Case law

Opinions from 1658 to today.

FiltersMA

10,000+ results

3.27s

  • Janvrin v. Poole

    181 Mass. 463 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1902

    Ward v. Aldermen of Newton, ante, 432. Haven v. County Commissioners, 155 Mass. 467 . Tewksbury v. County Commissioners, 117 Mass. 563 . Farmington River Water Power Co. v. County Commissioners, 112 Mass. 206 . … The petitioner contends that the laying out took place on October 18 when the board of survey passed its order, and relies for this on Hitchcock v. Aldermen of Springfield, 121 Mass. 382 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Kingsbury

    199 Mass. 542 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 19, 1908

    It was decided in favor of the Commonwealth’s contention in Nelson v. State Board of Health, 186 Mass. 330 , and was discussed and similarly decided in Commonwealth v. Sisson, 189 Mass. 247 . In Commonwealth v. … Stodder, ubi supra, and in Commonwealth v. Mulhall, 162 Mass. 496 , the prohibition was by an ordinance. passed by a local board. These cases make further discussion unnecessary. Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 62 timesPublished
  • Space Building Corp. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    413 Mass. 445 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 18, 1992

    See Saint Luke's Hosp. v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 320 Mass. 467, 470-471 (1946). "The board's jurisdiction is entirely limited by the statutes that confer it." Lenson v. … See Yebba v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Greenery Securities Corp. v. Commissioner of Revenue

    58 Mass. App. Ct. 70 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 9, 2003

    See Commonwealth v. … The board properly found that these notes were securities. Acquired and held for investment purposes. In the case before us (and in contrast to the decision of the board in Industrial Fin. Corp. v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Whalen v. First District Court

    295 Mass. 305 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 9, 1936

    By its § 1 a board of fire commissioners was created and its powers were further described as follows: "Said board shall establish a fire department for said city, to consist of such officers and members as said board shall … The fixing of salaries of municipal officers in appropriate instances may be delegated to the appointing board or officer. Hibbard v. County of Suffolk, 163 Mass. 34, 36 . Police Commissioner of Boston v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Cutler v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.

    274 Mass. 341 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 28, 1931

    Brown v. Cushman, 173 Mass. 368, 371 . … Mills v. Smith, 193 Mass. 11, 17 . Browne v. Fairhall, 213 Mass. 290 . Donlan v. Boston, 223 Mass. 285 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

    231 Mass. 603 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1919

    Prince v. Crocker, 166 Mass. 347 . The same is true of the East Boston Tunnel. Browne v. Turner, 176 Mass. 9 . … Sun Printing & Publishing Association v. Mayor of New York, 152 N. Y. 257 . Walker v. Cincinnati, 21 Ohio St. 14 . Platt v. San Francisco, 158 Cal. 74, 81, 82 . Barsaloux v. Chicago, 245 Ill. 598 .

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Wilczewski v. Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Quality Engineering

    404 Mass. 787 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 2, 1989

    Gill v. Board of Registration of Psychologists, 399 Mass. 724, 726 (1987). This doctrine applies to an action under G. … Relying on Saint Luke’s Hosp. v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Cotter v. City of Chelsea

    329 Mass. 314 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 29, 1952

    See School District No. 10 in Uxbridge v. Mowry, 9 Allen, 94 ; Board of School Trustees v. Moore, 218 Ind. 386 ; Morris v. Williams, 149 Fed. (2d) 703, 708. … Liva v. Board of Education of Lyndhurst, 126 N. J. L. 221, 224. See Phelps v. Board of Education of West New York, 300 U. S. 319, 323-324 . Compare Hutton v. Gill, 212 Ind. 164 .

