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  • Tanner v. Board of Appeals

    61 Mass. App. Ct. 647 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 18, 2004

    Ct. 709, 713 (2000); APT Asset Mgmt., Inc. v. Board of Appeals of Mel-rose, 50 Mass. App. Ct. at 138 . The board’s interpretation is not dispositive. See Boulter Bros. Constr. Co. v. … See Steege v. Board of Appeals of Stow, 26 Mass. App. Ct. 970, 971-972 (1988) (raising and training horses is agricultural use); Sturbridge v. McDowell, 35 Mass. App.

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  • Board of Assessors v. Costin

    356 Mass. 726 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 31, 1969

    The board was not required to accept the opinion expressed, or the valuation principles used, by an expert witness called by the assessors. Mayland P. Lewis, Special Town Counsel, for the Board of Assessors of Nahant. … Decision of the Appellate Tax Board affirmed. The taxpayer is to have costs before the board and in this court.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Board of Managers v. Grobleski

    2011 Mass. App. Div. 281 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Dec 22, 2011

    Id., quoting 39 Joy Street Condominium Ass’n v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 426 Mass. 485, 487 (1998). … Board of Managers of Old Colony Village Condominium v. Preu, 80 Mass. App. Ct. 728, 732 (2011), quoting Kaplan v. Boudreaux, 410 Mass. 435, 438 (1991).

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  • Cuzzi v. Board of Appeals

    2 Mass. App. Ct. 887 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 11, 1974

    McLaughlin v. Rockland Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 351 Mass. 678, 680-683 (1967). See Ladd v. Board of Appeal of Malden, 352 Mass. 777 (1967); Shaughnessy v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, supra, at 14. … Shaughnessy v. Board of Appeals of Lexington, supra, at 12.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Boston Police Relief Ass'n

    220 Mass. 391 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Feb 27, 1915

    Previous to the annual meeting of 1884, Article XIX of the by-laws read as follows: “Upon the death of the wife of a member of the corporation, the board of directors, shall cause to be paid to said member the sum of one

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  • Brown v. County Commissioners of Essex

    53 Mass. 208 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1846

    And it is proved that the deed from Baker to Brown (the petitioner) was not recorded in the registry of deeds. … Commonwealth v. County Commissioners of Berkshire, 8 Pick. 343 . Inhabitants of New Salem, Petitioners, 6 Pick. 470 .

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  • Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    466 Mass. 594 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Dec 11, 2013

    Massachusetts Fed’n of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO v. Board of Educ., 436 Mass. 763, 771 (2002). … See Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 251-252 (1966) (rejection of evidence does not create substantial *608 evidence to contrary).

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  • Donlon v. Board of Assessors

    389 Mass. 848 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 8, 1983

    Id., quoting Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 253 (1966). A. The Appellants’ Affirmative Evidence of Value. … L. c. 40A, § 6; Sturges v. Chilmark, 380 Mass. 246, 260-261 (1980); Lee v. Board of Appeals of Harwich, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 148 , 151 n.4 (1981).

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  • Owens v. Board of Appeals

    11 Mass. App. Ct. 994 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 6, 1981

    See Rando v. Board of Appeals of Bedford, 348 Mass. 296, 297-298 (1965); Green v. Board of Appeal of Norwood, 358 Mass. 253, 258-259 (1970); Selectmen of Hatfield v. Garvey, 362 Mass. 821, 826 (1973). … Lee v. Board of Appeals of Harwich, ante 148, 154 (1981).

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Stilson v. Board of Assessors

    385 Mass. 724 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 8, 1982

    General Laws c. 58A, § 13, allows the board to issue its report after it issues the decision in a case. See Forte Inv. Fund v. … However, the board has only that jurisdiction conferred on it by statute. Assessors of Boston v. Suffolk Law School, 295 Mass. 489, 492 (1936).

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • D & H Brown, Inc. v. Francoeur

    1991 Mass. App. Div. 114 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jul 31, 1991

    Massachusetts Drug Co. v. Bencks, 256 Mass. 535, 536 (1926); Photiou v. DelSordo, 1982 Mass. App. Div. 251 . … See also, Berninger v. Small, 1986 Mass. App. Div. 87, 88 ; Lechiara v. Amato, 1980 Mass. App. Div. 117, 118 .

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  • Board of Assessors v. Sgarzi

    367 Mass. 840 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 28, 1975

    Commissioner of Corps. & Taxn. v. J. G. McCrory, Co. 280 Mass. 273, 278 (1932). “The board’s decision, which was a general finding, imported a finding *844 of all the subsidiary facts necessary to support it.” Cohen v. … [board] of the material facts found . . . , the only question open is the power of the . . . [board] to enter a decree upon any evidence which might have been presented.” Dunn v. McSweeney, 338 Mass. 270, 273 (1959).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Altschuler v. Boston Rent Board

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 452 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 22, 1981

    Brown, J. … Jefferson, supra at 201-202 , even though the breach is not so severe as to abate the rent to zero, see McKenna v. Begin, supra at 313 (Brown, J., concurring), or force the tenant to vacate, see Boston Homing Authy. v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 95318 v. Sex Offender Registry Board

    80 Mass. App. Ct. 901 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 11, 2011

    No. 151564 v. … No. 151564 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 456 Mass. 612, 621 (2010).

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  • Branch v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board

    481 Mass. 810 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Apr 9, 2019

    See Gurry v. Board of Pub. … L. c. 150E on basis of Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Planning Board of Sandwich v. Board of Appeals of Sandwich

    15 Mass. App. Ct. 971 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 24, 1983

    See Dion v. Board of Appeals of Waltham, 344 Mass. 547, 550-552 (1962); Sherman v. Board of Appeals of Worcester, 354 Mass. 133, 135-136 (1968); Wolfman v. … Board of Appeals of Brookline, ante 112, 116 (1983), and cases cited therein. Contrast Wolfson v. Sun Oil Co., 357 Mass. 87, 90 (1970); Costa v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Framingham, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 872 (1978).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Board of Higher Education v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board

    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 7, 2019

    See Duggan v. Board of Registration in Nursing, 456 Mass. 666, 674 (2010), citing School Comm. of Brookline v. Bureau of Special Educ. … Ct. at 560, quoting Board of Higher Educ. v. Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n, NEA, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 42, 49 (2004).

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  • Merrimac Mattress Mfg. Co. v. Brown

    122 F. 87 · U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · Apr 7, 1903

    Birdsell v. Shaliol, 112 U. S. 485 , 5 Sup. Ct. 244, 28 L. Ed. 768 ; Tuttle v. Matthews (C. C.) 28 Fed. 98 . *89 Anticipation is the leading defense upon which testimony is offered. … Another leading case upon this subj’ect is Coffin v. Ogden, 18 Wall. 120 , 21 L.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Palladino v. Board of Assessors

    373 Mass. 665 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 16, 1977

    Appellate Tax Board Rule 37. Leen v. Assessors of Boston, 345 Mass. 494, 498 (1963). … Review of the tax board’s decision is thus severely limited. Assessors of Saugus v. Leo, 363 Mass. 47, 50 (1973).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Pronghorn, Inc. v. Licensing Board

    13 Mass. App. Ct. 70 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 25, 1982

    Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commn., 334 Mass. 59, 61 [1956]; Connolly v. … Local licensing boards may law *74 fully refuse to issue any annual licenses, even though the voters have authorized such licenses. Ferris v. Selectmen of Norwell, 344 Mass. 757 (1962).

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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