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  • Inhabitants of Bradley v. Penobscot Chemical Fibre Co.

    104 Me. 276 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 29, 1908

    But for the cutting up process in Bradley, we think the principles declared in Ellsworth v. Brown, 53 Maine, 519, and Farmingdale v. … In Ellsworth v.

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  • Boisvert v. Reed

    692 A.2d 921 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 1997

    See 618 A.2d at 213 ; Keating v. … Gagne v.

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  • Libby ex rel. Libby v. Legrow

    400 A.2d 381 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 19, 1979

    Ferguson v. Bret- *383 ton, Me., 375 A.2d 225, 227 (1977); Lyman v. Bourque, Me., 374 A.2d 588, 590 (1977); Lowery v. Owen M. Taylor & Sons, Inc., Me., 374 A.2d 325, 327 (1977); Gowell v. … Thompson, Me., 341 A.2d 381, 384 (1975); Avery v. Brown, Me., 288 A.2d 713, 715 (1972); see Wing v. Morse, Me., 300 A.2d 491 (1973). The entry is: Appeal denied. Judgment affirmed. WERNICK, J., did not sit. .

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  • Smith v. Market Square Health Care Center

    704 A.2d 379 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 31, 1997

    See Rosetti v. … We recently rejected a similar contention in Ray v. Carland Constr., Inc., 1997 ME 206, ¶ 6 , 703 A.2d 648 .

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  • Carey v. Osgood

    18 Me. 152 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1841

    Slasson v. Brown et al. 20 Pick. 437 , has been cited as an opposing authority. That depended upon the revised law of Massachusetts, c. 98, for the relief of poor prisoners. … It does not therefore conflict with Agry v. Betts, the statute of Massachusetts not containing the provision, which was the ground of that decision.

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  • Dean v. W. S. Given Co.

    123 Me. 90 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 13, 1923

    Dyer v. Libby, 61 Maine, 45. Also see Edwards v. Brown, *93 98 Maine, 165. … Marsh v. Hyde, 3 Gray, 331 . See, supporting that idea, Thompson v. Alger, 12 Met., 428 ; Browne, Statute of Frauds, Sec. 343; Williston on Contracts, Sec. 566; Dallavo v. Richardson, (Mich.), 96 N. W., 20 .

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  • Knight v. Burnham

    90 Me. 294 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 27, 1897

    Plaintiff claims to recover the price of boards sold by him to defendant by the thousand feet. Defense that the boards were not surveyed by a sworn surveyor, before delivery as *295 required by R. S., c. 41, § 15. … Richmond v. Foss, 77 Maine, 590. Plaintiff replies that he surveyed the boards, and that he was a legal surveyor of lumber.

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  • Stratton v. Bailey

    80 Me. 345 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 1888

    True the father paid nothing for his board, and that may have been furnished by the husband. But providing the board is not a provision of the labor. … Colby v. Lamson, 39 Maine, 119 ; Oxnard v. Swanton, Id. 125. By R.

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  • Thompson v. Consolidated Constructors

    677 A.2d 554 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 11, 1996

    We conclude that the Board, pursuant to Beaulieu v. … Gurney v. Commercial Welding Co., Me. W.C.C.App.Div. 733, 735 (Me.1992); Milles v. Carl Thompson, Jr., Me. W.C.C.App.Div. 4152, 4155-56 (Me.1990). See also Tompkins v. Wade & Searway Constr.

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  • Bixby v. Whitney

    5 Me. 192 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1827

    The verdict proves that the note in the present case has not been paid, either in boards or money. The motion is overruled. … Webster v. Lee 5. Mass. 334. Hodges v. Hodges 9. Mass. 320. Smith v. Whiting 11. Mass. 445, and cases there cited.

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  • Parsons v. City of Bangor

    61 Me. 457 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1872

    In Briggs v. … In Colton v.

