537 N.E.2d 588 STANLEY M. SAMPSON, administrator[1] , vs. CITY OF LYNN others[2] . Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk.February 6, 1989. May 4, 1989. [1] Of the estate of S. Michael Sampson. [2] Joseph A. DeCicco, Gary DeCicco, and Midland Hotel Corp. Judgment against Joseph A. DeCicco was entered in the sum of $963,000, […]
Category: Massachusetts Appellate Court Opinions
COMMONWEALTH v. DACRUZ, 76 Mass. App. Ct. 1112 (2010)
925 N.E.2d 566 COMMONWEALTH v. ELVIS DACRUZ. No. 08-P-1337.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. February 12, 2010. Decisions Pursuant To Rule 1:28. Judgments reversed. Verdicts set aside. Matter remanded for further proceedings consistent with the memorandum and order of the Appeals Court.
PEACE v. PEACE, 362 Mass. 536 (1972)
288 N.E.2d 602 MYRTLE PATRICIA MADISON PEACE vs. WAYNE PEACE. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Hampden.October 5, 1972. October 24, 1972. Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, JJ. Divorce, Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction, Divorce. Probate Court, Rehearing. Where a wife resident in Massachusetts less than seven months brought a libel for divorce alleging a cause of […]
O’DONNELL v. DOWNEY, 66 Mass. App. Ct. 1107 (2006)
MICHAEL J. O’DONNELL others v. MARY O’DONNELL DOWNEY, individually and as trustee, another (and a companion case). No. 05-P-511.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. May 16, 2006. Decisions Pursuant to Rule 1:28. Amended judgment affirmed.
CLARKE v. CLARKE, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 736 (1975)
326 N.E.2d 722 FREDERICK CLARKE vs. JANET CLARKE. Appeals Court of Massachusetts. April 18, 1975. The wife appeals from decrees of a Probate Court dismissing her petition for separate support and giving custody of their minor children to her husband on a petition for custody brought by him. The case comes here with the judge’s […]
DOTEN v. DOTEN, 395 Mass. 135 (1985)
479 N.E.2d 132 PATTI Z. DOTEN vs. BRUCE E. DOTEN. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Plymouth.March 8, 1985. June 10, 1985. Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, JJ. Practice, Civil, Appeal, Default. Rules of Appellate Procedure, Assembly of record. Divorce and Separation, Default, Notice. Notice. The judge in a divorce case did not abuse his […]
CUSTODY OF JOAN, 29 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 (1990)
561 N.E.2d 535 CUSTODY OF JOAN others (and a companion case). No. 90-P-376.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. October 18, 1990. Judgments affirmed.
McMURDO v. GETTER, 298 Mass. 363 (1937)
10 N.E.2d 139 RAYMOND McMURDO vs. JOHN R. GETTER another. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Worcester.April 8, 1937. September 20, 1937. Present: RUGG, C.J., FIELD, DONAHUE, LUMMUS, QUA, JJ. Optometry. Constitutional Law, Police power. Agency. It is a proper exercise of the police power to regulate the practice of optometry on the basis that it […]
COMMONWEALTH v. HOWARD, 425 Mass. 1103 (1997)
682 N.E.2d 1361 COMMONWEALTH vs. RICHARD L. HOWARD. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. July 3, 1997 Further appellate review denied: Reported below: 42 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 (1997).
JOHNSON v. MOREAU, 323 Mass. 481 (1948)
82 N.E.2d 802 WILBUR D. JOHNSON, administrator, vs. AMEDEE MOREAU. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Bristol.October 25, 1948. December 7, 1948. Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, WILKINS, WILLIAMS, JJ. Partnership, Dissolution. An offer, by one partner to his copartner, purporting to be made under provisions for dissolution in the partnership agreement, was revoked by the […]
STAR BREWING CO. v. HIGGINS, 248 Mass. 480 (1924)
143 N.E. 332 STAR BREWING COMPANY vs. FRANK J. HIGGINS, administrator. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk.March 19, 1924. April 8, 1924. Present: RUGG, C.J., BRALEY, CROSBY, CARROLL, WAIT, JJ. Bills and Notes, What constitutes. Practice, Civil, Exceptions. An instrument, signed by an individual, by which he promised to pay to a corporation a certain […]
COMMONWEALTH v. AGUILAR, 452 Mass. 1101 (2008)
891 N.E.2d 237 COMMONWEALTH v. JAIME AGUILAR. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. July 8, 2008. Reported below: 71 Mass. App. Ct. 1125 (2008). Orders. Further appellate review denied:
COMMONWEALTH v. SALEMME, 11 Mass. App. Ct. 208 (1981)
416 N.E.2d 205 COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS P. SALEMME. Appeals Court of Massachusetts. Middlesex.December 12, 1979. January 22, 1981. Present: BROWN, GREANEY, PERRETTA, JJ. Attorney at Law, Conflict of interest. Practice, Criminal, Assistance of counsel, Disclosure of evidence, Instructions to Jury. Assault. Reasonable Doubt. At the trial of a defendant on charges arising from a bombing […]
WYATT v. BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 423 Mass. 1103 (1996)
DAVID JAMES WYATT vs. BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. July 8, 1996 Further appellate review denied: Reported below: 40 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 (1996).
COMMONWEALTH v. ROCKETT, 423 Mass. 1107 (1996)
COMMONWEALTH vs. DAVID ROCKETT. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. October 2, 1996 Further appellate review denied: Reported below: 41 Mass. App. Ct. 5 (1996).
COMMONWEALTH v. BURNETT, 35 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 (1993)
625 N.E.2d 583 COMMONWEALTH vs. WILLIAM C. BURNETT. No. 92-P-1053.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. November 29, 1993. The judgment entered on the complaint charging the defendant with operating under the influence of liquor is reversed and the verdict is set aside. The verdict on the complaint charging the defendant with operating a motor vehicle without a […]
COMMONWEALTH v. HOWARD, 446 Mass. 563 (2006)
COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARD D. HOWARD. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Franklin.March 9, 2006. April 18, 2006. Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, CORDY, JJ. Constitutional Law, Assistance of counsel, Admissions and confessions. Practice, Criminal, Assistance of counsel, Admissions and confessions. Due Process of Law, Assistance of counsel. Evidence, Admissions and confessions. Department of […]
PENAL INST. COMMR. FOR SUFFOLK CTY. v. COMMISSIONER, 382 Mass. 527 (1981)
416 N.E.2d 958 PENAL INSTITUTIONS COMMISSIONER FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY vs. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.[1] Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Suffolk.October 6, 1980. February 12, 1981. [1] We note that since the inception of this action, William T. Hogan, named by these pleadings as the Commissioner of Correction, has left that office. His successor is automatically substituted […]
LORING v. MORSE, 332 Mass. 57 (1954)
123 N.E.2d 360 AUGUSTUS P. LORING, trustee, vs. ANNA BRADEN MORSE others. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Essex.October 8, 1954. December 17, 1954. Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, JJ. Trust, Compromise of claim, Recovery of assets. Probate Court, Compromise. Laches. Equity Jurisdiction, Laches. Estoppel. Following the bringing of a proceeding in a Probate Court […]
COMMONWEALTH v. LORENTSEN, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 (1992)
603 N.E.2d 928 COMMONWEALTH vs. DAVID LORENTSEN. No. 91-P-832.Appeals Court of Massachusetts. November 20, 1992. Judgment affirmed.