublished86 Mass. App. Ct. 825 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 6, 2015
Indeed, they pursued the board litigation as part of their strategy to coerce the Wodinskys into selling their home. See Cohen v. Hurley, 20 Mass. App. … Center, Inc. v.
Cited 11 timesPublishedYont v. Secretary of Commonwealth
275 Mass. 365 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 2, 1931
Jones v. Robbins, 8 Gray, 329 , 340. Tax Commissioner v. Putnam, 227 Mass. 522, 523, 524 . Attorney General v. Methuen, 236 Mass. 564, 573 . Loring v. Young, 239 Mass. 349, 372 . United States v. Sprague, 282 U. … Duffy v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 234 Mass. 42, 50 .
Cited 28 timesPublished226 Mass. 25 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 24, 1917
Said agreement [sic] to be of a uniform nature and to be issued by the General Executive Board.” … The form of the agreement was indorsed unanimously by the resident committee of the general executive board and copies of it were printed by the general executive board and furnished to the Joint Council No. 1.
Cited 16 timesPublished224 Mass. 558 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1916
Jenkins v. Standard Colliery Co. Ltd. 5 B. W. C. C. 71. Wood v. D. Davis & Sons, Ltd. 5 B. W. C. C. 113. Butler v. Burton-on-Trent Union, 5 B. W. C. C. 355. Charvil v. Manser & Co. Ltd. 5 B. W. C. C. 385. Marshall v. … Rodger v. Paisley School Board, 5 B. W. C. C. 547. Robson, Eckford & Co. Ltd. v. Blakey, 5 B. W. C. C. 536. Lewis v. Port of London Authority, 7 B. W. C. C. 577. The recent case of Carroll v.
Cited 55 timesPublishedTolman v. Selectmen of Brookline
319 Mass. 382 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 29, 1946
board of physicians must make certification of that fact to the town treasurer. … See also Lawless v. Waltham, 258 Mass. 181 . We perceive nothing in Acford v. Auditor of Cambridge, 300 Mass. 391 , inconsistent with what we have expressed herein. Judgment affirmed.
Cited 5 timesPublished48 Mass. App. Ct. 254 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 23, 1999
DeCotis, 366 Mass. at 238 ; Quinn v. Rent Control Bd. of Peabody, 45 Mass. App. Ct. at 359 n.4) which is in direct conflict with that of the licensing authority, the board of health. See Board of Appeals of Rockport v. … Williams v. Inspector of Bldgs. of Belmont, 341 Mass. 188, 190 (1960); Brady v. Board of Appeals of Westport, 348 Mass. 515, 520 (1965).
Cited 7 timesPublished995 F. Supp. 212 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Feb 2, 1998
In United States v. … . *217 United States v.
Cited 2 timesPublished
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