Case law

Inhabitants of Palmyra v. Nichols

91 Me. 17 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 4, 1897

Brown. Penobscot ss. Newport Jany. 14th 1895. Personally appeared Susan H. Nichols & made oath to the above statement to be her free act. Before me F. L. Brown, Justice of the Peace.” I. … Dennett v. Nevers, 7 Maine, 399 ; Augusta v. Leadbetter, 16 Maine, 45.

Inhabitants of Parsonsfield v. Dalton

5 Me. 217 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1828

It appears that in 1788, one John Brown made and executed a deed of four acres of land to a committee of'Lhe town, embracing the demanded premises, for the use of the ministry; and in the year 1790 he made another deed of … The court observe in .the above cited case of Jewett v. Burroughs, “ if the town was a parish, it was a congregational parish ; for the former minister, Mr.

Bacon v. Casco Bay Steamboat Co.

90 Me. 46 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 26, 1897

For instance, in midday reasonable diligence might require of them to provide a different opportunity to go ashore and to come on board than would be required in the evening or after dark. … The latter rule is the doctrine of this state, at least as settled in the late case of Lasky v. The Can. Pac. Railway Co., 83 Maine, 461. See authorities there cited.

Squires v. Inhabitants of City of Augusta

155 Me. 151 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 25, 1959

(emphasis supplied) 51 Harvard Law Review, 935. (1938) In Board of Education, etc. v. … Everson v. Board of Education, supra.

Patterson v. Municipal Officers of the Town of Buxton

473 A.2d 870 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 3, 1984

The Superior Court (York County) affirmed the Board’s decision. On appeal, the plaintiffs challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the Board’s decision. … The record contains relevant evidence from which facts could reasonably be found to justify the Board’s action, see Mack v.

Bean v. Camden Lumber & Fuel Co.

124 Me. 102 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 16, 1924

Pl. & Pr., Vol. 14, Page 568; Cushing v. Gore et al., 15 Mass., 69 ; Ellis v. Wheeler, 3 Pick., 18 ; Tebbetts v. Pickering, 5 Cush., 83 ; Dean v. Mann, 28 Conn., 352 ; Villa v. Weston, 33 Conn., 42 ; Wilkins et als. v. … Reed et als., 6 Maine, 220; Atkins v. Brown, 59 Maine, 90; Blackstone Nat. Bank v. Lane, Trustee, 80 Maine, 165; 8 Cyc., 146.

Piper v. Moulton

72 Me. 155 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 10, 1881

I think I am bound by the cases Chapman v. Brown, 6 Ves. 404, and the Attorney General v. Hinxman, 2 J. … The decision, Fowler v. Fowler, relied upon by the counsel for the complainants, is made by Romilly, V. C. id rest upon the cases of Chapman v. Brown, and the Attorney General v.

Harris v. Howes

75 Me. 436 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 1, 1883

Ellis v. Welch, 6 Mass. 246 ; Parks v. Boston, 15 Pick. 198 ; Patterson v. Boston, 20 Pick. 165 . By the fault or mistake of both of the present parties, one .■award only was made. … Com. v. Great Barrington, 6 Mass. 492 ; In matter of Eleventh Avenue, 81 N. Y. 436 . See 2 Mass. 489 ; and Brown v. Co. Com. 12 Met. 209 .

Lawry v. Ellis

85 Me. 500 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 23, 1893

There are exceptions, (Phillips v. Brown, 74 Maine, 549,) but there is nothing in this case to bring it within any exception. … Stone v. Peacock, 35 Maine, 385 ; Morrison v. Dingley, 63 Maine, 553 ; Ropes v. Lane, 9 Allen, 502 ; Scudder v. Worcester, 11 Cush. 573 ; Keeler v. Goodwin, 111 Mass. 490 . Exceptions overruled.

Appletree Cottage, LLC v. Town of Cape Elizabeth

169 A.3d 396 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 8, 2017

Assocs. v. Town of Wells, 2001 ME 178, ¶ 13 , 787 A.2d 137 (quotation marks omitted). *399 [¶ 10] Here, in granting Bond’s application for a building permit, the CEO made no factual findings. … Similar to the circumstances before us in Mills v.

