Case law

Cross v. Guy Gannett Publishing Co.

151 Me. 491 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 16, 1956

Sahagian, supra; Niehoff v. Congress Square Hotel Co., supra; Brown v. Rouillard, 117 Me. 55 ; 53 C. J. S. 247, Sec. 162b and cases cited. … As was said in Brown v.

Costales v. S.D. Warren Co.

832 A.2d 790 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 15, 2003

Relying on Pendexter v. … Bowie v. Delta Airlines, Inc., 661 A.2d 1128, 1132 (Me.1995) (quoting Peck v. Gen. Motors Corp., 164 Mich.App. 580 , 417 N.W.2d 547, 552-53 (1987), rev’d., in part, on other grounds, Pankow v. Gen.

Wellby Super Drug Stores, Inc. v. Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission

603 A.2d 476 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 25, 1992

When the Superior Court acting as an appellate court reviews the action of an administrative board, we directly examine the record developed before the board. Gerber Dental Ctr. v. Maine Unemployment Ins. … Thompson v. Maine Unemployment Ins. Comm’n, 490 A.2d 219, 222 (Me. 1985); Moore v. Dep’t of Manpower Affairs, 388 A.2d 516, 519 (Me.1978).

Sawyer v. Hammatt

12 Me. 391 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1835

Argenbright v. Campbell & wife, 3 Hen. & Mumf. 144. F. Allen, and W. P. Fessenden, for the plaintiffs. Rogers, for the defendants. … And the cases of Stowell v. Pike, 2 Greenl. 387, and Pease & al. v. Gibson, 6 Greenl. 81, have been pressed upon our consideration. Those were actions of trespass. This is trover.

Godfrey v. Haynes

74 Me. 96 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 2, 1882

This action is brought for the board of the defendant and his-wife by the administratrix on the estate of his father-in-law. … Spring v. Hulett, 104 Mass. 591 ; Thurston v. Perry, 130 Mass. 240 . Exceptions overruled. Walton, Daneoetii, Viegin and Symonds, JJ., concurred..

Kelley v. Kelley

77 Me. 135 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 17, 1885

Oliver v. Woodman, 66 Maine, 57, 58 ; Spofford v. True, 33 Maine, 291; Hale v. Brown, 59 N. H. 558. When wo come to consider the second suit, the plaintiff, John J. Kelley, stands in a more unfavorable light. … Keen, 115 Mass. 185 ; Brainard v. Shannon, 60 Maine, 344,) yet, from his own testimony, as was said by Danforth, J., in Baker v.

Hyams v. Old Dominion Co.

113 Me. 294 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1915

Directors of a corporation must act as a board, but it is not necessary that their action be formal or their votes recorded. Pierce v. Morse-Oliver Building Co., 94 Maine, 406. … Howell, V.

Waldo Bros. v. Downing

131 Me. 410 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 1933

Parson v. Monmouth, 70 Me., 262; Ross v. Brown, 74. Me., 352. … In Tuckerman v. *414 Hartwell, 3 Me., 155, and Hobart v. Dodge, 10 Me., 595, our Court adopted the reasoning of Jones v.

Smith v. Maine Central Railroad

114 Me. 474 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 10, 1916

The plaintiff drove the cattle to the station and put them in the yard owned by the defendant that was used as temporary quarters for cattle, which was 32 x 38 feet, boarded tight *476 except one place where there were bars … Moore v. Stetson, 96 Maine, 203; Austin v. Baker, 112 Maine, 268. The only claimed defect in the yard is that the bars did not restrain the cattle. There was no guaranty upon the part of the defendant that they would.

White v. Mooers

86 Me. 62 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 30, 1893

Ricker v. Moore, 77 Maine, 292 ; *66 Linscott v. Buck, 33 Maine, 530; Foss v. Haynes, 31 Maine, 81; Cross v. Bean, 83 Maine, 61. The memorandum of sale describes the premises as "store lot on corner” of two streets. … Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545 ; Mead v. Parker, 115 Mass. 413 ; Williams v. Robinson, 73 Maine, 186; Nugent v. Smith, 85 Maine, 433. The evidence fails to identify as the "store lot” anything short of the entire lot.

Robbins v. Foley

469 A.2d 840 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 30, 1983

Rogers v. Brown, 135 Me. 117, 118 , 190 A. 632, 633 (1937). … Franklin Property Trust v. Foresite, Inc., 438 A.2d 218, 222 (Me.1981); Mundy v. Simmons, 424 A.2d 135, 137 (Me.1980).

Eveleth v. Gill

97 Me. 315 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 11, 1903

Thus it was said by this court in Treat v. … Pillsbury v. Brown, 82 Maine, 450, 9 L. R. A. 94. The variance here is wide and substantial.

Eastman

135 Me. 233 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 9, 1937

Bradstreet v. Bradstreet, supra; Randall, Appellant, supra. Indeed, in probate, as in equity, (Redman v. … Neal v. Rendall, 100 Me., 574, 62 A., 706 ; Ross v. Reynolds, 112 Me., 223, 91 A., 952 .

Maine Green Party v. Secretary of State

698 A.2d 516 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 1, 1997

See, e.g., State v. Butt, 656 A.2d 1225, 1227 (Me.1995); Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 651 A.2d 358, 360 (Me.1994); Fraser v. Barton, 628 A.2d 146, 148 (Me.1993); Stanley v. … Board members serve for a period of three years. Id. at § 103(3).

Thorndike v. Rokes

76 Me. 396 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 6, 1884

The master of the vessel took on board all the timber ready for him at Marattico Creek, excepting three sticks, which, for their unusual or inconvenient size, he alleges he could not load upon the vessel until she should … The defendant chartered the whole of the vessel, and was to pay for its use a given sum per ton for all that should be carried. .The case in this respect does not differ from that of Husten v. Richards, 44 Maine, 182.

Stone v. United States Envelope Co.

119 Me. 394 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 18, 1920

These works were written and published before the cases of Niles v. Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., and Will v. U. L. P. Co., (infra) were decided. … Will v. United Lankat Plantations Co., supra.

Roger Desgrosseilliers v. Auburn Sheet Metal at al.

264 A.3d 1237 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 16, 2021

Johnson v. … See Daigle v. Daigle, 505 A.2d 778, 779 (Me. 1986); Dunton v. E. Fine Paper Co., 423 A.2d 512, 518 (Me. 1980); Clark v.

Inhabitants of Otisfield v. Scribner

129 Me. 311 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 14, 1930

Meigs v. Roberts, 162 N. Y., 371 . A board of assessors acting de facto can not levy a legal assessment. Springfield v. Butterfield, supra. … Tunbridge v. Smith, 48 Vt., 648 . “Legislatures can not give force to illegal sales already made.” Forster v. Forster, 129 Mass., 559 .

Mitchell v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

123 Me. 176 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 27, 1923

Mitchell was riding on some boards placed on a truck wagon, leaning against a bag of grain and facing toward the left or west. Mr. … Crocker v. McGregor, 76 Maine, 282; Lynn v. Hooper, 93 Maine, 46.

Mayo v. Hamlin

73 Me. 182 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 20, 1882

Knight v. Mains, 12 Maine, 41; Mann v. Edson, 39 Maine, 25. … Brown v. Williams, 31 Maine, 403. Was the homestead ever redeemed from ■ the levy and the claim under it extinguished?