74 N.E. 339 WILLIAM H. SELTZER vs. AMESBURY AND SALISBURY GAS COMPANY. HARVEY R. NUTTING vs. SAME. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Essex.March 28, 1905. May 19, 1905. Present: KNOWLTON, C.J., MORTON, LATHROP, HAMMOND, BRALEY, JJ. Nuisance. Way. Gas Light Company. The provision of R.L.c. 51, § 20, requiring notice of the time, place and […]
Category: Massachusetts Appellate Court Opinions
WEIDA v. MacDOUGALL, 300 Mass. 521 (1938)
16 N.E.2d 60 ESTHER IRENE WEIDA vs. CATHERINE MacDOUGALL. CHARLES D. WEIDA vs. SAME. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk.May 24, 1938. June 27, 1938. Present: FIELD, LUMMUS, DOLAN, COX, JJ. Negligence, Invited person. A passenger in an automobile, qualified to give valuable advice to its driver as to the purchase of certain property and […]
HOFFMAN v. HOUGHTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION, 434 Mass. 624 (2001)
751 N.E.2d 848 REMOLINDO HOFFMAN, SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR,[1] v. HOUGHTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION ANOTHER[2] (AND A COMPANION CASE[3] ). SJC-08401Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Middlesex.March 12, 2001. July 19, 2001. [1] Of the estate of Remolindo Hoffman for the use and benefit of Remolindo Hoffman and Ivany S. Hoffman. [2] Unocal Chemicals Division, Union Oil Company of […]
FIRST NATL. BK. v. NEW ENG. MERCHANTS NAT’L BK, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 715 (1980)
412 N.E.2d 889 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, conservator, vs. CHARLES F. HOVEY others, trustees;[1] NEW ENGLAND MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK another, third-party defendants;[2] FREDERICK E. MARKUS another, fourth-party defendants[3] (and two companion cases). Appeals Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk.February 12, 1980. November 21, 1980. [1] Ernest E. Monrad, Hollis P. Nichols, William A. Oates, Jr., […]
KARP-McNAMARA v. KATZ-GOLDBERG, 63 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 (2005)
LOIS KARP-McNAMARA vs. PHYLLIS S. KATZ-GOLDBERG. No. 04-P-302.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. April 4, 2005. Decision Pursuant to Rule 1:28. Order allowing motion to strike affidavit of objections and appearance reversed.
COMMONWEALTH v. HYLAIRE, 79 Mass. App. Ct. 1125 (2011)
948 N.E.2d 918 COMMONWEALTH v. KERMENS HYLAIRE. No. 10-P-1458.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. June 17, 2011. Decisions Pursuant to Rule 1:28. Judgment affirmed.
WATT v. CHELMSFORD, 328 Mass. 430 (1952)
104 N.E.2d 419 EARL J. WATT others vs. TOWN OF CHELMSFORD. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Middlesex.January 9, 1952. February 28, 1952. Present: LUMMUS, RONAN, WILKINS, WILLIAMS, JJ. School and School Committee. Municipal Corporations, Municipal finance. The record in a proceeding under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 71, § 34, as appearing in St. 1939, c. […]
DeVINCENT v. COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS TAXATION, 348 Mass. 758 (1965)
206 N.E.2d 81 ARTHUR DeVINCENT others, trustees, vs. COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION others. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Middlesex.March 2, 1965. April 5, 1965. Present: WILKINS, C.J., CUTTER, KIRK, SPIEGEL, REARDON, JJ. Taxation, Succession tax. Insurance, Life insurance: succession tax. Where the insured in life insurance policies, shortly before his death, established a revocable […]
BAXTER v. BAXTER, 423 Mass. 1109 (1996)
WARREN T. BAXTER, JR. vs. ANNE L. BAXTER. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. October 28, 1996 Further appellate review denied: Reported below: 41 Mass. App. Ct. 1105 (1996).
