Case law

Commonwealth v. Hamilton

24 Mass. App. Ct. 290 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 10, 1987

She informed Officer Ronald Brown that her brother “had lost all of his . . . money on drugs” which he had purchased from someone in room 214 at the Embassy Motel in Malden. 1 Immediately Officer Brown and his partner, Officer … Brown believed that Cronin “had just used a needle.”

Commissioner 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.

Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

199 Mass. 73 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 21, 1908

This is the necessary result of the doctrines laid down in Webster v. Fitchburg Railroad, 161 Mass. 298 , and Merrill v. Eastern Railroad, 139 Mass. 238 , and is the very point of the decision in Hogner v. … If the plaintiff against the resistance of the conductor persisted in his attempt to board the moving car, understanding that the conductor refused to receive him as a passenger, he was a trespasser; Massell v.

Tenneco Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue

401 Mass. 380 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 24, 1987

The ruling was affirmed by the board. A decision of .the board will only be disturbed if it was not supported by “substantial evidence,” or was tainted by an error of law. See Towle v. … Co. v. Bair, 267 U.S. 267, 272 (1978).

Bigelow v. City of Boston

120 Mass. 326 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 6, 1876

, and that his land was not benefited to the extent adjudged by the board. … Lowell v. County Commissioners, 3 Allen, 546 . If for any reason the petition for an abatement is not prosecuted, the original assessment stands and creates a lien upon the land.

Commissioners of Civil Service v. Municipal Court

369 Mass. 84 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 10, 1975

Compare O’Day v. School Comm. of W. Brookfield, 343 Mass. 122 (1961), and Mayor of Revere v. District Court of Chelsea, 262 Mass. 393 (1928), with Schulte v. … Director of the Div. of Employment Security, ante, 74 (1975), and Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 347 Mass. 96, 98-99 (1964). 4.

Almeida v. Arruda

89 Mass. App. Ct. 241 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 18, 2016

Nichols v. Board of Zoning Appeal of Cambridge, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 631, 633 (1988), quoting from Inspector of Bldgs. of Burlington v. Murphy, 320 Mass. 207, 209 (1946). … Blasco v. Board of Appeals of Winchendon, 31 Mass. App. Ct. 32, 39 (1991).

Gorbatova v. Semuels

462 Mass. 1012 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 23, 2012

This case is controlled by Slotnick v. … Binns v. Board of Bar Overseers, supra. Cf. [Matter of] Keenan, [supra at 198]; Boston Bar Ass’n v. Casey, 211 Mass. 187, 191-192 (1912).”

McCann v. City of Waltham

163 Mass. 344 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 26, 1895

Curran v. Boston, 151 Mass. 505 . The charter of the city of Waltham required the board, of aldermen to elect three street commissioners. St. 1884, c. 309, § 23. … Here the defendant’s position is quite as strong as it was in Prince v. Lynn, 149 Mass. 193 , or Hennessey v. New Bedford, 153 Mass. 260 . See also Pratt v. Weymouth, 147 Mass. 245, 254; Walcott v.

Fitzgerald v. Libby

142 Mass. 235 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 2, 1886

Worthington v. Hylyer, 4 Mass. 196 . Adams v. Cuddy, 18 Pick. 460 . Sweet v. Brown, 12 Met. 175 . Chaffin v. Chaffin, 4 Gray, 280 . Hoxie v. Finney, 16 Gray, 332 . Jamaica Pond Aqueduct v. Chandler, 9 Allen, 159 . … Mills v. Shepard, 30 Conn. 98 . Brown v. Jackson, 3 Wheat. 449 . Hamilton v. Doolittle, 37 Ill. 473 . McConnel v. Reed, 4 Scam. 117 . Starling v. Blair, 4 Bibb, 288 . Morrell v. Fisher, 4 Exch. 591.

Newman's Case

222 Mass. 563 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 9, 1916

Mayhew v. Thayer, 8 Gray, 172 . Sturbridge v. Franklin, 160 Mass. 149 . Watts v. Watts, 160 Mass. 464 . … Ogle, 170 Ill. 115 ; Goss v. Harris, 117 Ga. 345 ; Baum v. Turner, 139 Ky. 597 ; Aultman v. Miller & Co. 68 Kans. 640 . This is not inconsistent with Dodge v.

Fitzgibbons's Case

230 Mass. 473 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 24, 1918

It ought not to be necessary to point out that the board was at liberty to refuse to give credit to any part of the evidence which in their opinion was not entitled to credit. Lindenbaum v. … In effect the insurer is asking us to review the finding of fact made by the board. . That we have no authority to do. Diaz’s Case, 217 Mass. 36 . King’s Case, 220 Mass. 290 . Decree affirmed.

Booraem v. Crane

103 Mass. 522 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1870

According to the well established rule laid down by this court in Coggill v. … Breck v. Adams, 3 Gray, 569 . Fisher v. McGirr, 1 Gray, 1 , 46. Commonwealth v. Coffee, 9 Gray, 139 . Brown v. Perkins, 12 Gray, 89 . Exceptions overruled.

United States v. Patrick

3 F. Supp. 2d 95 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Apr 13, 1998

See United States v. … United States v.

PDC-El Paso Meriden, LLC v. Alstom Power, Inc.

14 Mass. L. Rptr. 643 · Massachusetts Superior Court · May 31, 2002

Tatro v. Manor Care, Inc., 416 Mass. 763, 765 (1994). … My Bread Baking Co. v.

City of Boston v. Curley

276 Mass. 549 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 11, 1931

Morville v. Fowle, 144 Mass. 109 . Trustees of Andover Theological Seminary v. Visitors, 253 Mass. 256, 294 . In re Bellamy & Metropolitan Board of Works, 24 Ch. Div. 387, 400, 403-404. … In re Flower & Metropolitan Board of Works, 27 Ch. Div. 592. Bohlen’s Estate, 75 Penn. St. 304, 317. Bales v. Perry, 51 Mo. 449 .

Barbaro v. Wroblewski

44 Mass. App. Ct. 269 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 6, 1998

Compare McCaffrey v. Board of Appeals of Ipswich, 4 Mass. App. … for the grant of a special permit, contrast Chambers v.

Perry v. Building Inspector of Nantucket

4 Mass. App. Ct. 467 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 20, 1976

Compare Sorenti v. Board of Appeals of Wellesley, 345 Mass. 348, 352-353 (1963); Chafer v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 348 Mass. 237, 244 (1964); Smigliani v. … Compare Sorenti v. Board of Appeals of Wellesley, 345 Mass. 348 (1963), Chater v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 348 Mass. 237, 244 (1964), and Giovannucci v.

Turner v. Town of Oxford

338 Mass. 286 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 9, 1959

We think this agreement a valid one entered into by the board of health on behalf of the town. Cf. Dos Santos v. Peabody, 327 Mass. 519, 521 . … It may well be that the members of the board of health in operating the dump are acting in their capacity as public officers. See Malinoski v. D. S. McGrath, Inc. 283 Mass. 1, 9 .

Leader v. Kolligan

262 Mass. 63 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1928

Brown v. Castles, 11 Cush. 348 . Mignault v. Goldman, 234 Mass. 205 . … Brown v. Bigelow, 10 Allen, 242 , 244. J. I. Case Plow Works v. Niles & Scott Co. 90 Wis. 590, 606 . In the matters to which exceptions were saved, supra, the judge erred.