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  • Penley v. City of Auburn

    21 L.R.A. 657 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1893

    Baldwin v. Bangor, 36 Maine, 518 ; Bryant v. Biddeford, 39 Maine, 193; Farrell v. Oldtown, 69 Maine, 72; Wellman v. Dickey, 78 Maine, 29. … S., c. 17, § § 5-11, 12, 13 ; Dickey v. Maine Telegraph Co. supra; Brown v. Watson, 47 Maine, 161; Davis v. Weymouth, 80 Maine, 307; Holmes v. Corthell, 80 Maine, 31; Jackson v. Castle, 80 Maine, 119 ; S.

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  • Richardson v. Maine Employment Security Commission

    229 A.2d 326 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 17, 1967

    Category B: Ball Brothers Company, Inc. v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division (1963), 135 Ind.App. 68 , 189 N.E.2d 429 , no compensation. Fahl et al. v. … Board of Review, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation (June 1965), 2 Ohio App.2d 286 , 207 N. E.2d 774 , remanded to the Board of Review due to insufficiency of the record. Marcum v. Ohio Match Co. et al.

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  • Nutter v. Bailey

    32 Me. 504 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1851

    This suit appears to have been commenced to recover the value of boards sold and delivered by the intestate to the defendant. … Whitman v. Freeze, 23 Maine, 185. The testimony of Samuel Ames was legally admissible to prove the acts of the defendant, and that a survey was made by his direction.

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  • J. R. Watkins Medical Co. v. Stahl

    117 Me. 190 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 15, 1918

    People’s National Bank v. Nickerson, 108 Maine, 341; Austin v. Baker, 112 Maine, 267. For this reason we should be amply justified in overruling the exceptions. … Co. v. Hodgkins, 66 Maine, 109. When a person signs a written contract he is presumed, by the ordinary rales of law, to know its contents, whether read or not. Great Northern Mfg. Co. v. Brown, 113 Maine, 51.

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  • Garing v. Fraser

    76 Me. 37 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 23, 1884

    Dunlap v. Glidden, 31 Maine, 435, 439; Severance v. Judkins, 73 Maine, 379 ; Damport v. Sympson, Cro. Eliz. 520; Eyres v. Sedgwicke, Cro. Jac. 601; Phelps v. Stearns, 4 Gray, 106 ; Rice v. … Parker v. Huntington, 2 Gray, 128 ; Brown v. Lakeman, 12 Cush. 482 and cases there cited; Parker v. Farley, 10 Cush. 279 . And even if we adopt the suggestions as to the inflexibility of the rule of Ch. Jus.

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  • Cottle Enterprises, Inc. v. Town of Farmington

    693 A.2d 330 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 5, 1997

    According to the Town’s sewer ordinance, such permits may be obtained only by applying to the Sewer Commission, comprised of the Board of Selectmen. [¶4] In March, the Planning Board approved Cottle’s project unanimously, … Smoke Rise, Inc. v.

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  • Hopkins v. Hersey

    20 Me. 449 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1841

    Brown v. Wotton, Cro. James, 73; Adam v. Brougton, 2 Strange, 278; Murrell v. Johnson, 1 Hen. & Munf. 450, and Floyd v. … Browne, 1 Rawle, 121 , establish the position, that a change of title is effected by the judgment, without satisfaction. And the law is so laid down in 1 Chitty’s Pl. 76, and in 3 Dane, c. 77, art. 1, <§> 2.

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  • Moores v. Inhabitants of Springfield

    144 Me. 54 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 28, 1949

    In the case of Rettinger v. School Board, 109 A. … Bank, 108 Fed. 505 , Coffin et al. v. Board of Com’rs., 114 Fed. 518 and the same case on appeal in Board of Commissioners v.

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  • Town of Vienna v. Kokernak

    612 A.2d 870 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 28, 1992

    See Marxsen v. Board of Directors, Maine School Admin. Dist. No. 5, 591 A.2d 867, 872 (Me.1991). … See Fichter v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 604 A.2d 433, 437 (Me.1992). In the instant case the procedure that was used allowed both parties to present their positions.

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