Massachusetts Reports, Volume 218H.O. Houghton and Company, 1915 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... plaintiff . SHELDON , J. The plaintiff had begun to do work upon three houses which Hoffman and Potick ( hereinafter called the builders ) were erecting in Chelsea ; and for this work the builders by a written contract had promised to ...
... plaintiff . SHELDON , J. The plaintiff had begun to do work upon three houses which Hoffman and Potick ( hereinafter called the builders ) were erecting in Chelsea ; and for this work the builders by a written contract had promised to ...
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... plaintiff a check . This plainly meant that when money became due to the plaintiff by his contract with the builders , Canner would pay him whatever was so due . There was not by any fair construction of the language used a new and ...
... plaintiff a check . This plainly meant that when money became due to the plaintiff by his contract with the builders , Canner would pay him whatever was so due . There was not by any fair construction of the language used a new and ...
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... plaintiff contends that the word " occupied " in the statute is not used in its natural sense , to import an actual oc- cupation , but merely as a synonym of " used " or " appropriated . " It would be hard in any event so to alter the ...
... plaintiff contends that the word " occupied " in the statute is not used in its natural sense , to import an actual oc- cupation , but merely as a synonym of " used " or " appropriated . " It would be hard in any event so to alter the ...
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... plaintiff , a verdict for the plaintiff is warranted . TWO ACTIONS OF TORT , the first action being for personal in- juries received , as the plaintiff was leaving an open electric street car of the defendant at Mattapan Square in ...
... plaintiff , a verdict for the plaintiff is warranted . TWO ACTIONS OF TORT , the first action being for personal in- juries received , as the plaintiff was leaving an open electric street car of the defendant at Mattapan Square in ...
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... plaintiff , whom we shall refer to as the plaintiff , brings this action to recover damages for injuries received by falling down a flight of stairs in a building owned by the defendant . The action brought by Daniel Morong , the hus ...
... plaintiff , whom we shall refer to as the plaintiff , brings this action to recover damages for injuries received by falling down a flight of stairs in a building owned by the defendant . The action brought by Daniel Morong , the hus ...
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Page 565 - Commerce among the States consists of intercourse and traffic between their citizens, and includes the transportation of persons and property, and the navigation of public waters for that purpose, as well as the purchase, sale and exchange of commodities.
Page 565 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 565 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 263 - ... in as good order and condition, reasonable use and wearing thereof, fire and other unavoidable casualties excepted, as the same now are...
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Page 473 - No will made within this state, except such nuncupative wills as are mentioned in the following section, shall be effectual to pass any estate, whether real or personal, nor to charge, or in any way affect the same, unless it be in writing, and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses...
Page 404 - Every person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written...
Page 481 - ... that they were present and saw the testator or testatrix sign said will, testament or codicil in their presence, or acknowledged the same to be his or her act and deed, and that they believed the testator or testatrix to be of sound mind and memory at the time of signing or acknowledging the same, shall be sufficient proof of the execution of said will, testament or codicil, to admit the same to record...
Page 565 - The negotiation of sales of goods which are in another State, for the purpose of introducing them into the State in which the negotiation is made, is interstate commerce.
Page 735 - A warehouseman shall be liable to the holder of a receipt for damages caused by the non-existence of the goods or by the failure of the goods to correspond with the description thereof in the receipt at the time of its issue. If, however, the goods are described in a receipt merely by a statement of marks or labels upon them, or upon packages containing them, or by a statement that the goods are said to be...