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  • Doe v. Scribner

    41 Me. 277 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1856

    The case of Woodward v. Marshall, 22 Pick. 468 , was an action against the assignees, as trustees, and they were discharged. Similar were the cases of Fairbanks v. Haynes, 23 Pick. 232 ; Brown v. … Foster, 2 Met. 152 , and Macomber v. Weeks, 3 Met. 512 .

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  • Mathews v. Fisk

    64 Me. 101 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1874

    In the -following December the defendant purchased the horse from Hatch and left him with Hatch to work for his board. … Spaulding v. Barnes, 4 Gray, 330 . An objection is taken to the form of the action. By It.

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  • Richardson v. Travelers Insurance

    109 Me. 117 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 8, 1912

    Hall v. Perry, 87 Maine, 569; Chandler Will Case, [02 Maine, 72. But mere intellectual feebleness must be distinguished from unsoundness of mind. … But on July 3, Blake, Barrows & Brown of Bangor presented the certificates duly endorsed by Mr. Richardson, and received a check on Boston for the amount. Mr. 'Sawyer states that he had known Mr.

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  • Wood v. Little

    35 Me. 107 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1853

    In Brown v. Turner, 1 Atk. 350, it was held, that a saw-mill and mill-yard' and materials for a saw-mill are not partible. The Court say, “ such a partition would destroy the whole.” … Though it was held in Codman v.

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  • Harold D. Smith & Sons, Inc. v. Finance Authority

    543 A.2d 814 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 29, 1988

    Gulick v. Board of Envtl. Prot., 452 A.2d 1202 (Me.1982). … See Hale v. Petit, 438 A.2d 226 (Me.1981).

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  • Stuart v. Fox

    129 Me. 407 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 29, 1930

    Bangor House v. Brown, 33 Me., 309; Palmer v. Dougherty, 33 Me., 502; Ames v. Hilton, 70 Me., 36; Winslow v. Reed, 89 Me., 67; Coleman v. Lord, 96 Me., 192; Young v. Braman, 105 Me., 494. … Brown v. Peabody, 228 Mass., 52 ; DeBaun v. Pardee, 139 N. Y. S., 1077.

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  • Frederickson v. Central Wharf Towboat Co.

    101 Me. 406 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 1906

    Pederson v. John D. Spreckles Bros. Co., 81 Fed. R. 205. … R. 299; Nelson v. Steam Dredge No 1, 184 Fed. R. 161; Nelson v. Sanford Mills, 89 Maine, 219. There is no essential conflict of evidence.

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  • Richardson v. Maine Insurance

    46 Me. 394 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1859

    Lowell v. Mid. M. F. Ins. Co., 8 Cush. 127 . … Brown v. People's M. F. Ins. Co., 11 Cush., 280 . According to the agreement of the parties, the plaintiff is to become Nonsuit. Appleton, Gutting, Mat, and Davis, J. J., concurred.

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  • Thomas v. Amoroso

    451 A.2d 898 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 26, 1982

    Fisher v. Dame, Me., 433 A.2d 366, 372 (1981) (quoting Gagne v. Lewiston Crushed Stone Company, Inc., Me., 367 A.2d 613 (1976) (emphasis in original)). … See Schwanda v. Bonney, Me., 418 A.2d 163 (1980); Brown v. Town of Wells, Me., 402 A.2d 57 (1979).

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  • Concord General Mutual Insurance v. Home Indemnity Co.

    368 A.2d 596 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 26, 1977

    See Mount Desert Yacht Yard, Inc. v. Phillips, 348 A.2d 16, 21 (Me.1975), citing Throumotdos v. … See, e.g., Float-Away Door Co. v. Continental Casualty Co., supra; Walker v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 268 F.Supp. 899, 901-02 (D.Mont. 1967); Gulf Ins. Co. v.

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  • Holcomb v. Palmer

    106 Me. 17 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 8, 1909

    Taylor v. Brown, 88 Maine, 56. … See also O'Rourke v. Beard, 151 Mass. 9 ; Powers v. Rafferty, 184 Mass. 85 ; Sawyer v. Banfield, 55 N. H. 149; Taylor v. Taylor, 9 R. I. 119 ; Greene v. Wilbur, 15 R. I. 251; Hamilton v.

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  • Donnelly v. Booth Bros.

    90 Me. 110 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 23, 1897

    These men selected the ropes used, from a quantity of ropes on board. … Co. v. Ross, 112 U. S. 390 . And 'in cases like Kelley v.

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  • Longcope v. Lucerne-In-Maine Community Ass'n

    127 Me. 282 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 5, 1928

    Browne on The Statute of Frauds, (5th Ed.) … The plaintiff cites and relies upon Carnig v. Carr, 167 Mass., 544 . In that case as in White v. Fitts the Court seeks for the intent of the parties and makes that the test.

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  • State v. McKinney

    588 A.2d 310 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 28, 1991

    State v. Huff, 469 A.2d 1251, 1253-54 (Me.1984); M.R.Crim.P. 52(a); see also State v. True, 438 A.2d 460, 467 (Me.1981). … See State v.

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  • Ekstrom v. Hall

    90 Me. 186 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1897

    In Meagher v. … Wright v. Gray, supra.

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  • Wilson v. Stratton

    47 Me. 120 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1860

    Corliss, 33 Maine, 333; Orcutt v. Nelson, 1 Gray, 536 ; McIntire v. … Ib.; Story on Contracts, 20; Brown on Sales, § § 44, 45.

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  • Wing v. Ayer

    53 Me. 138 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1865

    Brown v. Lapham, 3 Cush., 554 . The widow, having a right of dower subject to this mortgage, stands in the relation of a mortgager thereto, to the extent of her interest. … Carll v. Butman, 7 Maine, 102; Gibson v. Crehore, 5 Pick., 148 . True, she is not the only mortgager.

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  • Silverman v. Town of Alton

    451 A.2d 103 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 13, 1982

    Pentecostal Assembly, etc. v. Maidlow, Me., 414 A.2d 891, 893 (1980); Hurricane. Island Outward Bound v. Town of Vinalhaven, Me., 372 A.2d 1043, 1046 (1977). … Harold MacQuinn, Inc. v. Halperin, Me., 415 A.2d 818, 820 (1980).

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  • Fair Elections Portland, Inc., et al. v. City of Portland

    2023 ME 9 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 26, 2023

    v. … See Fair Elections Portland, Inc. v.

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  • Inhabitants of Boothbay v. E. I. duPont deNemours Powder Co.

    109 Me. 236 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 19, 1912

    Farmingdale v. Berlin Mills Co., 93 Maine, 333. Inh. of Bradley v. Penobscot Chemical Co., 104 Maine, 276. Georgetown v. Hanscom, 108 Maine, 131. … McCann v. Minot, 107 Maine, 393.

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