KALER v. KALER, 305 Mass. 345 (1940)
25 N.E.2d 710 MARGARET M. KALER vs. HAROLD V. KALER. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Norfolk.November 16, 1939. February 28, 1940. Present: FIELD, C.J., DONAHUE, LUMMUS, DOLAN, RONAN, JJ. Probate Court, Findings by judge. A conclusion that a will was procured by undue influence was proper on decisive findings warranted by reported evidence, and must […]
DORAN v. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION CO., 326 Mass. 523 (1950)
95 N.E.2d 295 JAMES DORAN another vs. THE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION COMPANY. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Middlesex.November 10, 1950. December 1, 1950. Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, WILKINS, COUNIHAN, JJ. Negligence, Invited person, Licensee. A boy injured through a fall while in the plant of a corporation on a holiday when it was not open […]
COMMONWEALTH v. DOYLE, 73 Mass. App. Ct. 304 (2008)
897 N.E.2d 1025 COMMONWEALTH v. KASANDRA DOYLE. No. 07-P-1077.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. Middlesex.September 8, 2008. December 8, 2008. Present: RAPOZA, C.J., SMITH, SIKORA, JJ. Motor Vehicle, Homicide. Homicide. Evidence, Relevancy and materiality. Practice, Criminal, Instructions to jury, Lesser included offense. At the trial of indictments charging homicide by operating a motor vehicle recklessly or negligently, […]
COMMONWEALTH v. MARSH, 354 Mass. 713 (1968)
242 N.E.2d 545 COMMONWEALTH vs. GEORGE L. MARSH. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Norfolk.October 7, 1968. November 29, 1968. Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, REARDON, JJ. Constitutional Law, Speedy trial, Waiver of constitutional rights, Admissions and confessions, Assistance of counsel. Practice, Criminal, Speedy trial, Waiver, Assistance of counsel. Waiver. Evidence, Admissions and confessions, Illegally […]
COMMONWEALTH v. HALL, 75 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 (2009)
918 N.E.2d 96 COMMONWEALTH v. ANTHONY D. HALL. No. 08-P-1450.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. December 7, 2009. Decisions Pursuant To Rule 1:28. Judgments affirmed.
COMMONWEALTH v. TOTO, 397 Mass. 1104 (1986)
COMMONWEALTH vs. ANDREW J. TOTO. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. May 30, 1986 Further appellate review denied: Reported below: 15 Mass. App. Ct. 941 (1983).
COMMONWEALTH v. McHUGH, 41 Mass. App. Ct. 906 (1996)
668 N.E.2d 1354 COMMONWEALTH vs.. EDWARD C. McHUGH. No. 95-P-596.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. August 22, 1996. Search and Seizure, Automobile, Threshold police inquiry. Constitutional Law, Search and seizure. Brian J. Wall for the defendant. Julia K. Holler, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth. After the defendant waived his right to a jury trial and agreed […]
CHARLESBANK RESTAURANT v. ALCOHOLIC BEV. CON., 12 Mass. App. Ct. 879 (1981)
421 N.E.2d 785 CHARLESBANK RESTAURANT, INC. vs. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CONTROL COMMISSION. Appeals Court of Massachusetts. June 12, 1981. On October 19, 1977, the plaintiff licensee, doing business as Goodtime Charley’s, was given notice of a hearing before the Boston Licensing Board concerning eight police incident reports. The hearing on November 1, 1977, concerned six of […]
COMMONWEALTH v. CORB, 57 Mass. App. Ct. 1110 (2003)
784 N.E.2d 49 COMMONWEALTH vs. KENNETH CORB. No. 02-P-764.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. February 24, 2003. Judgments affirmed.
COMMONWEALTH v. SOUZA, 55 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 (2002)
774 N.E.2d 686 COMMONWEALTH vs. WAYNE E. SOUZA. No. 01-P-684.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. September 5, 2002. Judgments affirmed.
COMMONWEALTH v. FIELDS, 366 Mass. 852 (1974)
COMMONWEALTH vs. ALPHONSO J. FIELDS. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. December 30, 1974 Denied: