Case law

Brown v. Wood

121 Mass. 137 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 23, 1876

Jacobs v. Hesler, 113 Mass. 157 . … Bancroft v. Curtis, 108 Mass. 47 . Hayward v. Cain, 110 Mass. 273 . Exceptions sustained.

Brown v. Cowell

116 Mass. 461 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 5, 1875

Jackson v. Stevens, 108 Mass. 94 . … See Dyer v. Shurtleff, 112 Mass.

Pease v. Brown

104 Mass. 291 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1870

the provision in the contract of July 15, 1863, by which the defendants agree that “if Pease shall find he can effect a settlement with said squatters, and shall wish for said $5000, or any part thereof, for that purpose, Brown … This is a modification of the original agreement, and contains the following provision : “ This modification of the agreement is made with the understanding that said Abbotts and Brown are to pay to Pease the sum of $1500

Brown v. Butler

99 Mass. 179 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1868

Clapp v. Rice, 13 Gray, 403 . Stimson v. Silloway, and Powers v. Eastman, Ib. 405, note. Prescott Bank v. Caverly, 7 Gray, 217 . Wright v. Morse, 9 Gray, 337 . Slawson v. Boring, 5 Allen, 340 . … Howe v. Merrill, 5 Cush. 80 . The case most nearly like the one at bar, and very closely resembling it, is Pearson v. Stoddard, 9 Gray, 199 .

Brown v. Robinson

275 Mass. 55 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1931

Staley v. Wilbur, 258 Mass. 481 . Wallace v. New Bedford & Onset Street Railway, 259 Mass. 20 . Di Franco v. West Boston Gas Co. 262 Mass. 387, 389 . Rosenthal v. Liss, 269 Mass. 373, 377 , and cases cited. … Wheelwright v.

Brown v. Getchell

11 Mass. 11 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1814

Commonwealth v. Brown

378 Mass. 165 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 4, 1979

Commonwealth v. Brown, 367 Mass. 24, 32 (1975). On July 31, 1975, following a second jury trial limited to the murder indictments, the defendants were again convicted of murder in the first degree. … In the interval between the filing of the motion and the hearing thereon, the defendants Brown and Johnson unsuccessfully sought habeas corpus relief in the Federal courts on an issue not now relevant. See Brown v.

Brown v. Henry

172 Mass. 559 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1899

Coddington v. Goddard, 16 Gray, 436 . Remick v. Sandford, 118 Mass. 102 . … Clark v. New England Ins. Co. 6 Cush. 342 . Searle v. Dwelling House Ins. Co. 152 Mass. 263 . Curtis v. Aspinwall, 114 Mass. 187 . Knickerbocker Ins. Co. v. Norton, 96 U. S. 234 . Titus v. Glens Falls Ins. Co. 81 N.

Brown v. Wellington

106 Mass. 318 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 15, 1871

Sargent v. Parsons, 12 Mass. 149 . Badger v. Holmes, 6 Gray, 118 . An action of assumpsit hes in these cases, by repeated decisions in this Commonwealth. Shepard v. Richards, 2 Gray, 424 . Munroe v. Luke, 1 Met. 459 . … Calhoun v. Curtis, 4 Met. 413 . Peck v. Carpenter, 7 Gray, 283 . Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed in the writ, with interest from the date of the writ.

Brown v. Kendall

60 Mass. 292 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 15, 1850

Leame v. Bray, 3 East, 593; Hugget v. Montgomery, 2 N. R. 446, Day’s Ed. and notes. … Ev. § 85; Powers v. Russell, 13 Pick. 69 , 76; Tourtellot v. Rosebrook, 11 Met. 460.

Commonwealth v. Brown

11 Mass. App. Ct. 288 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 3, 1981

The defendant presented two alibi witnesses, his stepsister, Willabelle Brown, and her friend, James McCans, Jr. … Brown explained that she had not because the police had not asked her and that she had told the defendant’s lawyer.

Brown v. Wright

168 Mass. 506 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 22, 1897

See Claflin v. Claflin, 149 Mass. 19 ; Young v. Snow, 167 Mass. 287 ; Wynn v. Bartlett, 167 Mass. 292 . This is as far as we consider it wise to go at present in instructing the trustee.

Campbell v. Brown

129 Mass. 23 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 25, 1880

Mason, for the plaintiff, cited Dyer v. Dyer, 2 Cox Ch. 92; Milner v. Harewood, 18 Ves. 258; Nesbitt v. Tredennick, 1 Ball & Beatty, 29, 46; Eyre v. Dolphin, 2 Ball & Beatty, 290; Fox v. Mackreth, 2 Bro. … Ch. 400, and 2 Cox Ch. 320; Kendall v. Mann, 11 Allen, 15 ; Glass v. Hulbert, 102 Mass. 24 ; Blodgett v. Hildreth, 103 Mass. 484 ; Jackson v. Stevens, 108 Mass. 94 ; McDonough v. O’Niel, 113 Mass. 92 ; Jenkins v.

Brown v. Davis

138 Mass. 458 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 10, 1885

Hapgood v. Shaw, 105 Mass. 276 . Smith v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 6 Allen, 262 , 273. Howland v. Leach, 11 Pick. 151 . There was no waiver by the defendant, as in Gormley v. Kyle, 137 Mass. 189 . Exceptions overruled.

Brown v. Wright

194 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1907

Brown v. Wright, 168 Mass. 506 . … They rely in support of this contention on Harvard Unitarian Society v. Tufts, 151 Mass. 76 , Pendergast v.

Brown v. Commonwealth

335 Mass. 476 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1957

Allen v. Commonwealth, 324 Mass. 558 . Lindsey v. Commonwealth, . . . [331 Mass.] 1. Jones v. Commonwealth, . . . [331 Mass.] 169. … Brown? Do you want to testify? The *481 petitioner: “No sir.” The judge: “Have you any witnesses?” The petitioner: “No sir.”

Fisher v. Brown

104 Mass. 259 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1870

The case of Shaw v. Spencer, 100 Mass. 382 , is in point. It was there held, that, if a certificate of stock issued in the name of “ A. … See also Bank of Metropolis v. New England Bank, 6 How. 212 Brandao v. Barnett, 1 M. & G. 908; 6 M. & G. 630; 12 Cl. & Fin. 787; Fish v. Kempton, 7 C.

Brown v. Gerstein

17 Mass. App. Ct. 558 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 5, 1984

See Nei v. Burley, 388 Mass. 307, 310 (1983). 15 There was no evidence that the bank’s board of investment would have allowed the Browns to cure the default and continue payments in the future. … Alholm v. Wareham, 371 Mass. 621, 627 (1976). See Poirier v.

Bowden v. Brown

200 Mass. 269 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 25, 1908

Brown and William Reynolds of Marblehead.” This gift constitutes a public charity. Ri chardson v. Mullery, ante, 247, and cases cited. … Jr. 421; Brown v. Condit, 4 Robbins, 440 ; Catt v. Catt, 118 App. Div. (N. Y.) 742. We are of opinion that the gift fails and that the residuary estate must go to the next of kin. iSo ordered.

Hardiman v. Brown

162 Mass. 585 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jan 3, 1895

Quinsigamond Bank v. Hobbs, 11 Gray, 250 . Perkins v. Stickney, 132 Mass. 217 . … See Finnegan v. Fall River Gas Works, 159 Mass. 311 . Exceptions overruled.