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  • Retirement Board v. Colleran

    34 Mass. App. Ct. 486 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 13, 1993

    See State Bd. of Retirement v. Boston Retirement Bd., 391 Mass. 92, 94 (1984); Russell v. Boston Wyman, Inc., 410 Mass. 1005, 1006 (1991). … Cardellicchio v. Board of Retirement of Natick, 391 Mass. 760, 763 (1984). Additional guidance as to its meaning is acquired from the definition of the word “employee” in G.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Clark v. Board of Examiners

    126 Mass. 282 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1879

    Regina v. Avery, 18 Q. B. 576. Commonwealth v. Hamilton, 15 Gray, 480 . Getchell v. … People v. Tisdale, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 59. People v. Higgins, 3 Mich. 233 . People v. Cicott, 16 Mich. 283 . People v. Molitor, 23 Mich. 342 . In People v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Turner v. Board of Appeals

    305 Mass. 189 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 2, 1940

    Board of Appeal of Springfield, 257 Mass. 446 ; Bennett v. Board of Appeal of Cambridge, 268 Mass. 419 ; Coleman v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 281 Mass. 112 ; Amero v. … Lambert v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, 295 Mass. 224 . Ordered accordingly.

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  • Federline v. Planning Board

    33 Mass. App. Ct. 65 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 24, 1992

    See Meyer v. Planning Bd. of Westport, 29 Mass. App. … Mac-Rich Realty Constr., Inc. v. Planning Bd. of Southborough, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 79, 85 (1976). Nahigian v. Lexington, 32 Mass. App.

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  • Planning Board of Nantucket v. Board of Appeals of Nantucket

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 733 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 6, 1983

    Vetter v. Zoning Bd. of Appeal of Attleboro, 330 Mass. 628, 630-631 (1953). Sorenti v. Board of Appeals of Wellesley, 345 Mass. 348, 353 (1963). Alley v. Building *738 Inspector of Danvers, 354 Mass. 6, 7-8 (1968). … Lindsay v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 362 Mass. 126, 131 (1972). Giovannucci v. Board of Appeals of Plainville, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 239, 242-244 (1976). Girard v. Board of Appeals of Easton, 14 Mass. App.

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  • Brown v. Bayview Crematory, LLC

    2009 Mass. App. Div. 264 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Nov 24, 2009

    Godfrey v. Chief of Police *265 of Wellesley, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 42 (1993), quoting Lubell v. First National Stores, Inc., 342 Mass. 161 , (1961) and Dwyer v. Picciuto, 25 Mass. App. Ct. 910 (1981). … Payton v.

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  • Planning Board of Marshfield v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Pembroke

    427 Mass. 699 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 16, 1998

    See Planning Bd. of Springfield v. Board of Appeals of Springfield, 338 Mass. 160, 163 (1958) (Springfield); Planning Bd. of Reading v. Board of Appeals of Reading, 333 Mass. 657, 662 (1956) (Reading). … Ginther v. Commissioner of Ins., ante 319, 322 (1998), quoting Tax Equity Alliance v. Commissioner of Revenue, 423 Mass. 708, 715 (1996).

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  • Wynn v. Board of Assessors

    281 Mass. 245 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 13, 1932

    , boards of county commissioners, or the board of tax appeals. … Co. v. Board of Assessors, 277 Mass. 180, 189 . See also New London Northern Railroad v. Boston & Albany Railroad, 102 Mass. 386 ; Commonwealth v. Phelps, 210 Mass. 78 ; Bogigian v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Dowling v. Board of Assessors

    268 Mass. 480 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 16, 1929

    L. c. 40, § 53, to restrain the defendants, constituting the board of assessors of Boston, from raising money by the levy of a tax alleged to be contrary to law. … Minot v. West Roxbury, 112 Mass. 1, 3 . Mead v. Acton, 139 Mass. 341, 344 . Board of Supervisors of Dickinson County v. Warren, 98 Mich. 144, 146 . Compare Wells v. Salina, 119 N.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Brown v. President of the Maine Bank

    11 Mass. 153 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 15, 1814

    Brown, in his judgment against Stephenson, was in T. … Brown against Stephenson.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Board of Appeals

    313 Mass. 622 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 26, 1943

    The Superior Court, deciding in their favor, annulled the decision of the board *623 of appeals and invalidated the permit. The case is here on appeal by the board of appeals. The evidence is reported. … Simon v. Needham, 311 Mass. 560, 564 . But in this instance there is no room for reasonable doubt.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Day v. Board of Aldermen

    102 Mass. 310 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1869

    The act was to take effect when adopted by any town or city; but it was provided that *312 in any city, when the power to lay out and alter streets was vested in any other board or persons than the board of aldermen, such … board or persons should have the same power and authority as the board of aldermen in Boston.

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  • Smith v. Board of Appeals

    319 Mass. 341 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 7, 1946

    Turner v. Board of Appeals of Milton, 305 Mass. 189, 193 . The case is to be distinguished from Petros v. Superintendent of Buildings of Lynn, 306 Mass. 368, 369 , and Tranfaglia v. … Compare Lambert v. Board of Appeals of Lowell, 295 Mass. 224, 225, 227 .

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Beal v. Board of Selectmen

    419 Mass. 535 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 21, 1995

    See Alioto v. Marnell, 402 Mass. 36, 37 (1988). In 1986, the board appointed the plaintiff to the position of police officer. On July 26, 1988, the plaintiff was injured in a head-on collision while on duty. … complaint on the board in accordance with rule 4 (j).

    Cited 132 timesPublished
  • Flint v. Board of Aldermen

    99 Mass. 141 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 15, 1868

    By the construction which was given to that proviso by this court in Austin v. … Abbott v. Bangor, 54 Maine, 540. Certiorari to issue.

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  • Brown v. Federal National Mortgage Association

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 16, 2023

    Brown has been contesting the foreclosure sale, and the ensuing summary process action, ever since, in both the State and Federal courts. See, e.g., Brown v. Federal Nat'l Mtge. … Ass'n v. Brown, 97 Mass. App. Ct. 1103, S.C., 486 Mass. 1106 (2020), cert. denied, 141 S. Ct. 2703 (2021); Federal Nat'l Mtge. Ass'n v. Brown, 91 Mass. App. Ct. 1122, S.C., 478 Mass. 1108 (2017).

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  • McDavitt v. Planning Board

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 827 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 25, 1977

    See Woods v. Newton, 349 Mass. 373, 376 (1965); Belfer v. Building Commr. of Boston, 363 Mass. 439, 441-442 (1973); contrast Picard v. Worcester, 338 Mass. 644, 648 (1959). … to approval by the board of the subdivision of parcel A.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Planning Board of Barnstable v. Board of Appeals of Barnstable

    358 Mass. 824 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1971

    See Sullivan v. Board of Appeals of Belmont, 346 Mass. 81, 84 . Garfield v. Board of Appeals of Rockport, 356 Mass. 37, 41 . … Shacka v. Board of Appeals of Chelmsford, 341 Mass. 593, 594 . Garfield v. Board of Appeals of Rockport, supra, pp. 40-41.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Keniston v. Board of Assessors

    380 Mass. 888 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1980

    First, the Appellate Tax Board (board) computes an equalized tax rate by dividing the total taxes assessed for a particular municipality by the fair cash value of all taxable property of that municipality. … They point to Sudbury v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Evarts v. Planning Board

    15 Mass. L. Rptr. 306 · Massachusetts Superior Court · Sep 26, 2002

    Nickerson v. … See Barvenik v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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