Case law

Worcester v. Lord

56 Me. 265 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1868

All our decisions, in any way bearing upon the question here, Avhether as to the nature and essential elements of disseizin or of adverse possession, such as Brown v. Gay, 3 Greenl., 126, Ross v. … The elaborate and ingenious argument of the tenant’s counsel fails to convince us that the reason assigned by the Court for the decision in Brown v.

Hildebrandt v. Department of Environmental Protection

430 A.2d 561 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 5, 1981

Kellogg, apparently expecting that he, in turn, would present it to the Board of Environmental Protection. … Bramson v. Chester L. Jordan & Co., Me., 379 A.2d 730 (1977); Dom J. Moreau & Son, Inc. v. Federal Pacific Electric Co., Me., 378 A.2d 151 (1977).

In re Richard E.

978 A.2d 217 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 20, 2009

Phillips v. Johnson, 2003 ME 127, ¶24 , 834 A.2d 938, 945 . Otherwise, to accomplish service, a method specified by the rule must be properly utilized. See Adoption of Spado, 2007 ME 6, ¶ 12 , 912 A.2d at 582 ; Brown v. … See R.K. v.

Berry v. Dwinel

44 Me. 255 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1857

Dana v. Fielder, 2 Kernan R., 40. The same principle applies in space. … Such was the rule in Gregory v. McDowell, 8 Wend.

State of Maine v. Dubois Livestock, Inc.

2017 ME 223 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 7, 2017

I, § 5; see State v. … State v. Pelletier, 673 A.2d 1327, 1329 (Me. 1996); see Dep’t of Envtl. Prot. v.

State v. Papazian

124 Me. 378 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 24, 1925

house, on Main Street, where such laborers were lodged and boarded. … State v. Lambert, 97 Maine, 51; State v. Albanes, 109 Maine, 199;. State v. Mulkerrin, 112 Maine, 544; State v. Priest, 117 Maine, 223; State v. Pietrantonio, 119 Maine, 18, and State v. Dodge, 124 Maine, 243.

Jones v. Co-operative Ass'n of America

109 Me. 448 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 9, 1912

In Brown v. … See also Berdos v. Tremont & Suffolk Mills, 209 Mass., 489 ; Doolan v. Pocasset Mfg. Co., 200 *451 Mass., 200; Finnegan v. Winslow Skate Mfg. Co., 189 Mass., 580 ; and Steele v.

Farrington v. Inhabitants of Anson

77 Me. 405 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 27, 1885

Oldtown v. Falmouth, 40 Maine, 108. … Mitchell v. Rockland, 52 Maine, 118; Brown v. Vinalhaven, 65 Maine, 402. Judgment for the defendants. Peters, C. J., Walton, Libbey, Emery and Poster, JJ., concurred.

Bowie v. Stackpole

119 Me. 333 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 25, 1920

Humphries v. Parker, 52 Maine, 504. Probable cause does not depend on the actual state of facts, but upon the honest and reasonable belief of the prosecutor. Fitzgibbon v. Brown, 43 Maine, 174. Humphries v. … Humphries v. Parker, supra.

Daniel v. Ouellette

560 A.2d 566 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 6, 1989

We stated in Binette v. … See Gowell v. Thompson, 341 A.2d 381, 383 (Me.1975). The jury, not the court, determines the degree of credibility to which witnesses are entitled. Avery v. Brown, 288 A.2d 713, 715 (Me.1972).

Fine Line, Inc. v. Blake

677 A.2d 1061 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 13, 1996

He stated that the Board was not able to use the right of way for access because at a planning board meeting Paul Blake threatened to shoot anybody that went across his property. … In Saltonstall v.

Sandra Bastille v. Maine Public Employees Retirement System

146 A.3d 1102 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 9, 2016

SANDRA BASTILLE v. … before the 1 Although Bastille filed a motion for reconsideration with the Board, the applicable agency rules do not authorize such a motion, and therefore the January 23, 2014, decision of the Board

Chapman v. County Commissioners

79 Me. 267 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 8, 1887

But we also think the doctrine of the case of Levant v. Commissioners, 67 Maine, 429, does not admit of so illiberal an interpretation as counsel puts on it. … The rules prescribed in Levant v. Commissioners, supra, have had an excellent practical influence in preventing unwise and wearisome litigations.

Franklin Bank v. Small

24 Me. 52 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1844

The general rule in such cases is, as emphatically laid down in Weld v. Green, 1 Fairf. 20. Mr. C. J. … See Tyler v. Ulmer, 12 Mass. R. 163 . Such a sum would be the amount- of injury sustained by the plaintiff; and that is the correct rule in the assessment of damages in such cases.”

Buckley v. S.D. Warren Co.

54 A.3d 1274 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 7, 2012

. [¶ 1] William Buckley appeals from a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer on remand after our decision in Buckley v. S.D. … See Miller v.

Larrabee v. Lumbert

32 Me. 97 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

White v. Brown, 2 Cushing, 412 . If this could be regarded as an independent payment by the defendant, he would have the right to direct the application, under the general rule of law ; but it cannot be so regarded. … Whittick v. Kane, 1 Paige, 202; Holdridge v. Gillespie, 2 Johns. Ch. 33 .

State v. Maheu

115 Me. 316 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 16, 1916

Co. v. Co. Commissioners, 79 Maine, 386; State v. Robb, 100 Maine, 180; State v. Starkey, 112 Maine, 8. … State v. Mayo, 106 Maine, 62.

Inhabitants of Bethel v. Inhabitants of Albany

65 Me. 200 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 26, 1876

Westbrook v. Deering, 63 Maine, 231. Ham v. Sawyer, 38 Maine, 37. … Brown v. Gay, 3 Greenl., 126. Ripley v. Berry, 5 Greenl., 24. Esmond v. Tarbox, 7 Greenl., 61. Cate v. Thayer, 3 Greenl., 71. Williams v. Spaulding, 29 Maine, 112. Kellogg v. Smith, 7 Cush., 375 . Missouri v.

Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court

146 Me. 239 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 20, 1951

Subject to the right to levy taxes for municipal and county purposes and to exceptions of the nature of those considered in Hamilton v. … Portland Pier Site District, 120 Me. 15 , and Inhabitants of Sandy River Plantation v.

Blodgett v. Gardiner

45 Me. 542 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

Brown v. Sillsby, 10 N. H. 521. … Adams v. Cordis, 8 Pick. 261 .