Case law

Harding v. Brown

153 Me. 331 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 5, 1958

Brown was •duly sworn and qualified. A short time later .Robinson sent to the selectmen ■ a letter of resignation from the board *333 carrying the postscript, “to settle some peoples (sic) opinion.” … As was said in State v. Harmon, 115 Me. 268 at 272: “It is a well settled principle that a public office may be abandoned by the incumbent so that a vacancy in the office is thereby created.

Pottle v. Brown

408 A.2d 1011 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 13, 1979

Brown, on those respective dates. … Willette v. Statler Tissue Corp., Me., 331 A.2d 365, 367 (1975).

Brown v. Smith

101 Me. 545 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 13, 1906

Mansfield v. McFarland, 51 Atl. 763 . It is said in Stearns v. … Gaylord, 11 Mass. 255 ; Stearns v. Burnham, supra; Smith v. Guild, 34 Maine, 443; Gilman v. Gilman, 54 Maine, 453; Smith v. Howard, 86 Maine, 203; Green v. Alden, 92 Maine, 177.

State v. Brown

75 Me. 456 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 18, 1883

Lamphear v. Lamprey, 4 Mass. 107 ; Daggett v. Chase, 29 Maine 356 ; Abbott v. Knowlton, 31 Maine, 77. The question presented is preliminary or collateral and not final. It is fully covered by the case of Cameron v.

State v. Brown

552 A.2d 12 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 14, 1988

See, e.g., State v. Liberty, 478 A.2d 1112, 1116 (Me.1984); State v. Nason, 383 A.2d 35, 36 (Me.1978); State v. St. Germain, 369 A.2d 631, 632 (Me.1977). … See State v. Harding, 408 A.2d 1003 (Me.1979); State v. Flaherty, 340 A.2d 212 (Me.1975). The fact that Brown may not have remembered or realized the significance of the conversation is not pertinent. See State v.

Tesseo v. Brown

712 A.2d 1059 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 17, 1998

Burke v. … See Ciampa v.

Brown v. Kimball

84 Me. 280 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 4, 1892

Hunter v. Randall, 62 Maine, 423. It is immaterial that the party making the representations has an additional purpose of obtaining an indirect benefit to himself from the transaction. Mann v. Blanchard, 2 Allen, 386 . … McKinney v. Whiting, 8 Allen, 207 .

Brown v. Gay

3 Me. 126 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1824

Littlefield v. Brown

394 A.2d 794 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 1, 1978

Shull v. Sexton, supra; Loose v. Brubacher, 219 Kan. 727 , 549 P.2d 991 (1976); Gulf Oil Corp. v. Ferguson, 509 S.W.2d 1 (Mo.1976); Kidd v. Early, 289 N.C. 343 , 222 S.E.2d 392 (1976); *797 Killam v. … Pelletier v.

Howard v. Brown

161 Me. 52 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 15, 1965

Monaghan v. Longfellow (1889), 81 Me. 298 , 17 A. 74 ; see Stafford v. Morse (1902), 97 Me. 222, 227 , 54 A. 397, 399 . … Stevens v. Gordon (1895), 87 Me. 564, 567 ; 33 A. 27 ; James v. Wood (1889), 82 Me. 173, 177 , 19 A. 160, 161 ; see State v. Mitchell (1955), 150 Me. 396, 397 , 113 A. (2nd) 618, 619.

State v. Brown

31 Me. 520 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

Libby v. Brown

78 Me. 492 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 10, 1886

On the other hand, such entries as are offered in this case . were offered and excluded in Hancock v. Cook, 18 Pick. 30 . … Coffin v. Bucknam, 12 Maine, 471. The doctrine of that case was soon after overthrown by statute R. S., 1841, ch. 146, § 23, now R.

State v. Brown

118 Me. 164 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 30, 1919

Dunn v. Packing Company, 113 Maine, 159. The exception to the overruling of the motion in arrest of judgment is without merit. No defect appears upon the face of the papers. … State v. Hill, 48 Maine, 241; Powers v. Moore, 79 Maine, 216; State v. Perry, 115 Maine, 204.

Eaton v. Brown

8 Me. 22 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1831

insolvent, within *25 six months after the commissioners have reported to the Judge a list of claims, or within such further time as he shall think proper under his hand and seal to allow, was settled in the case of Butler v.

Brown v. Hodgdon

31 Me. 65 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

Crane v. Crane, 17 Pick. 422 . … In the case of Washburn v. Washburn, 10 Pick. 374 , an allowance was made, more liberal than that granted in this case.

Brown v. Thurston

56 Me. 126 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1868

Noble v. Bosworth, 19 Pick., 314 . … Davis v. Thompson, 13 Maine, 209 ; Sherburne v. Jones, 20 Maine, 70; 1 Cruise on Real Estate, T. 9, c. 1, § 14; 4 Kent’s Com., 110.

Ayer v. Brown

77 Me. 195 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 18, 1885

Eddy v. O’Hara, 132 Mass. 56 ; Whitt v. Dunn, 134 Mass. 271 . *197 The reasons given by Judge Benedict, however, do not apply hero. … Staples v. Staples, 4 Maine, 532. Exceptions overruled. Peters, C. J., Walton, Virgin, Libbet and Haskell, JJ., concurred.

Hilborne v. Brown

12 Me. 162 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1835

It remained the plaintiff’s property after the conveyance to Brown, the same as before, and the defendant, having converted it to his own use, as the jury have found ho did, is as clearly liable for damages in this form of … The case of Russell v. Richards, 1 Fairf. 429, is a conclusive authority for the plaintiff. There must be judgment on the verdict.

Brown v. Lawton

87 Me. 83 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 21, 1894

Chase v. McLellan, 49 Maine, 375; Fisher v. Shaw, 42 Maine, 32; Stetson v. Everett, 59 Maine, 376. Payment extinguishes a debt. … Walden v. Brown, 12 Gray, 102 , very closely resembles the case at bar. Whether the tender has been kept good and has been paid into court, as in Morrill v. Everett, 83 Maine, 290, does not appear from the bill.

Rogers v. Brown

103 Me. 478 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 25, 1908

Brown, to recover payment for the items contained in the following account. Wallace C. Brown, To John Rogers, Dr. 189Ü. … Holden Steam Mill Co. v. Westervelt et als, 67 Maine, 446.