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  • Brown v. Green & Hickey Leather Co.

    244 Mass. 168 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1923

    Peoples National Bank v. Mulholland, 228 Mass. 152 . The validity of trust receipts, such as were given by the defendant in the case at bar, cannot be questioned. Moors v. Drury, 186 Mass. 424 . Peoples National Bank v. … Moors v. Wyman, 146 Mass. 60 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Young v. Planning Board

    402 Mass. 841 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jul 13, 1988

    See Kay-Vee Realty Co. v. … Co. v. Board of Appeals of Hingham, 3 Mass. App.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Corcoran v. Planning Board

    406 Mass. 248 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 13, 1989

    See McCarthy v. Planning Bd. of Edgartown, 381 Mass. 86 (1980) (frontage on limited access highway does not trigger exemption); Rettig v. … Regs. § 10.55(4)(b) (1987). 4 Gifford was not intended to broaden significantly the powers of planning boards. See Gallitano v. Board of Survey & Planning of Waltham, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 269, 273 (1980).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 68549 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    470 Mass. 102 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 5, 2014

    See Moe v. … Goldberg v. Board of Health of Granby, 444 Mass. 627, 638 (2005), quoting Commissioner of Revenue v. Houghton Mifflin Co., 423 Mass. 42, 43 (1996).

    Cited 94 timesPublished
  • Wine v. Planning Board

    74 Mass. App. Ct. 521 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 29, 2009

    , capricious or arbitrary,” MacGibbon v. … ., Inc. v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Sturdy v. Planning Board

    32 Mass. App. Ct. 72 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 6, 1992

    Ct. 144 (1983), the planning board claims that it may consider the adequacy of access to the lots, see Hutchinson v. Planning Bd. of Hingham, 23 Mass. App. … A more accurate formulation is that a planning board may withhold the ANR endorsement (where the tract has the required frontage on a public way) only where the access is “illusory in fact.” Corcoran v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Brown v. A. W. Perry Co.

    325 Mass. 479 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 8, 1950

    McCarthy v. Isenberg Bros. Inc. 321 Mass. 170, 172 . … Garland v. Stetson, 292 Mass. 95, 100, 101 . Richmond v. Warren Institution for Savings, 307 Mass. 483 . Greenway Wood Heel Co. Inc. v. John Shea Co. 313 Mass. 177, 183, 184 . Carroll v. Hemenway, 315 Mass. 45, 46 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • McDavitt v. Planning Board

    2 Mass. App. Ct. 806 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 22, 1974

    See Lyman v. Planning Board of Winchester, 352 Mass. 209, 214 (1967). … Park and Planning Board of Medfield, 344 Mass. 329, 334 [1962]) and that the plaintiffs had no reason to expect a waiver of the board’s regulation (compare G. L. c. 41, § 81R; Caruso v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Southwick v. Planning Board

    65 Mass. App. Ct. 315 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 20, 2005

    L. c. 41, § 81BB (authorizing appeal of planning board decision by persons aggrieved); Rattner v. Planning Bd. of West Tisbury, 45 Mass. App. … See e.g., McLaughlin v. Selectmen of Amherst, supra at 364; Boudreau v. Coleman, supra. In Murphy v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Southwick v. Planning Board

    72 Mass. App. Ct. 266 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 24, 2008

    In Southwick v. Planning Bd. of Plymouth, 65 Mass. … See also Pina v. McGill Dev.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Stoneham Building Corp.

    27 Mass. App. Dec. 34 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Sep 6, 1963

    Gordon v. Southgate Park Corp., 341 Mass. 534 ; Vender Realty Co., Inc. v. Gabriel, 334 Mass. 267 ; Leigh v. Rule, 331 Mass. 664, 668 ; Burk v. Schreiber, 183 Mass. 35, 36 ; Tripp v. Smith, 180 Mass. 122, 126-27 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Stefanick v. Planning Board

    39 Mass. App. Ct. 418 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 17, 1995

    Lee v. Board of Appeals of Harwich, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 148, 151 (1981). See Bloom v. Planning Bd. of Brookline, 346 Mass. 278, 283 (1963). For adjoining landowners, such an endorsement may be consequential. … Board of Appeals of Rockport v. DeCarolis, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 348, 352 (1992), and cases cited. There is in the subdivision control law, at G.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Brown v. City of Lawrence

    120 Mass. 1 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1876

    argued on behalf of the plaintiff, that the act of making such repairs is only an implied admission of the continued existence of the way, and is one mode of proof of the defendant’s recognition of it as such; Commonwealth v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Town of Hanson

    17 Mass. App. Ct. 932 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 1, 1983

    Blackmer v. Hildreth, 181 Mass. 29, 31-32 (1902). Attorney Gen. v. Campbell, 191 Mass. 497, 501-502 (1906). See Swift v. Registrars of Voters of Milton, 281 Mass. 264, 268-269 (1932). See also Pevey v. … Aylward, 205 Mass. 102, 107 (1910); Ray v. Registrars of Voters of *933 Ashland, 221 Mass. 223, 227 (1915); Donahue v. Selectmen of Saugus, 343 Mass. 93, 95-96 (1961); Desjourdy v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Calnan v. Planning Board

    63 Mass. App. Ct. 384 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 4, 2005

    See Lincoln v. Board of Appeals of Framingham, 346 Mass. 418, 420 (1963); McLaughlin v. Rockland Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 351 Mass. 678, 680 (1967); Pierce v. … In Carr v. Board of Appeals of Saugus, 361 Mass. 361, 362 (1972), quoting from McLaughlin v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Salem & Beverly Water Supply Board v. Board of Assessors

    63 Mass. App. Ct. 222 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 5, 2005

    Boylston v. Commissioner of Rev., 434 Mass. 398, 405-406 (2001). … In this we agree with the Appellate Tax Board whose judgment, were there doubt, would be entitled to some respect. See French v. Assessors of Boston, 383 Mass. 481, 482 (1981).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Plymouth County Retirement Board v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

    60 Mass. App. Ct. 114 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 4, 2003

    Sugrue v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 45 Mass. App. Ct. at 5 . … Hotchkiss v. State Racing Commn., 45 Mass. App. Ct. 684, 689 (1998).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 356011 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    88 Mass. App. Ct. 73 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 18, 2015

    No. 89230 v. … No. 972 v.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Sweenie v. Planning Board

    69 Mass. App. Ct. 477 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jun 29, 2007

    See Green v. Board of Appeals of Provincetown, 404 Mass. 571, 574 (1989); Watros *481 v. Greater Lynn Mental Health & Retardation Assn., 421 Mass. 106, 108-109 (1995); Barvenik v. Board of Aldermen of Newton, 33 Mass. … See Marotta v. Board of Appeals of Revere, 336 Mass. at 204 (statutory notice confers the presumption of aggrievement); Watros v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Old Colony Trust Co. v. Brown

    287 Mass. 177 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 26, 1934

    Brown still lives, and claims the entire trust fund, to the exclusion of Mildred P. Wark, formerly Mildred P.' … Brown and the executrix of the will of Henry Sargent, junior. Mary S. Brown appealed.

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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