Epstein v. Boston Housing Authority

Decided December 1, 1944. Henry Lummus wrote the opinion for the court.

317 Mass. 297 · Cited 83 times

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• People Ex Rel. Wallington Apartments, Inc. v. Miller · 41 N.E.2d 445
• Payne v. R. H. White Co. · 314 Mass. 63
• Iris v. Town of Hingham · 303 Mass. 401
• Del Vecchio v. Bowers · 296 U.S. 280
• Cook v. Farm Service Stores, Inc. · 301 Mass. 564
• Hill v. Smith · 260 U.S. 592
• Southland Life Insurance v. Greenwade · 159 S.W.2d 854
• Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co. · 307 Mass. 246
• Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing Authority · 304 Mass. 288
• Commonwealth v. Clark · 292 Mass. 409
• Johnson-Foster Co. v. D'Amore Construction Co. · 314 Mass. 416
• Seiler v. Whiting · 84 P.2d 452
• Regan v. Atlantic Refining Co. · 304 Mass. 353
• Commonwealth v. Torrealba · 316 Mass. 24
• Hobart-Farrell Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Klayman · 302 Mass. 508
• Kellogg v. Murphy · 164 S.W.2d 285
• Bianco v. Lay · 313 Mass. 444
• In Re Estate of Miller · 2 N.W.2d 888
• Ryan v. DiPaolo · 313 Mass. 492
• Kaiser v. Happel · 36 N.E.2d 784
• Anderson v. Town of Billerica · 309 Mass. 516
• Kilgore v. Gannon · 185 Ind. 682
• Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Worcester County Trust Co. · 305 Mass. 460
• Mindell v. Goldman · 309 Mass. 472
• Dimmer v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. · 283 N.W. 16

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• Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority · 138 N.E.2d 769
• Somers v. Converged Access, Inc. · 454 Mass. 582
• Standerwick v. Zoning Board of Appeals · 447 Mass. 20
• Boston Teachers Union v. School Committee of Boston · 350 N.E.2d 707
• Boston Gas Co. v. Assessors of Boston · 137 N.E.2d 462
• Amory v. Commonwealth · 321 Mass. 240
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• Tigar v. Mystic River Bridge Authority · 109 N.E.2d 148
• Correia v. New Bedford Redevelopment Authority · 377 N.E.2d 909
• Village of Lawrence v. Greenwood · 90 N.E.2d 53
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• Leen v. Board of Assessors of Boston · 188 N.E.2d 460
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