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  • Attorney General v. Bureau of Old Age Assistance of Cambridge

    324 Mass. 63 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1949

    Luke’s Church in Chelsea v. Slack, 7 Cush. 226 . Peckham v. Mayor of Fall River, 253 Mass. 590 . Elmer v. Commissioner of Insurance, 304 Mass. 194,199 . General Laws (Ter. … Brewer v. Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad, 113 Mass. 52, 56, 57. Selectmen of Holliston v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, 195 Mass. 299, 302 . Harper v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 271 Mass. 482, 484 .

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  • Brek's Case

    335 Mass. 144 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 7, 1956

    Commonwealth v. Johnson, 199 Mass. 55, 59 . An exception was also taken to the testimony of Dr. Feinsilver that all asbestosis patients that he had ever treated came from the plant of the self insurer. … Shea v. Glendale Elastic Fabrics Co. 162 Mass. 463, 465 . There was no error in the award by the judge of $500 costs, including counsel fees, to the claimant.

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  • Durkee v. Durkee-Mower, Inc.

    384 Mass. 628 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 18, 1981

    Although corporate restrictions on stock transfer are enforceable in this Commonwealth unless “palpably unreasonable,” Brown v. … Brown v. Little, Brown & Co., 269 Mass, at 112. As noted by the trial judge, the restriction would not apply to an inter vivos gift of the stock nor, in our opinion, to an assignment in bankruptcy.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Randall v. Haddad

    468 Mass. 347 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 12, 2014

    (board). … Sommer v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Sniffin v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

    395 Mass. 415 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 15, 1985

    The tenants 5 sought judicial review of the rent board’s decision in the Housing Court. See Sniffin v. Prudential Ins. Co., 11 Mass. App. … In Sniffin v. Prudential Ins. Co., 11 Mass. App. Ct. 714, 720-721 (1981), the Appeals Court held that Niles applies retroactively to the rent board’s 1976 decision.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Maher v. Town of Brookline

    339 Mass. 209 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1959

    Bogni v. Perotti, 224 Mass. 152, 157 . Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. Coöperative League of America, 246 Mass. 235, 239 . Commonwealth v. Boston & Maine Transp. Co. 282 Mass. 345, 351 . Howes Bros. Co. v. … McQuade v. New York Cent. R.R. 320 Mass. 35, 38 . Watson v. Maryland, 218 U. S. 173, 178 .

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  • O'Reilly's Case

    265 Mass. 456 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1929

    He was paid compensation for total disability to November 8, 1927, at which time it was discontinued by a member of the Industrial Accident Board on application of the insurer. … But in the absence of testimony as to the earning capacity of the employee, the members of the board are entitled to use their own judgment and knowledge in determining that question. In Maynard v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Western Electric Co. v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    340 Mass. 190 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 4, 1960

    Moen v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 324 Mass. 246 . … In opposing the conclusion reached by the board of review Western relies heavily on Moen v. Director of the Div. of Employment Security, 324 Mass. 246 .

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  • Doe v. Attorney General

    430 Mass. 155 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 11, 1999

    No. 972 v. … Group, Inc. v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • General Electric Co. v. Maurice Callahan & Sons, Inc.

    2 Mass. App. Ct. 124 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 5, 1974

    Co. v. C. M. Fauci Co. 309 Mass. 271, 272-273 (1941); Plante v. Louro, 345 Mass. 456, 458 (1963). … John Donnelly & Sons, Inc. v. Outdoor Advertising Board, 361 Mass. 746, 752 (1972).

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  • Wirth v. Kuehn

    191 Mass. 51 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 2, 1906

    Thurston v. Perry, 130 Mass. 240 . … Baxter v. Gray, 4 Scott N. R. 374. These parties did not become members of one family, as in Kirchgassner v. Rodick, 170 Mass. 543 , Livingston v. Hammond, 162 Mass. 375 , and Spring v. Hulett, 104 Mass. 591 .

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  • Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. v. Town of Weston

    45 Mass. App. Ct. 748 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 16, 1998

    See, e.g., Long v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 232, 233 (1992); Patelle v. Zoning Bd. of Woburn, [ 20 Mass. App. Ct. 279, 284 (1985)].” Heritage Park, supra at 76 . … Long v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth, supra, is not to the contrary.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Commissioner of Revenue v. Northeast Petroleum Corp.

    401 Mass. 44 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 26, 1987

    In a prior opinion, we reversed the decision of the board and remanded for further proceedings in light of our opinion in Commissioner of Revenue v. Shafner, 392 Mass. 256 (1984). Northeast Petroleum Corp. v. … Northeast appealed to the board, and the board issued a decision in favor of the Commissioner. We reversed the decision and remanded the case to the board to be reconsidered in light of Commissioner of Revenue v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • FIN. COMM. OF FALMOUTH v. Falmouth Bd. of Pub. Welfare

    345 Mass. 579 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1963

    All questions argued are closely related to the board’s refusal to give to the finance committee access to all the board’s records in accordance with the vote (and appropriation) of the town. See Wilson v. … Hurley v. Board of Pub.

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  • In re Robert Janocha's Case

    93 Mass. App. Ct. 179 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 2, 2017

    Scheffler's Case , 419 Mass. at 255 , 643 N.E.2d 1023 , quoting from Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester , 368 Mass. 511 , 513, 333 N.E.2d 450 (1975). … The board's interpretation of G.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Connolly v. Director of the Division of Unemployment Assistance

    460 Mass. 24 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 2011

    The claimant appealed to the District Court where a judge affirmed the decision of the board. She timely appealed and argues that the board made a legal error because, under this court’s holding in Morillo v. … Based on these undisputed facts, the board did not err in concluding that the claimant did not prove by “substantial and credible evidence” that her leaving was attributable to Verizon. 6 Cf. Uvello v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Ladd v. City of Newburyport

    232 Mass. 570 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 11, 1919

    the board of aldermen; that thereupon the board of aldermen passed the following order: “Ordered, that the resignation of George G. … Phillips v. Boston, 150 Mass. 491 . Malcolm v. Boston, 173 Mass. 312, 318 . There was no error in admitting the *573 testimony of Nelson, and, if so, it was not prejudicial to the plaintiff. Old Colony Railroad v.

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  • Sevigny v. Lizotte

    260 Mass. 296 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1927

    It was said in Attorney General v. … To the same effect are Fowler v. Beebe, 9 Mass. 231 , Petersilea v. Stone, 119 Mass. 465 , Prince v. Boston, 148 Mass. 285 , Moloney v. Selectmen of Milford, 253 Mass. 400 .

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  • Freya Fanning & Co. v. Sprucewoods Realty Trust

    27 Mass. L. Rptr. 574 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Dec 16, 2010

    Board of Registration in Medicine, 444 Mass. 837, 843 (2005) (citations omitted) (emphasis supplied). … Contrast Diversified Mortgage Investors v.

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  • In Re Medallion Realty Trust

    103 B.R. 8 · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 11, 1989

    Nat’l Producing Co., 253 F.2d 834 (2d Cir.1958), ce rt. denied 357 U.S. 906 , 78 S.Ct. 1151 , 2 L.Ed.2d 1157 ; Kaufman-Brown Potato Co. v. Long, 182 F.2d 594 (9th Cir.1950); Crest Constr. Co. v. Ins. … Kaufman-Brown Potato Co. v. Long, 182 F.2d at 600 . It is true that the intention to form a partnership is often referred to as an element of partnership existence. See, e.g., Commissioner v.

    Cited 38 timesPublished

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