Stockford v. Bath Iron Works Corp.

482 A.2d 843 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 11, 1984

See, e.g., Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company v. Spurlock, 415 S.W.2d 849 (Ky.1967); Ryder v. Insurance Company of North America, 282 So.2d 771 (La.App.1973); Brown v. F. … Sun Ship, Inc. v. Pennsylvania, 447 U.S. 715 , 100 S.Ct. 2432 , 65 L.Ed.2d 458 (1980); Murray v. City of Augusta, 394 A.2d 1171 (Me.1978).

President of the Gardiner Bank v. Wheaton

8 Me. 373 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1832

Kelleran v. Brown, 4 Mass. 443 . This deed is liable to no impeachment. … Brinkerhoff v. Brown, 4 Johns. Ch. 671 ; McDermott v. Strong, ib. 687; Spader v. Davis, 5 Johns. Ch. 283.

Lovell v. One Bancorp

614 A.2d 56 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 20, 1992

York v. … In Jameson v.

Hickey v. Kimball

109 Me. 433 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 9, 1912

Lawrence v. Cooke, 56 Maine, 187, 194; Tyler v. Salley, 82 Maine, 128; Sherman v. Rawson, 102 Mass., 395, 399 ; Kelley v. Riley, 106 Mass., 339 ; Stokes v. Mason, (Vt. 1911) 81 Atl., 162 ; Wells v. Padget, 8 Barb. (N. … Y.) 323; Kniffen v. McConnell, 30 N. Y., 285 ; Coil v. Wallace, 24 N. J. L., 291; Tubbs v. Van Kleek, 12 Ill., 446 ; Burnett v. Simpkins, 24 Ill., 265 ; Poehlmann v. Kertz, 204 Ill., 418 , 68 N. E., 467 ; Sheahan v.

Kilgore v. Rich

12 L.R.A. 859 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 1891

In Clarke v. … So in Conn v. Coburn, 7 N.

Carlson v. State

262 A.2d 368 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 19, 1970

with the Parole Board. … The precise issue here before us was decided by this Court in Mottram v. State, (Me.) 232 A.2d 809 .

Rea v. Dorrance

18 Me. 137 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1841

Secondly, the case of De Bert v. Atkinson would not be held to be law at the present day. … Bayley on Bills, 5 Ed. 307, note 160; Smith v. Becket, 13 East, 187; Brown v. Maffey, 15 East, 216; Leach v. Hewitt, 4 Taunton, 731; Groton v. Dallheim, before cited; Holland v. Turner, 10 Conn. R. 308.

Farrell v. Lovett

68 Me. 326 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 29, 1878

Now though the defendant was deceived by the statements of Lawler as to the character and value of the goods sold, “ yet,” observes Morton, J., in Brown v. … Lake v. Reed, 29 Iowa, 258 . Gage v. Sharpe, 24 Id. 15.” In Brown v. Spofford, 95 U. S. Sup.

Gilman v. Burnett

116 Me. 382 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 27, 1917

Brown, 200 Mass., 269 , before cited; Atty. Gen. v. Hurst, 2 Cox, Ch. Cas., 369, where the gift was for the building of a church in a specified place; Gladding v. Saint Matthew's Church, 25 R. I., 628. … Rogers, 186 Mass., 238 ; Richardson v. Mullery, 200 Mass., 247 ; Grimke v. Atty. Gen., 206 Mass., 49 ; Norris v. Loomis, 215 Mass., 344 , and Lynch v. Cong. Parish, 109 Maine, 32.

Philric Associates v. City of South Portland

595 A.2d 1061 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 1991

Philric contends that the City’s treatment of its subdivision application presents concerns similar to those that we addressed in Mutton Hill Estates, Inc. v. Town of Oakland, 468 A.2d 989 (Me.1983). We disagree. … Philric has not established that any harm will result from allowing the board to complete its review in due course. State v. Maine State Employees Ass’n, 482 A.2d 461, 464 (Me.1984). The entry is: Judgment affirmed.