Case law

Dyer v. Brown

113 Me. 563 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 23, 1915

Brown v. Attwood

7 Me. 356 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1831

The same doctrine was held in Stanwood v. Scovel, 4 Pick. 422 . Indeed the whole promise, made by the defendants for the benefit of the plaintiff, is set forth. … In most of the cases cited in Dearborn v. Parks, the sum stipulated to be paid was a gratuity from him, from whom the consideration moved.

Rawson v. Brown

18 Me. 216 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1841

Oliver v. Brown

80 Me. 542 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 12, 1888

Trespass for stripping boards from a certain barn to which the plaintiff claims title. Plea, general issue, with a brief statement that the barn is the property of one Mary A. … Curtis v. Riddle, 7 Allen, 185 .

Brown v. Nickerson

106 Me. 561 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 23, 1910

Brown v. Dwelley

45 Me. 52 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

Brown, in his life time, purchased the land described in the plaintiff’s bill, and took a deed thereof in his own name, but paid therefor with the money furnished for that purpose by the plaintiff. … Brown, which was represented to be insolvent, turns out, on settlement, to be solvent. There are no parties interested in said estate adversely to the plaintiff, except Frances U.

Brown v. Gould

93 Me. 512 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 11, 1900

Brown v. Daggett

22 Me. 30 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1842

Jewell v. Brown

33 Me. 250 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1851

Howard v. Hill, 31 Maine, 420; Thayer v. The Commonwealth, 12 Metc. 9 ; Monk v. Guild, 3 Metc. 373 .

Brown v. Chadbourne

123 Me. 214 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 13, 1923

Phillips v. Brown

74 Me. 549 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 13, 1883

Russell v. Richards, 11 Maine, 371, 375, and cases there cited. Such an adjournment to any place in the same town is now allowed by E. S., c. 84, § 6. … And assuming that the barn was struck off for a very small sum compared with its intrinsic value, this mere fact is no cause for avoiding a fair sale at public auction, (Webster v. Calden, 53 Maine, 203; Fowle v.

Sawyer v. Brown

76 Me. 490 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 12, 1884

Co. v. Weeks, 52 Maine, 456. When the writ was delivered into the hands of the officer, the law required him to obey its command, and have the same in court with a return of his doings thereon. … Bryant v. Johnson, 24 Maine, 304. According to agreement of the parties, Judgment for defendant. Peters, C. J., Danforth, Virgin, Emery and Foster, JJ., concurred.

Brown v. Moore

79 Me. 216 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 3, 1887

The statutes rather take from than add to the powers of a single judge in this respect. “ The historical aspect of the question in this state is fully stated in the case of State v. Hill, 48 Maine, 241.

Haines v. Brown

114 Me. 320 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 30, 1915

Watson v. Cressey, 79 Maine, 381, 382; Achorn v. Jackson, 86 Maine, 215, 218. … Stevens v. Winship, 1 Pick., 318 , 319, 327; Warren v. Webb, 68 Maine, 133, 136. See also Jones v. Bacon, Id., 34; Larned v. Bridges, 17 Pick., 339 , 342.

Brown v. Leach

35 Me. 39 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1852

Lamb v. Foss, 21 Maine, 240; Allen v. Parker, 27 Maine, 531. Demandant nonsuit. Siiepley, C. J., and Tenney, Wells, Rice and Appleton, J. J., concurred.

Lovegrove v. Brown

60 Me. 592 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1872

Lovegrove v. Hunt, 58 Maine, 22. The plaintiff recovered judgment against the corporation Oct. 28, 1867, and execution was issued thereon Nov. 5, 1867. … Brown, a stockholder in Portland Shovel Manufacturing Company, to disclose and show attachable property of said corporation sufficient to satisfy the execution, and that said Brown neglected and refused to disclose and show

Ross v. Brown

74 Me. 352 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 8, 1883

Brown and not the note of the town of Monmouth. In Parsons v. … Brown, and not the note of the town of Monmouth. Mellen v. Moore, 68 Maine, 390, and cases there cited. Judgment for plaintiff. AppletoN, C. J., Barrows, DaNforth, Peters and Libbey, JJ., concurred.

Gray v. Brown

49 Me. 544 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1861

A construction was given to this statute in the case of Hankerson v. … Trafton v. Rogers, 13 Maine, 315. So the date of a writ is not conclusive evidence of the time when it was sued out, so as to affect a plea of the statute of limitations. Johnson v. Farwell, 7 Maine, 370.

Brown v. Allen

43 Me. 590 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1857

Craig v. Wells, 1 Kernan, N. Y., 315. In Bell v. Morse, 6 N. … In Lincoln v.

Brown v. Clough

39 Me. 566 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1855

Brown, or his heirs, executors or administrators, and the payment of one hundred dollars, &c., the said Nathaniel Blair, &c., shall make and deliver to the said Brown, &c., a good and valid deed,” &c.