Case law

State v. Hill

606 A.2d 793 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 22, 1992

See State v. Cloutier, 544 A.2d 1277, 1280 (Me.1988); State v. Boilard, 488 A.2d 1380, 1384 (Me.1985). … Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47, 51 , 99 S.Ct. 2637, 2640 , 61 L.Ed.2d 357 (1979). In this case, Hill was validly stopped for a suspected traffic violation.

Lawler v. Hartford Fire Insurance

143 Me. 40 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 28, 1947

Young v. Aetna Insurance Co., 101 Me. 294 . … As is pointed out in Young v.

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.

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 .

Eddy v. Bangor Furniture Co.

134 Me. 168 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 10, 1936

In Uphoff v. Industrial Board of Illinois, 271 Ill., 312 , 111 N. … Holbrook v. Olympia Hotel Co., et al., 166 N. W., 876, 878 (Mich.). In Bargey v. Massaro Macaroni Co., et al., 218 N. Y., 410 , 113 N.

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.

Haynes v. Rowe

40 Me. 181 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1855

Foster v. United States Ins. Co. 11 Pick. 85 . … After the cargo of spars was shipped on board the schooner by Richards, under an agreement with the master to pay $450 for freight, the plaintiff purchased of Hugh Ross, provisions for the master to be used on board the vessel

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.

Bachelder v. Thompson

41 Me. 539 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1856

Rawson & als. v. Clark, 38 Maine, 223. If the amount exceeds, even by a few cents by way of interest, or otherwise, the exact sum required to satisfy the debt and costs, the levy will be void. Glidden v. … Chase, 35 Maine, 90; Brown v.

State v. Hewes

589 A.2d 460 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 18, 1991

See State v. Hewes, 558 A.2d at 699 . … The court (Browne, A.R.J.) denied that motion. At this point defendant, preserving his right to appellate review of these latter two decisions, entered a conditional guilty *461 plea, and judgment was entered thereon.

Elm City Club v. Howes

92 Me. 211 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 2, 1898

Upham v. Bradley, 17 Maine, 423; Trustees, Ministerial & School Fund in Dutton v. Kendrick, 12 Maine, 381; Abbott v. Chase, 75 Maine, 83. … Pillsbury v. Brown, 82 Maine, 450. There is no merit in- the defense.

Mullen v. Lewiston Evening Journal

86 A.2d 164 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 6, 1952

The decision of this Court in Brown v. Guy Gannett Publishing Co., 147 Me. 3 , 82 A.2d 797 , is entirely controlling of the instant case. … Newspapers are not entitled, in commenting upon court proceedings, to publish false statements with complete lack of good faith, and with motives of personal malice, and on the record, the principle declared in Brown v.

Hunt v. Rich

38 Me. 195 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1854

In Ruggles v. Lesure, 24 Pick. 181 , Morton, J., says ¡ — “Individuals have no right to lay out, widen or .straighten public streets or highways. Private interests would clash with public convenience.” … Bangor House v. Brown, 33 Maine, 309. Before the third in *200 structiou requested could have been properly given, it must have been shown by evidence that the principle was here inapplicable.

Faulkingham v. Seacoast Subaru, Inc.

619 A.2d 987 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 21, 1993

See Cutler Associates, Inc. v. The Merrill Trust Company, 395 A.2d 453, 455 (Me.1978) (“[W]hen an inadequate record is presented to the Law Court to support an appeal, such appeal must fail.”) (quoting Berry v. … Faulkingham v. Seacoast Subaru, Inc., 577 A.2d 772, 774 (Me.1990).

State v. Sanborn

120 Me. 170 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1921

Morrell v. Kimball, 1 Maine, 322; Gooch v. Bryant, 13 Maine, 386; State v. Knight, 43 Maine, 11. But this rule never contemplated that the truth should be shut out and justice perverted. … Morrell v. Kimball, supra; Brown v. Osgood, 25 Maine, 505; Hall v. Houghton, 37 Maine, 411; State v. Knight, supra.

Noyes v. Levine

131 Me. 88 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 3, 1932

Crosier v. Brown, 66 W. Va., 273 , 66 S. E., 326 , 25 L. R. A. (N. S.) 174. Under the pleadings of record definite bounds might have been given by special verdict of the jury. … Nicholson v. Railroad Co., 100 Me., 342, 346; Conant v. Arsenault, 118 Me., 281. Motion sustained.

Dunbar v. Greenlaw

152 Me. 270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1956

The defendant by his demurrer admits all facts well pleaded, Brown v. Rhoades, 126 Me. 186, 187 . Pennell v. Cummings, 75 Me. 163 , is a case of indeterminate insanity commitment. … Brown v. Rhoades, 126 Me. 186, 187 . Exceptions sustained. Case remanded.

State v. Nappi

369 A.2d 230 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 8, 1977

State v. Maples, Me., 343 A.2d 583 (1975); State v. Wedge, Me., 322 A.2d 328 (1974). Recently, in State v. … State v. Kimball, State v. Maples, State v. Wedge, supra.

Smith v. Dickson

225 A.2d 631 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 19, 1967

In Pillsbury v. … Pillsbury v. Brown, supra. In 1915 the “old county road” was mentioned as a bound commencing at the river *635 in a deed to the predecessors in title of both plaintiffs and defendant.