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  • Reed National Corp. v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

    388 Mass. 336 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1983

    Co. v. Commissioner of Labor, 229 Ark. 362 (1958); Meadow Gold Dairies — Hawaii, Ltd. v. Wiig, 50 Hawaii 225 (1968); Buzza v. Unemployment Compensation Comm’n, 330 Mich. 223 (1951); Magner v. … The board was entitled to distinguish General Elec. Co. v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Perangelo's Case

    277 Mass. 59 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 2, 1931

    L. c. 152, § 11, of a record of the Industrial Accident Board which set out that a single member and a majority of a reviewing board of that board had decided that Perangelo had received, such a personal injury, and that … Lyons v. Chicago City Railway, 258 Ill. 75, 80 . McGovern v. Hays & Smith, 75 Vt. 104, 107 . See Leland v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America, 233 Mass. 558, 563 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Parker v. Black Brook Realty Corp.

    61 Mass. App. Ct. 308 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 9, 2004

    The court in North Landers Corp. v. … relies upon Hahn v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Hurley v. Ornsteen

    311 Mass. 477 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1942

    the corporation is bound by their action, and this without a formal meeting and vote of the board, Murray v. … There is nothing, moreover, to show any knowledge of or ratification by acquiescence or otherwise of the alleged accord and satisfaction by the third member of the board of directors. Compare Murray v. C. N.

    Cited 53 timesPublished
  • Cataldo Ambulance Service, Inc. v. City of Chelsea

    43 Mass. App. Ct. 26 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 23, 1997

    Co. v. … Ct. 991, 996 (1988) (selection boards must evaluate competitive bids on “common footing”). We employ the reasoning of the court in Fischbach & Moore, Inc. v. New York City Transit Authy., 79 A.D.2d 14 (N.Y. 1981).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Wong Chung

    186 Mass. 231 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 23, 1904

    State, 85 Md. 115 ; George v. State, 39 Miss. 570 ; Williams v. State, 37 Miss. 407, 409 ; Frank v. State, 39 Miss. 705 ; Croy v. State, 32 Ind. 384 ; Chase v. People, 40 Ill. 352 ; State v. Davis, 80 N. … Kohl v. Lehlback, 160 U. S. 293 . Commonwealth v. Jones, 1 Leigh, 598 . State v. McDonald, 9 W. Va. 456 . Collier v. State, 20 Ark. 36 . Casat v. State, 40 Ark. 511 .

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Flaherty's Case

    316 Mass. 719 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 12, 1944

    Field v. Gowdy, 199 Mass. 568, 574 . Biancucci v. Nigro, 247 Mass. 40, 43 . Pepper v. Old Colony Trust Co. 252 Mass. 532, 535 . Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 267 Mass. 501, 521-522 . Guidara & Terenzio Inc. v. R. … Commonwealth v. Tucker, 189 Mass. 457, 479 . See Hunt v. Boston, 152 Mass. 168, 171 ; Peirson v. Boston Elevated Railway, 191 Mass. 223, 233-234 ; Commonwealth v. Sinclair, 195 Mass. 100, 108 ; Greenspan v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • McNicol's Case

    215 Mass. 497 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 12, 1913

    the Industrial Accident Board that the widow alone was entitled to the payments. … This means such a decree as the law requires upon the facts found by the board.

    Cited 459 timesPublished
  • Kenney's Case

    222 Mass. 401 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1916

    The sister Jane paid $15 a month for her board. … Ltd. v. Davies, [1900] A. C. 358. Houlihan v. Connecticut River Railroad, 164 Mass. 555 . Wilber v. New England Order of Protection, 192 Mass. 477 . Mehan v. Lowell Electric Light Corp. 192 Mass. 53 .

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Deely v. Boston Redevelopment Authority

    1980 Mass. App. Div. 101 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jun 20, 1980

    It was suggested by way of dicta in the case of Sullivan v. Belmont, Mass. App. Ct. (1979) a that the proper defendant was the local retirement board. … .; petitions to review a determination ofa board of health to abate anuisance under G.L. c. Ill, § 125A, Tanque v. Board of Health of Fairhaven, 47 Mass. App.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Alford

    113 N.E.3d 934 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 14, 2018

    Ct. 246 , 248-249 (1999), quoting Commonwealth v. Goodwin , 57 Mass. 154 , 158 (1849). The defendant must present evidence that he was defending his property in order to raise such a defense. See Commonwealth v. … See Brown , supra . Cf. Commonwealth v. Ortega , 480 Mass. 603 , 610 (2018) ("we consider the evidence, from any source, and resolve all reasonable inferences in favor of the defendant"). The evidence was as follows.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Weaver v. Wood

    425 Mass. 270 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1997

    In Chase v. … In Eustace v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Nantasket Beachfront Condominiums, LLC v. Hull Redevelopment Authority

    87 Mass. App. Ct. 455 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 5, 2015

    See Godfrey v. … Partnership v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Old Colony R. Co. v. United States

    27 F.2d 994 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jul 19, 1928

    Coffey v. Exchange National Bank (C. C. A.) 296 F. 807 . … Emery et al., Executors, v. United States, supra.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Akins's Case

    302 Mass. 562 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 10, 1939

    Vance v. Burke, 267 Mass. 394 . Caccavo v. Kearney, 286 Mass. 480 . Fallon v. Mains, ante, 166. … Salem v. Maynes, 123 Mass. *567 372 . Milk Control Board v. Gosselin’s Dairy, Inc. 301 Mass. 174 . Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Miller, 221 U. S. 408 . Nebbia v. New York, 291 U. S. 502 . West Coast Hotel Co. v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Sabbagh's Case

    346 Mass. 504 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 3, 1963

    Berggren v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York, 231 Mass. 173, 177 .” Johnson’s Case, 242 Mass. 489, 495-496 . … Also see Sultan & Chera Corp. v. Fallas, 59 So. 2d 535 (Fla.). Borucki v. Eagle Pencil Co. Inc. 281 App. Div. (N. Y.) 718. *508 The insurer has taken numerous exceptions to the admission and exclusion of evidence.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • In re Hoicka

    442 Mass. 1004 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 10, 2004

    See Zauderer v. … See Zauderer v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Dunn v. Mayor of Taunton

    200 Mass. 252 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1908

    Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners, 112 Mass. 206, 212 .” And in Q-aw v. … Weed v. Boston, 172 Mass. 28 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Walsh v. Macomber

    119 Mass. 73 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 27, 1875

    Brown v. Smith, 116 Mass. 108 . Torrey v. Cook 116 Mass. 163 , Hall v. Bliss, 118 Mass. 554 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Paquette v. City of Fall River

    278 Mass. 172 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 25, 1932

    The Styria v. Morgan, 186 U. S. 1, 9 . … Broadhurst v. Fall River, ante, 167, and cases cited. The action of that board and of the school committee did not in any degree, impair the contractual obligations existing between the plaintiffs and the defendant.

    Cited 37 timesPublished

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