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  • Donaghy v. Leighton

    351 A.2d 125 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1976

    The commitment order bore the signature of the chairman of the Lubec Board of Selectmen. At that time Lloyd Leighton was a member of such Board of Selectmen. … Leighton was no longer a member of the Board of Selectmen. .

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  • Walker v. Carkin

    88 Me. 302 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 10, 1896

    The presiding judge instructed the jury that " an express wagon is commonly known by us all as a four-wheeled vehicle, with a straight body, commonly hung on springs, with a foot-board, a movable seat and a dumping tail-board … Smith v. Chase, 71 Maine, 166. The defendant is a farmer.

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  • Sweetser v. Lowell

    33 Me. 446 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1851

    Hammond's case, 2 Greenl. 33; Richardson v. Newcomb, 21 Pick. 315 . … Brown v. Littlefield, 29 Maine, 302. The refusal of the Judge to give the instruction first requested, was correct.

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  • Eric v. Warnquist v. State Tax Assessor

    2019 ME 19 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 29, 2019

    See BCN Telecom, Inc. v. … The Assessor denied the petition. [¶9] The Warnquists then appealed to the Board of Tax Appeals (the Board). 36 M.R.S. § 151(2)(F)(1) (2017).

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  • Jacob v. Kippax

    10 A.3d 1159 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 4, 2011

    Irish v. … Arel v.

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  • 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.

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  • State v. Bobb

    138 Me. 242 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 14, 1942

    I think, however, an examination of these cases shows that in only three of them, namely, State v. Brown, 118 Me., 164, 106 A., 429 ; State v. Mulkern, 118 Me., 477, 105 A., 177 , and State v. … O’Donnell, supra, a recent case succeeding the Brown, Mulkern, and Rogers cases, supra.

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  • McCarthy v. City of South Portland

    571 A.2d 833 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 16, 1990

    See Leadbetter v. Morse, 510 A.2d 524, 526 (Me.1986). … See Waste Disposal, Inc. v. Town of Porter, 563 A.2d 779, 781-82 (Me.1989) and Larrivee v. Timmons, 549 A.2d 744, 746-47 (Me.1988). The entry is: Judgment affirmed.

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  • State v. Conner

    434 A.2d 509 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 8, 1981

    See State v. Brown, Me., 410 A.2d 1033, 1036-37 (1980). We find here no obvious error affecting substantial rights. … See State v. Butts, Me., 372 A.2d 1041, 1042 (1977). State v. Brown, 410 A.2d at 1037 . As for the prosecutor’s comment as a whole, there is evidence which supports that characterization of the defendant’s conduct.

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  • State of Maine v. Eric M. Martin

    120 A.3d 113 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 23, 2015

    Brown, No. 05-70-P-S, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1628, at *4, *20 (D. Me. Jan. 17, 2006) (Cohen, M.) … (citing Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 373 (2003))), aff’d by United States v. Brown, 500 F.3d 48 (1st Cir. 2007); United States v. Almeida, No. 04-56-P-H, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15543, at *19 (D. Me.

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  • Dahms v. Osteopathic Hospital of Maine

    782 A.2d 774 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 22, 2001

    In Wallace v. S.D. … Similarly, in Joyce v. S.D.

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  • Delano v. City of South Portland

    405 A.2d 222 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 27, 1979

    See Brown v. Palmer Construction Company, Inc., Me., 295 A.2d 263, 264-265 (1972); Bartley v. Couture, 143 Me. 69, 78 , 55 A.2d 438, 443 (1947); MacDonald v. … People v. Kezerian, 63 Ill.App.3d 610 , 20 Ill.Dec. 178, 181 , 379 N.E.2d 1246, 1249 (1978); Washington v. St. Charles Parish School *227 Board, La., 288 So.2d 321 (1974); County of Nevada v.

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  • Groton v. Inhabitants of Waldoborough

    11 Me. 306 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1834

    These distinctions are stated by Lord Mansfield in Smith v. Bromley, cited in 2 Douglas, 696, and in Browning v. … Thus in Morgan v.

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  • Johnson v. Burnham

    120 Me. 491 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 15, 1921

    Party of the first part agrees to saw and deliver at mill, to party of the second part, sufficient board sticks to stick all lumber, Party of the first part to saw at his own expense boards for covering in mill, but to leave … Liberty v. Harris, 103 Maine, 191.

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  • Celentano v. Department of Corrections

    887 A.2d 512 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 2005

    . [¶ 1] The State of Maine Department of Corrections appeals from a decision of a hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Elwin> HO) awarding benefits to Michael Celentano. … We will not overturn a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer “unless it can be said that; the Board lacks a rational basis for its application of law to the facts.” Longtin v.

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  • 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.

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  • Merritt v. Bucknam

    78 Me. 504 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 20, 1886

    Bugbee v. Sargent, 23 Maine, 269; Merrill v. Bickford, 65 Maine, 118; Birdsall v. Hewlett, 1 Paige, Ch. 32; Pom. Eq. § 1246, note 2. … Earl, J., in Brown v. Knapp, 79 N. Y. 143 .

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  • Southard v. Wilson

    21 Me. 494 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1842

    Pierce v. Butler, 14 Mass. R. 303 ; Greenl. Ev. § 401; Hubbly v. Brown, 16 Johns. R. 70. The question then, is, was Bailey duly released, and was there competent proof of it. … Cocking v. Jarrard, 1 Camp. 37; Hobart v. Bartlett, 17 Maine R. 429.

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  • 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.

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  • Drummond v. Maine Employment Security Commission

    157 Me. 404 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 1961

    Asmer v. Livingston, et al., 82 S. E. (2nd) 456, 466 (S. C.). An Indiana case, Culbertson v. Board of Commissioners of Fayette County, 194 N. … See also Board of Commissioners v. Milliken, et als., 190 N. E. 185 (Ind.). Under the circumstances of this case, the plaintiffs have no right to a refund except by virtue of the statute.

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