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object inquiry in Massachusetts

10 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 1910–1997 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Emery's casegreen
mass · 1871 · cited in 2 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1951–1992
2 sentences

1992The principle applies equally to any compulsory disclosure of his guilt by the offender himself, whether sought directly as the object of the inquiry, or indirectly and incidentally for the purpose of establishing facts involved in an issue between other parties.” (Emphasis supplied.) Emery’s Case, 107 Mass. 172, 181 (1871).

1951It is true that in Emery’s Case, 107 Mass. 172, 181 , it is said, “The principle applies equally to any compulsory disclosure of his guilt by the offender himself, whether sought directly as the object of the inquiry, or indirectly and incidentally for the purpose of establishing facts involved in an issue between other parties.

12
Clark v. State Street Trust Co.green
mass · 1930 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1997–1997
1 sentence

1997Trust Co., 270 Mass. 140, 151-152 (1930).

11
Seymour v. City of Tacomagreen
wash · 1893 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
1 sentence

1995The object of this clause .. . obviously was to create a homestead right in a house owned by the occupant, but standing on leased land; so that the house should be exempted from attachment though it was subject to removal, and though there was no homestead right in the land.” 6 Allen at 428.

11
People v. Clementegreen
nyappdiv · 1954 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1979–1979
2 sentences

1979See Clemente, supra at 272 (Breitel, J., dissenting).

1979The word ‘material’ and the idea of materiality are commonly understood, and every day judgments on a variety of subjects are made upon the basis of a layman’s sense of materiality.” Clemente, supra at 261-262.

11
Answer of the Justices to the House of Representativesgreen
mass · 1877 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1927–1927
1 sentence

1927The object of the clause of the Constitution touching such opinions, c. 3, art. 2, is “to enable the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the Governor and Council, to obtain the advice of the Justices upon any important question of law which the body making the inquiry has occasion to consider in the exercise of the legislative or executive powers intrusted to them respectively.” Opinion of the Justices, 122 Mass. 600, 601, 602 .

11

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (11)

CaseCitedYears
In re Di Brizzi green
ny · 1951
1 sentence

1964The existence of such a possibility does not change the investigation from a legislative to a criminal one.” In Matter of Di Brizzi, 303 N. Y. 206, 216 , it was said, “The fact that the Attorney-General and the members of the Crime Commission, in determining whether there exists a relationship between organized crime and units of government, may find it necessary to inquire as to whether individual crimes have been committed does not, as petitioner urges, render the investigation unconstitutional as a usurpation of the traditional province of the grand jury in each county of the State.

11964–1964
Commonwealth v. Rowe green
mass · 1926
1 sentence

1943Chief Justice Shaw, in Jones v. Robbins, 8 Gray, 329 , said at page 339: "But it is true that, by the Bill of Eights, various restrictions are placed upon this general power [of the Legislature], intended for the better security of persons accused of crime against arbitrary and hasty public prosecutions.” After quoting art. 12 of our own Bill of Eights, he adverted to the last sentence which provides, in effect, that the Legislature shall not make any law that shall subject any person to a capital or infamous punishment without trial by jury; stating at page 341: "And we believe it has been ge

11943–1943
Schick v. United States green
scotus · 1904
1 sentence

1943Chief Justice Shaw, in Jones v. Robbins, 8 Gray, 329 , said at page 339: "But it is true that, by the Bill of Eights, various restrictions are placed upon this general power [of the Legislature], intended for the better security of persons accused of crime against arbitrary and hasty public prosecutions.” After quoting art. 12 of our own Bill of Eights, he adverted to the last sentence which provides, in effect, that the Legislature shall not make any law that shall subject any person to a capital or infamous punishment without trial by jury; stating at page 341: "And we believe it has been ge

11943–1943
Henderson v. Travelers Insurance green
mass · 1928
1 sentence

1941Co. 262 Mass. 522 , where, at page 525, the following is quoted from United States Mutual Accident Association v. Barry, 131 U. S. 100 , 121: “‘. . . if a result is such as follows from ordinary means, voluntarily employed, in a not unusual or unexpected way, it cannot be called a result effected by accidental means; but that if, in the act which precedes the injury, something unforeseen, unexpected, unusual occurs which produces the injury, then the injury has resulted through accidental means.’” The object of an exception in the contract is to exclude that which otherwise would be included w

