Case law

Central Maine Charter Corp. v. Wright

412 A.2d 69 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 7, 1980

Brown v. Howard, 86 Me. 342 , 29 A. 1094 (1894); Inhabitants of Waterville v. Barton, 64 Me. 321 (1874). The District Court lacked authority to issue it. … R. v. Hannaford Bros. Co., 144 Me. 306 , 68 A.2d 1 (1949). The entry must be: Plaintiff’s appeal denied. Summary judgment for defendant affirmed. NICHOLS, J., did not sit.

Witham v. Cutts

4 Me. 31 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1826

The principles settled by this *33 court in the case of Brown v. Gay 3 Greenl. 126, are applicable in all essentials, to the case at bar.

Inhabitants of Bucksport v. Spofford

12 Me. 487 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1835

The leading cases of Weston v. Hunt, and of Brown v. … This view of the case is sustained by the opinion of the court in Brown v. Porter. If the land vested in Mr.

Inhabitants of Williamsburg v. Lord

51 Me. 599 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1863

The defence may therefore be sustained on principles of law, as enunciated in Brown v. Veazie, 25 Maine, 359, and Alvord v. Collin, 20 Pick., 418 .

State v. Grant

487 A.2d 627 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 7, 1985

M.Bar R. 3.2(f)(4); Board of Overseers v. Rodway, 461 A.2d 1062 (Me.1983). Appended to Grant’s motion is a copy of the April 22, 1975 check. … Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Lee, 422 A.2d at 1002 ; Barnes v. Walsh, 145 Me. at 110 , 72 A.2d at 815 .

Town of Otis v. Derr

782 A.2d 788 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 31, 2001

Munsey v. … Whether we have an opportunity to offer guidance to local zoning boards or whether a ease has an unusual procedural posture and would now be heard on direct appeal is immaterial to the application of the rule. Musson v.

Kittery Electric Light Co. v. Assessors of Kittery

219 A.2d 728 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 16, 1966

Addington v. Board of County Commissioners, 191 Kan. 528 , 382 P.2d 315 (1963). … Board of Property Ass., App. & Rev., 417 Pa. 213 , 209 A.2d 397 (1965); McKnight Shopping Center, Inc. v. Board of Property Assessment, A. & R., 417 Pa. 234 , 209 A.2d 389 , (1965); Sears, Roebuck & Company v.

Mace v. Heald

36 Me. 136 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1853

. — White and Norris, who have been summoned as the trustees of Heald, received from the firms of Heald and Brown and Heald and Eldridge a conveyance in mortgage of certain personal property to secure to them the payment … Pierce v. Haines and trustee, 35 Maine, 57. They cannot be charged on account of the real estate conveyed to them.

Coffin v. Hall

106 Me. 126 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 18, 1909

Cushing v. Babcock, 38 Maine, 452. … Brown v. Starbird, 98 Maine, 292; Bean v. Ayers et als., 67 Maine, 482. Exceptions sustained. Demurrer sustained.

Holmes v. Inhabitants of Paris

75 Me. 559 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 1, 1884

Taw, 296 ; Liber’s Hermeneutics (3 ed. notes by Hammond), p. 283, and cases; Margate Pier Co. v. Hannam, 3 Barn. & Ald. *266; Edwards v. Dick, 4 Idem, *212; People v. Utica Ins. Co. 15 Johns. 358 ; Jackson v. … Collins, 3 Cow. 89 ; Whitney v. Whitney, 14 Mass. 88, 92 ; Brown v. Pendergust, 7 Allen, 427 , and cases there cited; Winslow v. Kimball, 25 Maine, 493; 2 Dillon’s Mun. Cor. (3 ed.) § 1027 and notes. In Brooks v.

Lewiston - Auburn Shoeworkers Protective Ass'n v. Federal Shoe, Inc.

150 Me. 432 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 16, 1955

Murray as the third and impartial member of the Board. … And in Commissioners of Montgomery County v.

School Committee of Town of York v. Town of York

626 A.2d 935 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 14, 1993

See Squires v. … Charter, Article V(B)(3)(2). The Selectmen have standing to obtain a declaratory judgment. See Board of Educ. v.

Tibbetts v. Coombs

114 Me. 441 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 1916

The case of Starbird v. Brown, 84 Maine, 238, is decisive of this question. The action was properly dismissed. Exceptions overruled.

Ayer v. Town of Yarmouth

541 A.2d 168 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 26, 1988

Our review of the record discloses that there is substantial evidence on the record as a whole to support the Board’s decision, Bruk v. … Town of Georgetown, 436 A.2d 894, 898 (Me.1981), and contrary to the assertion of the Town of Yarmouth, Ayer properly sought direct review by the Superior Court of the Board’s decision. Benjamin v.

State v. Williams

388 A.2d 500 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 10, 1978

United States v. McDaniel, 176 U.S.App.D.C. 60, 65 , 538 F.2d 408, 413 (1976); United States v. Brown, 557 F.2d 541, 557 (6th Cir., 1977); United States v. Kilgus, 571 F.2d 508 (9th Cir., 1978). … E. g., United States v. Brown, 557 F.2d 541 (6th Cir., 1977) (ion microprobic analysis of hair samples); United States v. Kilgus, 571 F.2d 508 (9th Cir., 1978) (forward looking infrared system); People v.

Getchell v. Mercantile & Manufacturer's Mutual Fire Insurance

109 Me. 274 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1912

Brown was the owner of the building at the time of the fire and had been the owner for a period of fifteen years prior thereto. … Ash v. Hare, 73 Maine, 401; Green v. Jones, 76 Maine, 563; Woodbury v. Gardner, 77 Maine, 68; Bigelow v. Bigelow, 95 Maine, 17.

City of Bath v. Reed

78 Me. 276 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 11, 1886

. *279 By § 6 of the city charter, as amended by c. 538 of Special Laws of 1874, it is provided that there shall be a board of three assessors to be elected by the city council, one member of which board is to be elected … Soc. v. Sperry, 10 Conn. 200 ; Kelsey v. Wright, 1 Root, (Conn.) 83; People v. Runkel, 9 Johns. 147 ; Trustees v. Hills, 6 Cow. 23 ; Currie v. Medical Assurance Soc. 4 Hen. and M. (Va.) 315.

Hayes v. New England Greyhound Lines, Inc.

151 Me. 169 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 31, 1955

Adams v. Louisville & N.R.Co., 134 Ky. 620 , 121 S.W. 419 , 135 Am.St.Rep. 425 , 21 Ann.Cas. 321; Louisville & N.R.Co. v. Rommele, 152 Ky., 719 , 154 S.W. 16 , Ann. Cas. 1915B, 267. … Greer v. Public Service Coordinated Transport, 124 N.J.L. 512 , 12 A. 2nd 844; Burns v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 233 Pa. 304 , 82 A. 246 , Ann. Cas. 1913B, 811; Adams v. Louisville & N.R. Co., supra.” Williams v.

Cooper v. Bailey

52 Me. 230 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1863

Morse v. Green, 13 N. H., 32; Shaw v. Emery, 38 Maine, 484. The payee of & note may transfer it by indorsement in pencil. Clossen v. Stearns, 4 Vt., 11 . … The Merchants’ Bank v. Spicer, 6 Wend., 443 . "A person,” remarks Nelson, C. J., in Brown v.

Calkins v. Pierce

112 Me. 474 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1914

The authority for the text is Doe v. Browne, 8 East., 165. An examination of the case shows that it does not support the text to *477 the extent claimed by the plaintiff. … In Sweetsir v.