Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co.

Decided May 26, 1941. James Ronan wrote the opinion for the court.

309 Mass. 60 · Cited 75 times

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• Dayton Power & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 292 U.S. 290
• Olson v. United States · 292 U.S. 246
• Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States · 148 U.S. 312
• United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co. · 229 U.S. 53
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning · 310 U.S. 362
• Boston Chamber of Commerce v. City of Boston · 217 U.S. 189
• Des Moines Gas Co. v. City of Des Moines · 238 U.S. 153
• City of New York v. Sage · 239 U.S. 57
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Backus · 154 U.S. 439
• Cedar Rapids Gas Light Co. v. City of Cedar Rapids · 223 U.S. 655
• Rowley v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · 293 U.S. 102
• Somers v. City of Meriden · 174 A. 184
• Wynn v. Board of Assessors · 281 Mass. 245
• Marquandt v. Boston Young Women's Christian Ass'n · 282 Mass. 28
• People Ex Rel. Wangelin v. City of St. Louis · 10 N.E.2d 369
• Amory v. Assessors of Boston · 306 Mass. 354
• Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Worcester County Trust Co. · 305 Mass. 460
• Borggaard v. Department of Public Works · 298 Mass. 417
• Commonwealth v. Johnson Wholesale Perfume Co. · 304 Mass. 452
• Limoges v. Limoges · 287 Mass. 260

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• Hackensack Water Company v. Borough of Old Tappan · 390 A.2d 122
• Boston Gas Co. v. Assessors of Boston · 137 N.E.2d 462
• Kittery Electric Light Co. v. Assessors of Kittery · 219 A.2d 728
• General Electric Co. v. Board of Assessors · 393 Mass. 591
• Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. City of Newark · 89 A.2d 385
• New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of Assessors · 383 Mass. 456
• Assessors of Brookline v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 310 Mass. 300
• Foxboro Associates v. Board of Assessors · 385 Mass. 679
• Board of Assessors v. New England Oyster House, Inc. · 362 Mass. 696
• Leen v. Board of Assessors of Boston · 188 N.E.2d 460
• Bliss Hotel Company v. Thompson · 378 P.2d 319
• Basiliko v. Pargo Corp. · 532 A.2d 1346
• Montaup Electric Co. v. Bd. of Assessors of Whitman · 460 N.E.2d 583
• Maine Consolidated Power Co. v. Inhabitants of Farmington · 219 A.2d 748
• North American Philips Lighting Corp. v. Board of Assessors · 392 Mass. 296
• Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority · 138 N.E.2d 769
• Amory v. Commonwealth · 321 Mass. 240
• Boston Elevated Railway Co. v. Commonwealth · 310 Mass. 528
• Tigar v. Mystic River Bridge Authority · 109 N.E.2d 148
• Boston Edison Co. v. Board of Assessors of Watertown · 439 N.E.2d 763
• Bureau of Old Age Assistance v. Commissioner of Public Welfare · 93 N.E.2d 267
• Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Ass'n v. Commissioner of Insurance · 478 N.E.2d 936
• Commonwealth v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority · 224 N.E.2d 186
• French v. Board of Assessors of Boston · 419 N.E.2d 1372
• Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Boston Edison Co. · 310 Mass. 674

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