11941–1941
United States Mutual Accident Ass'n v. Barry green
ca1 · 1889
1 sentence

1941Co. 262 Mass. 522 , where, at page 525, the following is quoted from United States Mutual Accident Association v. Barry, 131 U. S. 100 , 121: “‘. . . if a result is such as follows from ordinary means, voluntarily employed, in a not unusual or unexpected way, it cannot be called a result effected by accidental means; but that if, in the act which precedes the injury, something unforeseen, unexpected, unusual occurs which produces the injury, then the injury has resulted through accidental means.’” The object of an exception in the contract is to exclude that which otherwise would be included w

11941–1941
McGlother v. Provident Mut. Acc. Co. of Philadelphia green
· 1898
1 sentence

1941McGlother v. Provident Mutual Accident Co. 89 Fed. 685, 687 .

11941–1941
Answer of the Justices to the House of Representatives green
mass · 1889
1 sentence

1927Opinion of the Justices, 217 Mass. 607 , and opinions there reviewed; 148 Mass. 623, 626 ; 226 Mass. 607 , 612.

11927–1927
Justices to the Senate & the House of Representatives green
mass · 1914
1 sentence

1927Opinion of the Justices, 217 Mass. 607 , and opinions there reviewed; 148 Mass. 623, 626 ; 226 Mass. 607 , 612.

11927–1927
Corlin v. West End Street Railway neutral
mass · 1891
1 sentence

1910Apparently the primary object of the rule was to require its employees to protect the defendant from claims for personal injuries sustained by those who, relying upon cases like Corlin v. West End Street Railway, 154 Mass. 197 , Marshall v. Boston Elevated Railway, 203 Mass. 40, 42 , and Payne v. Springfield Street Railway, 203 Mass. 425, 432 , try to get on a moving trolley car.

11910–1910
Marshall v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. neutral
mass · 1909
1 sentence

1910Apparently the primary object of the rule was to require its employees to protect the defendant from claims for personal injuries sustained by those who, relying upon cases like Corlin v. West End Street Railway, 154 Mass. 197 , Marshall v. Boston Elevated Railway, 203 Mass. 40, 42 , and Payne v. Springfield Street Railway, 203 Mass. 425, 432 , try to get on a moving trolley car.

11910–1910
Payne v. Springfield Street Railway Co. neutral
mass · 1909
1 sentence

1910Apparently the primary object of the rule was to require its employees to protect the defendant from claims for personal injuries sustained by those who, relying upon cases like Corlin v. West End Street Railway, 154 Mass. 197 , Marshall v. Boston Elevated Railway, 203 Mass. 40, 42 , and Payne v. Springfield Street Railway, 203 Mass. 425, 432 , try to get on a moving trolley car.

11910–1910

Where else courts name it

CA 70 (1889–2022) TX 65 (1897–2025) MI 61 (1878–2025) NY 52 (1816–2010) IL 46 (1894–2021) GA 38 (1889–2025) MO 36 (1865–2011) LA 31 (1844–2024) NJ 30 (1878–2024) MD 29 (1900–2016) WA 29 (1895–2020) CT 23 (1922–2019) AR 22 (1905–2025) SC 20 (1910–2024) FL 17 (1930–2019) VA 17 (1876–2024) OH 17 (1907–2021) IA 16 (1896–2018) OR 15 (1888–2022) PA 14 (1896–2021) IN 14 (1874–1991) TN 13 (1926–2021) ME 11 (1901–2015) MN 11 (1874–1975) WV 11 (1878–2006) MA 10 (1910–1997) ID 8 (1897–1991) VT 8 (1858–2013) ND 7 (1912–2002) CO 7 (1900–2019) KS 7 (1901–1978) NV 7 (1879–2018) NE 7 (1894–1988) NH 7 (1954–2011) KY 6 (1914–2021) SD 6 (1961–2026) AZ 6 (1946–2025) WI 6 (1869–1990) OK 6 (1912–1975) HI 5 (1926–2018) AL 5 (1856–1998) MT 5 (1896–2001) NM 4 (1924–2021) UT 3 (1894–1969) RI 3 (1914–2006) MS 3 (1944–2003) WY 2 (1923–1964) NC 2 (1918–1985) PR 2 (1937–1954)

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