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Attorney General v. Trehy

    178 Mass. 186 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1901

    The charter of Chicopee does not name any board or union of boards its city council. … See People v. Kipley, 171 Ill. 44 . Judgment of ouster.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Gillis v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad

    266 Mass. 481 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 11, 1929

    When last seen “he was on the running board, or the floor board” of the car, and the train started almost immediately thereafter. … Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway, 209 Mass. 345 . Lyford v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 227 Mass. 10 . Kansas *483 City Southern Railway v. Jones, 276 U. S. 303 . Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Kerslake v. Cummings

    180 Mass. 65 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 20, 1901

    Brown, 143 Mass. 337, 339 ; Carter v. Peak, 138 Mass. 439 . … Such a possession may be an unqualified seisin of the .freehold, or an exclusive occupation, no longer called seisin,, under a lease, Lynde v. Brown, 143 Mass. 337 , Pierce v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Coy v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

    212 Mass. 307 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 18, 1912

    The seats of the car were all full and there was no room on the right hand running board and he took a place on the left hand running board and remained there till the accident. … Kelley v. Boston Elevated Railway, 210 Mass. 454 . Glennen v. Boston Elevated Railway, 207 Mass. 497 . Jackson v. Old Colony Street Railway, 206 Mass. 477 . Beverley v. Boston Elevated Railway, 194 Mass. 450 . Kuhlen v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • O'Brien's Case

    424 Mass. 16 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 12, 1996

    In Murphy v. Commissioner of the Dep’t of Indus. … See, e.g., Commonwealth v. McDonough, 400 Mass. 639, 646 (1987); Commonwealth v. Lopez, 383 Mass. 497 , 500 n.2 (1981); Commonwealth v. Sheeran, 370 Mass. 82, 86 (1976); Commonwealth v. Carter, 39 Mass. App.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Hubbard v. Garfield

    102 Mass. 72 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1869

    Chase v. Ingalls, 97 Mass. 524 . … Gheever v. Merritt, 5 Allen, 565 . People v. Warren, 5 Hill, 440 . Watson v. Watson, 9 Conn. 140 . Stoddard v. Tarbell, 20 Verm. 321 . I. Sumner & H. L. Dawes, for the defendant. A. J. Fargo, for the plaintiff.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Campiti v. Walonis

    453 F. Supp. 819 · District Court, D. Massachusetts · Jun 30, 1978

    After arriving at Walpole, he met with Gunther and Brown in Gunther’s office. … As the Supreme Court stated in United States v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Peabody v. School Committee

    115 Mass. 383 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 29, 1874

    Clarke, for the petitioner, in support of the jurisdiction, cited Conlin v. Aldrich, 98 Mass. 557 ; State v. Wil mington, 3 Harring. (Del.) 294, 299, 309; State v. Fitzgerald, 44 Misso. 425 ; State v. … Funck, 17 Iowa, 365 ; Ex parte Heath, 3 Hill, 42 , 52 ; Rex v. Askew, 4 Bur. 2186 -2188 ; Rex v. Mayor, &c. of London, 9 B. & C. 1, 26, 27 ; Attorney General v. Poole, 4 Myl. & Cr. 17 ; Parr v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • State Tax Commission v. Assessors of Haverhill

    331 Mass. 306 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 5, 1954

    Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Assessors of Springfield, 329 Mass. 419 . Assessors of Springfield, v. New England Telephone & *309 Telegraph Co. 330 Mass. 198 . Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. … Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Assessors of Haverhill, 330 Mass. 553 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Pendoley v. Ferreira

    345 Mass. 309 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 7, 1963

    [A]lthough the board exercised a measure of control over the operation . . . the board had no intention to . . . license it under” § 143. … See Board of Health of Franklin v. Hass, 342 Mass. 421, 424 ; Prosser, Torts (2d ed.) § 72, esp. at p. 415. See also Boston Ferrule Co. v. Hills, 159 Mass. 147,150-151 .

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Fernandes Super Markets, Inc. v. State Tax Commission

    371 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 1976

    Assessors of Holyoke v. State Tax Comm'n, 355 Mass. 223, 234 (1969). We summarize the facts found by the board on the nature of Fernandes’s business activities. … . & Taxation v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished

Ask Donna

Ask Donna

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.