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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 timesPublished430 Mass. 155 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 11, 1999
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Cited 33 timesPublished343 Mass. 443 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 11, 1962
L. c. 207, § 10. 3 Davis v. Seller, 329 Mass. 385 . Fraser v. Fraser, 336 Mass. 597, 600 . See Levanosky v. Levanosky, 311 Mass. 638, 641 . It is provided, however, by G. … Vital v. Vital, 319 Mass. 185,189 . See Fraser v. Fraser, 336 Mass. 597, 600 . The board found that the claimant entered into the marriage in good faith and that the marriage became valid April 6, 1936.
Cited 10 timesPublishedShannon v. Building Inspector of Woburn
328 Mass. 633 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 10, 1952
Burlington v. Dunn, 318 Mass. 216, 221 . Caires v. Building Commissioner of Hingham, 323 Mass. 589, 594-595 . Lamarre v. Commissioner of Public Works of Fall River, 324 Mass. 542, 545 . “A zoning . . . … Caires v. Building Commissioner of Hingham, 323 Mass. 589, 593 . In Building Commissioner of Medford v. C. & H.
Cited 13 timesPublishedGeneral 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).
Cited 3 timesPublished191 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 .
Cited 6 timesPublishedSaab v. Building Inspector of Lowell
1 Mass. App. Ct. 87 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 31, 1973
He failed to appeal from the decision of the board granting the variances. Lincoln v. Board of Appeals of Framingham, 346 Mass. 418, 420 . … Zoning Board of Appeals of Newton, 346 Mass. 648 , and Brady v. Board of Appeals of Westport, 348 Mass. 515, 519-523 , and cases cited. Those cases relate to §§ 13 and 16 of G.
Cited 5 timesPublished93 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 timesPublished232 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.
Cited 4 timesPublished260 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 .
Cited 7 timesPublished103 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 timesPublished419 Mass. 251 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 22, 1994
Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513 (1975), quoting Industrial Fin. Corp. v. State Tax Comm’n, 367 Mass. 360, 364 (1975). … Cook v. Farm Serv. Stores, Inc., 301 Mass. 564, 566-567, 569 (1938). Thomes v. Meyer Store, Inc., 268 Mass. 586, 588 (1929)” (footnote omitted). Anderson’s Case, 373 Mass. 813, 817 (1977). See Commonwealth v.
Cited 43 timesPublishedFreya 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.
Cited 0 timesPublished195 Mass. 370 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 1907
The record of the board of health of the defendant city showed that in 1893 that board voted that the brook “ must be drained to the sewer,” and in 1896 the board passed the same vote with the addition that the work should … of the board of health.
Cited 42 timesPublished374 Mass. 633 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1978
See also Teachers’ Retirement Bd. v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 346 Mass. 663 (1964); Baruffaldi v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 337 Mass. 495 (1958). … See, e.g., Pathfinder Co. v. Industrial Comm’n, 62 Ill. 2d 556 (1976); Wolfe v. Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co., 36 N.Y.2d 505 (1975); 1A A.
Cited 37 timesPublishedAttorney 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 .
Cited 5 timesPublishedCommissioner of Revenue v. Dupee
423 Mass. 617 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 25, 1996
See Russell v. Boston Wyman, Inc., 410 Mass. 1005, 1006 (1991), quoting United States v. … The board’s ruling on this issue, with which we agree, respects the principle that “ambiguities in taxing statutes are to be resolved in favor of the taxpayer.” McCarthy v.
Cited 16 timesPublished346 Mass. 123 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 14, 1963
Chapter 138, § 4, when adopted in 1933 (St. 1933, c. 376, § 2), contained no requirement of *125 confirmation of the mayor’s appointments to the licensing board. In Crocker v. … Whether the office of licensing board member is a municipal office for some purposes (see Commonwealth v. Dowe, 315 Mass. 217, 222-224 ; Commonwealth v.
Cited 6 timesPublishedProprietors of the Looks and Canals on Merrimack River v. Commonwealth
341 Mass. 631 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1961
See Edmands v. Boston, 108 Mass. 535, 547 ; Cornell-Andrews Smelting Co. v. Boston & Providence B.B. 209 Mass. *636 298, 313-314; Newman v. Commonwealth, 336 Mass. 444, 446 . The Southeast Pabcel. … Adams v. Boland, 155 Mass. 171 . Institution for Sav. in Roxbury v. Roxbury Home for Aged Women, 244 Mass. 583 . Brown v. Independent Bap *639 tist Church of Woburn, 325 Mass. 645 .
Cited 2 timesPublished320 Mass. 81 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 1, 1946
The proof of this regulation is amply supported by the testimony elicited in the cross-examination of the chairman of the board. Ryder v. Board of Health of Lexington, 273 Mass. 177, 179 . Commonwealth v. … Taunton v. Taylor, 116 Mass. 254 . The dismissal of that appeal precluded the defendant from showing in this suit that his business was not a nuisance or that the board was not acting in good faith. Swansea v.
Cited 3 timesPublished
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