Case law

Sawyer v. Walker

572 A.2d 498 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 3, 1990

Sawyer, appeals the Superior Court’s (Penobscot County, Browne, A.R.J.) order on costs arising from her successful civil action against defendant, Oscar Walker. … Purwin v. Robertson Enterprises, Inc., 506 A.2d 1152, 1154 (Me.1986) (emphasis added).

Ford v. County Commissioners

64 Me. 408 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1874

Hyde v. Middlesex, 2 Gray, 267 ; Brown v. Worcester, 13 Gray, 31 . … J., in Central Bridge Corporation v.

Bernstein v. Carmichael

146 Me. 446 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 30, 1951

Beaulieu v. Portland Company, 48 Me. 291 ; Connor v. Giles, 76 Me. 132 ; Nason v. West, 78 Me. 253 , 3 A. 911 . In Beaulieu v. Portland Company, supra, this court quoted the then recent English case of Cornman v. E. C. … Again, in Nason v.

Lewis v. Penney

632 A.2d 439 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 22, 1993

Brown, 495 A.2d 324, 325 (Me.1985) (any fault by injured party bars recovery under dog-damage statute). … Henry v. Brown, 495 A.2d 324, 325 (Me.1985); Pettitt v. Lizotte, 454 A.2d 329, 335 (Me.1982). .The verdict form read as follows: 1.

Bradbury v. Inhabitants of Cumberland County

52 Me. 27 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1861

Thereupon measures were taken by the court of county commissioners, for the county of Cumberland, to have a judgment and determination, by the joint board of the commissioners of the four counties in which the highway was … At a meeting of this joint board, it was decided that a part of the road which they had adjudged to be of common convenience and necessity should be discontinued. In the case of Jones v.

Watson v. Cressey

79 Me. 381 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 20, 1887

Wyman v. Brown, 50 Maine, 139; Drown v. Smith, 52 Maine, 141. Judgment for the defendant. Peters, C. J., Virgin, Libbey, Emery and Haskell, JJ., concurred.

Freeman v. Leighton

90 Me. 541 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 17, 1897

This is a familiar proposition enunciated in numerous decisions *545 from Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435 , to Brown v. Heard, 85 Maine, 294.

Halas v. Town of Boothbay

556 A.2d 665 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 14, 1989

Planning Board. … Camden and Rockland Water Co. v. Town of Hope, 543 A.2d 827, 829 (Me.1988). Review of the record reveals substantial evidence to support the Board’s factual finding and no arbitrary or unlawful action.

Midland Funding LLC v. Walton

155 A.3d 864 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 2, 2017

Windham Land Trust v. Jeffords, 2009 ME 29, ¶ 19 , 967 A.2d 690 . “If the District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, we would have to vacate its order.” Landmark Realty v. … Express Bank FSB v.

Young v. Central Maine Power Co.

814 A.2d 998 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 23, 2003

Lewiston Daily Sun v. Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 43, 1999 ME 143, ¶ 17 , 738 A.2d 1239, 1243 (quoting Halfway House, Inc. v. … See, e.g., Toothaker v.

Roberta, Inc. v. Inhabitants of Town of Southwest Harbor

449 A.2d 1138 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 8, 1982

See, e.g., Cummings v. Town of Oakland, Me., 430 A.2d 825 (1981); Schwanda v. Bonney, Me., 418 A.2d 163 (1980). … See Waddell v. Briggs, Me., 381 A.2d 1132 (1978).

Melcher v. Ocean Insurance

60 Me. 77 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1872

In Davidson v. … Justice Blackburn in Barber v. Fleming. 'I think,’ he observed, ‘ as soon as the case is understood, it is very clear.

State v. Robb

100 Me. 180 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 14, 1905

Harrington v. Board of Aldermen, 20 R. I. 233, 38 L. R. A. 305. The state may even direct its destruction. Lawton v. Steele, 152 U. S. 133 ; Preston v. Drew, supra; Fisher v. … See Harrington v. Board of Aldermen, supra. In Grand Rapids v.

Smith v. Town of Pittston

2003 Me. 46 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 2003

We held in City of Portland v. Fisherman’s Wharf Assocs. … Delogu v.

Page v. Nissen

254 A.2d 592 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 1969

Brown v. McCaffrey, et al., 1948, 143 Me. 221 , 60 A.2d 792 ; Pike v. Munroe, 1853, 36 Me. 309 . As stated in Maker v. … Hathorn v. Hinds, 1879, 69 Me. 326 ; Brown v. Heard, 1893, 85 Me. 294 , 27 A. 182 ; Hobbs v. Payson, 1893, 85 Me. 498 , 27 A. 519 ; Smith v. Sweat, 1897, 90 Me. 528 , 38 A. 554 .

State v. Doughty

399 A.2d 1319 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 3, 1979

See State v. Brown, Me., 321 A.2d 478, 482 (1974), and cases cited; State v. Fitzherbert, Me., 249 A.2d 760, 762 (1969). … State v. Scott, Me., 343 A.2d 177, 178 (1975); State v. Brown, Me., 302 A.2d 322, 324 (1973); State v. Small, Me., 267 A.2d 912, 916 (1970).

Norton v. Emery

108 Me. 472 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 30, 1911

Yesler v. Board of Harbor Commrs., 146 U. S. 646 . … Knights v.

O'CONNELL v. Larkin

532 A.2d 1039 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 30, 1987

v. … Doten v. Bartlett, 107 Me. 351, 354 , 78 A. 456 (1910).

Tisei v. Town of Ogunquit

491 A.2d 564 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 25, 1985

Standing of the Plaintiffs in Coombs v. Town of Ogunquit As we stated recently in Ricci v. … Gabriel v. Town of Old Orchard Beach, 390 A.2d 1065, 1071 (Me.1978); State v. Rush, 324 A.2d at 753.

Inhabitants of Moscow v. Inhabitants of Solon

136 Me. 220 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 22, 1939

See also Solon v. Embden, 71 Me., 418; Bangor v. Frankfort, 85 Me., 126, 26 A., 1088 ; Detroit v. Palmyra, 72 Me., 256; Searsmont v. Thorndike, 77 Me., 504, 1 A., 448 ; Searsmont v. … Lincolnville, 83 Me., 75, 21 A., 747 ; Ellsworth v. Bar Harbor, 122 Me., 356, 120 A., 50 ; Madison v. Fairfield, 132 Me., 182, 168 A., 782 .