Case law

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

Bangs v. Town of Wells

760 A.2d 632 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 27, 2000

See Home Builders Ass’n of Maine, Inc. v. … See Your Home, Inc. v.

State v. Nason

383 A.2d 35 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 9, 1978

State v. Cote, Me., 362 A.2d 174 (1976); State v. Gagne, Me., 349 A.2d 193 (1975); State v. Brown, Me., 302 A.2d 322 (1973); State v. Small, Me., 267 A.2d 912 (1970); see also State v. Sargent, Me., 361 A.2d 248 (1976). … In State v.

Gannett v. Old Colony Trust Co.

155 Me. 248 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 23, 1959

Fiduciary Trust Co. v. Brown, 152 Me. 360 . It has never been questioned, however, that the court has power to act in an appropriate case before a contingency occurs. Haseltine v. Shepherd, 99 Me. 495, 503 .

Green v. Jones

76 Me. 563 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 1, 1885

Parkhurst v. Van Cortland, 14 Johns. 15 ; Newton v. Swazey, 8 N. H. 13 ; Tilton v. Tilton, 9 N. H. 391; Matins v. Brown, 4 Comst. 410; Pulsifer v. Waterman, 73 Maine, 244; Kidder v. Barr, 35 N. H. 255. … Brown, St. Frauds, § 487; Tilton v. Tilton, 9 N. H. 390; Wetmore v. White, 2 Caines’ Cas. Err. 109; Story, Eq. Jur. § 763; Stark v. Wilder, 36 Vt; 755; Waterman, Spec. Perf. § § 270, 280.

State v. Hall

78 Me. 37 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 26, 1885

Wood v. Ross, 11 Mass. 271 ; Brier v. Woodbury, 1 Pick. 365 ; Hearsey v. Bradbury, 9 Mass. 95 . … Ross, 11 Mass. 276 ; Rollins v. Rich. 27 Maine, 561; Morrell v. Cook, 35 Maine, 211; Brown v. Dudley, 33 N. H. 514; Aldrich v. Aldrich, 8 Met. 106 . In Parker v. Barker, 43 N.

Heath v. Whidden

29 Me. 108 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1848

Mayor of London v. Cole & als. 7 T. R. 559; 1 Ld. Raym. 330; Hath- *111 orn v. Haines, 1 Greenl. 238; Morton v. Chase, 15 Maine R. 188. … Ev. 437; Kelleran v. Brown, 4 Mass. R. 443 . 3.

Mussey v. Mussey

68 Me. 346 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1878

Ellis v. Short, 21 Pick. 142 . Farnum v. Farnum, 13 Gray, 508 . Brown v. Cummings, 7 Allen, 507 . Ellingwood v. Bragg, 52 N. H. 488.

WINDSOR HOTEL COMPANY v. Central Maine Power Company

250 A.2d 194 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 7, 1969

Edwards v. Cumberland County Power & Light Co., 128 Me. 207, 212, 216 , 146 A. 700 . The common law duty of a public utility company distributing electricity is summarized in Carroway v. … See also Dabbs v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 194 Tenn. 185 , 250 S.W.2d 67 [1], 69 (1952), Smith’s Adm’x v. Middlesboro Electric Co., 164 Ky. 46 , 174 S.W. 773 , [12-14] 1st col. p. 779 (1915).

Moore v. Alden

80 Me. 301 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 14, 1888

Smith v. Fellows, 131 Mass. 20 . The following additional references may be profitably consulted upon the general questions of the case. Heath v. Dendy, 1 Russ. 543 ; Wells v. Borwick, L. R. 17 Ch. Div. 798 ; Potter v. … Brown,, 11 R. I. 232; McLean v. Robertson, 126 Mass. 537 ; Pom. Eq. Jur. § 1142, note and cases; Schoul. Ex. & Adms. § 490, and cases in note.

Babcock v. Wilson

17 Me. 372 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1840

This rule appears to have been approved in the cases of Seers v. Fowler, 2 Johns. R. 272, and Wilcox v. Ten Eyck, 5 Johns. R. 78; while it is impugned in Johnson v. Reed, 9 Mass. … In the note of Sergeant Williams to the case of Pordage v.

Adams v. Adams

620 A.2d 286 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 4, 1993

In the 1990 divorce judgment, the Superior Court (Browne, A.R.J.), awarded the wife $2,000 in monthly alimony and approximately $150,000 for her share of marital property retained by the husband. … Higgins v. Higgins, 370 A.2d 670, 674 (Me.1977).

Sproat v. Donnell

26 Me. 185 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1846

Cutler v. Winsor, 6 Pick. 335 . … Two decisions of this Court, viz: Dodge v. Bartol, 5 Greenl. 286, and Cram v. Aiken, 13 Maine R. 229, explicitly so decide, without qualification or exception. And Mr. Justice Putnam, in The T. C. Co. v. The M. Ins.

Cotting v. Estate of Tilton

118 Me. 91 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1919

Courts of Probate are wholly creatures of the legislature, Taber v. … Leighton v. Nash, 111 Maine, 525. As applicable to these rules what does the record disclose? Claim of Mrs. Johnson.

McMullen v. Corkum

142 Me. 393 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 16, 1947

“Libel and Slander,” 22, Par. 328; Patterson v. Wilkinson, 55 Me., 42; Bradburg v. Segal, 121 Me., 146; Brown v. Rouillard, 117 Me., 55. … Brown, 77 Me., 40; Newell on Slander and Libel (3d Ed.), 788, Sec. 781 citing 2 Greenleaf Evid. (15th Ed.), 410.

Warren v. Ireland

29 Me. 62 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1848

The case of Brown v. Maine Bank, 11 Mass R. 153, may be regarded as opposed to this construction of the statute. … While in the case of Pritchard v. Brown, 4 N. H. Rep. 397 , subsequently decided, it was held, that such estates were liable to be levied on for that purpose.