Case law

Desjardins v. Jordan Lumber Co.

124 Me. 113 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 5, 1924

The defendant has paid under protest a tax assessed for the same year upon these boards by the town of Milford. … This was squarely decided in Boothbay v.

Jonathan R. Day v. Town of Phippsburg

110 A.3d 645 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 10, 2015

Adams v. … Id. at 311. [¶16] In Farley v.

United States Plywood Co. v. Verrill

131 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 30, 1933

Brown on June 8, 1927, conveyed the real estate in question by warranty deed to the American Specialty Manufacturing Co. … Brown died March 22,1928, leaving a will under the terms of which his son, O. Wendell Brown, was made general devisee of his father’s real estate.

Inhabitants of Solon v. Perry

54 Me. 493 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1867

the overseers of the poor of Norridgewock and claimed of them pay for said Eaton’s board. … So, assumpsit upon an implied promise will lie by a creditor to recover of his debtor the amount he has paid the jailer for his board while imprisoned on the creditor’s execution. Plummer v.

Inhabitants of Richmond v. Johnson

53 Me. 437 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

It does not appear to have been subsequently ratified by the board of selectmen or by the town. There is no proof that Carney had authority to act alone. But one selectman cannot bind the town. … Damon v. Granby, 2 Pick., 345 ; Boothby v. Troy, 48 Maine, 560. No action can be maintained, on the contract to which we have referred, upon the evidence before us. Plaintiffs nonsuit.

Bumila v. Keiser Homes of Maine, Inc.

696 A.2d 1091 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 25, 1997

Rosenthal v. Means, 388 A.2d 113, 114 (Me.1978) (citation omitted). … Foster v. Foster, 609 A.2d 1171, 1172 (Me.1992).

Inhabitants of Dexter v. Blackden

93 Me. 473 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 9, 1900

In Day v. … Wheeler v. Groulding, 15 Gray, 539 ; Colburn v. Swett, 1 Metc. 232 ; Smith v. Look, 108 Mass. 139 ; State v. Johnson, 65 Maine, 262; Dunn v. Framingham, 132 Mass. 430 .

Chandler v. Dubey

378 A.2d 1096 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 20, 1977

In Browne v. Dubey, Me., 251 A.2d 424 (1969), the executrix of the will of the late Victor C. … The facts disclosed that while Browne was pending, one of the named defendants purchased title from the Town of Bridgton which had perfected liens for unpaid taxes on the property.

Patterson v. Snell

67 Me. 559 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1877

Field v. Huston, 21 Maine, 69. Marr v. Hobson, 22 Maine, 321. Libby v. Thornton, 64 Maine, 479. But the petitioner contends that the premises passed by the deed of September 9, 1834, from Thaddeus Snell, senior, to Wm. … Brown v. Brown, 66 Maine, 316. In view of the circumstances under which this deed makes its appearance, we think there is neither proof nor presumption of its delivery.

In Re Reben

342 A.2d 688 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 18, 1975

Brown, 1891, 84 Me. 82 , 24 A. 672 ; Perkins v. … Registered women voters to notify registration board of change in surname.

Dunham v. Felt

65 Me. 218 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 5, 1876

Smith v. Brown, 61 Maine, 70. Ayer v. Fowler, 30 Maine, 347. Bachelder v. Sanborn, 34 Maine, 230. Exceptions overruled. Judgment for defendants. Appleton, C. J., Barrows, Danforth, Virgin and Peters, JJ., concurred.

Carleton v. Camden Anchor-Rockland Machine Co.

117 Me. 251 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 2, 1918

, at first of a temporary nature and unfastened, and finally fastened, and that these boards ultimately extended to the top of the standards. … These flash-boards became an effective part of the defendant’s dam. National Fibre Board Co. v. Electric Co., 95 Maine, 318.

Erica Brooks v. Town of Bar Harbor

2024 ME 21 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 26, 2024

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Powers v. Durgin-Snow Publishing Co.

154 Me. 108 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 7, 1958

Illustrative cases are: Niehoff v. Sahagian, 149 Me. 396 , 103 A. (2nd) 211; Sinclair v. Gannett Publisher, et al., 148 Me. 229 , 91 A. (2nd) 551; Brown v. Rouillard, 117 Me. 55 , 102 A. 701 . See also 53 C. J. … The rules governing the remaining issues on the demurrer are stated in Brown v.

Alden v. Fitts

25 Me. 488 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1845

The two first causes of demurrer assigned must, in conformity with the decision in Rawson v. Brown, 18 Maine R. 216, be overruled. The statute of 1837, c. 276, § 10, has been reenacted in Rev.

French v. Sturdivant

8 Me. 246 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1832

Reed v. Bigelow, 5 Pick. 281 . There may seem to be great refinement in this distinction ; but it results from the language of the statute. … Brown. These powers, though much extended, are still not general, but limited. No further powers, ip relation to equities of redemption, have been given.

State v. Lear

722 A.2d 1266 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 1998

State v. Brown, 1997 ME 90, ¶ 5 , 694 A.2d 453, 455 (quotations omitted). “The court must find that the officer actually entertained the suspicion and *1268 that the suspicion was reasonable under the circumstances.” … See Brown, 1997 ME 90, ¶5 , 694 A.2d at 455 .

Storer v. Department of Environmental Protection

656 A.2d 1191 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 17, 1995

Hammond Lumber v. Finance Auth. of Me., 521 A.2d 283, 286 (Me.1987); Anderson v. Comm’r. Dept. of Human Serv., 489 A.2d 1094, 1097 (Me.1985). … See 38 M.R.S.A. § 346(1) (Supp.1994); 2 see also Great Hill Fill & Gravel, Inc. v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 641 A.2d 184 (Me.1994). The entry is: Judgment vacated.

Drummond v. Griffin

114 Me. 120 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 21, 1915

Perkins v. Boardman, et al., 14 Gray, 481 , seems to be directly in point. … Upon April 18th, as before stated, the plaintiff had knowledge that the horses in which he held title under his mortgage were being boarded at the defendant’s stable from which his consent that they might be so boarded might

Gleason v. Sanitary Milk Supply Co.

93 Me. 544 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 12, 1900

Draper v. Mass. Steam Heating Co., 5 Allen, 338; Miller v. Roach, 150 Mass, 140. … Atkins v. Brown, 59 Maine, 90. Under the money count the plaintiff might recover of the Milk Company, as he seems to have taken its several note in payment of his debt. This he may do by force of R. S., c. 82, § 84.