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  • Kay H. Cox v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.

    59 A.3d 1280 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 15, 2013

    Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 229 F.3d 56, 63 (1st Cir.2000) (applying Maine law); see Johnson v. Amica Mut. Ins. … On March 24, 1998, the Town of Ken-nebunkport Planning Board approved the condominium plan and a recorded plat of the condominium, as executed by the members of the Planning Board, was recorded on March 30, 1998 in the York

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  • James v. Wood

    8 L.R.A. 448 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 11, 1889

    Com. part V, c. 35, § 2; Blades v. Higgs, 11, H. L. 621. … Union State Co. v. Tilton, 69 Maine, 244; Adams v. McGlinchy, 66 Maine, 474; Craig v. Gilbreth, 47 Maine, 416; Brown v. Ware, 25 Maine, 411; Burke v. Savage, 13 Allen, 408 ; Magee v. Scott, 9 Cush. 148 ; Armory v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Parsons v. Stevens

    107 Me. 65 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 14, 1910

    Pitman v. Thornton, 65 Maine, 96, 99; Clapp v. Thaxter, 7 Gray, 384 ; Brown v. Aspden, 14 How. 26 ; 2 Smith’s Chancery Practice, pages 5 et seq. … In Brown v. Aspden, 14 How. 26 , it was said "By the established rule of chancery practice a rehearing in the sense in which that term is used in proceedings in equity cannot be allowed after a decree is enrolled.”

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • State v. Hubbard

    486 A.2d 161 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 15, 1985

    See, e.g., State v. Hudson, 325 A.2d 56 (Me.1974); State v. Brown, 142 Me. 16 , 45 A.2d 442 (1946). … See State v. Engstrom, 453 A.2d 1170, 1173 (Me.1982). We conclude the presiding justice did not commit error. The entry is: Judgment affirmed.

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  • Neil v. Ford

    21 Me. 440 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1842

    Granite Bank v. Treat, 6 Shepl. 340. … The same doctrine was again stated in the case of Slasson v. Brown, 20 Pick. 439 , by Mr. Justice Dewey in delivering the opinion of the Court.

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  • Moore v. Maine Industrial Services, Inc.

    645 A.2d 626 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 3, 1994

    See also Wilkes v. … Hall v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 498 A.2d 260, 266 (Me.1985).

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  • State v. Thompson

    958 A.2d 887 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 4, 2008

    v. … .”); Lewien v.

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  • Gaetan H. Bourgoin v. Twin Rivers Paper Company, LLC

    187 A.3d 10 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 14, 2018

    Prosecuted or not, the fact remains that Twin Rivers would be forced to commit a federal crime if it complied with the directive of the Workers' Compensation Board. 11 See Skinner v. Ry. Labor Execs.' … We therefore address the Board's reasoning as described in the latter case.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • State v. Doucette

    544 A.2d 1290 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 29, 1988

    State v. Drown, 447 A.2d 466, 471 (Me.1982). … State v. Howes, 432 A.2d 419, 423 (Me.1981).

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • City of Lewiston v. Lincoln Street Associates

    573 A.2d 29 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 19, 1990

    Webb appealed to the board of appeals, which affirmed the planning board’s decision. … Inc. v. The Bank Josephine, 558 S.W.2d 597, 598-99 (Ky.1977).

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  • Bickford v. Aetna Insurance

    101 Me. 124 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 5, 1906

    Herrman v. Merchants Ins. Co., 81 N. Y. 184 ; Allen et al. v. St. Louis Ins. Co., 85 N. Y. 473 ; Rann et al. exrs. v. The Home Ins. Co., 59 N. Y. 387 ; Hoffman v. Aetna Fire Ins. Co., 32 N. Y. 405 ; 1 May on Ins., (3rd. … Day v. Mut. Ben. L. Ins. Co., 1 MacArthur (D. C.) 41; Hartford F. Ins. Co. v. Walsh, 54 Ill. 164 ; Withered v. Maine Ins. Co., 49 Maine, 200; Aurora F. & M. Ins. Co. v. Kranich, 36 Mich. 288 .

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Sabattus School Committee v. Department of Education

    644 A.2d 1380 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 21, 1994

    International Paper Co. v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 629 A.2d 597, 599 (Me.1993). I. … Gulick v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 452 A.2d 1202, 1207-08 (Me.1982). Under this standard, a factual finding will be set aside as clearly erroneous only if there is no competent evidence in the record, to support it.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Sacknoff v. Sacknoff

    131 Me. 280 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 20, 1932

    Spiller v. Close, 110 Me., 302, 86 A., 173 ; Laughlin v. Eaton, 54 Me., 156; Ballard v. Russell, 33 Me., 196. … Morrison v. Brown, 84 Me., 82, 24 A., 672 ; Hobbs v. Hobbs, 70 Me., 383. “It relates to cases when, by the very assumption, the hunsband may be a party with the wife, or not, at her election.” Hobbs v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Brooks v. Clifford

    144 Me. 370 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 5, 1949

    Rogers v. Brown, 134 Me. 88 ; 181 Atl. 667 . If the writ issues, the court at nisi prius has the jurisdiction to decide what should be done. R. S. (1944), Chap. 116, Sec. 14. … Tuttle v. Lang, supra; Comm. v. Dowdican’s Bail, 115 Mass. 133,136 ; People v. Court of Sessions, 141 N. Y., 288 ; 36 N. E. 386 ; 23 L. R. A. 856.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Wentworth v. Sebra

    829 A.2d 520 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 31, 2003

    Brown v. Dickey, 106 Me. 97, 103 , 75 A. 382, 385 (1909). We must assume the parties understood the meaning of the technical terms employed. … .”); but see Higgins v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Andrews v. Department of Environmental Protection

    1998 Me. 198 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 3, 1998

    See Bush v. … See, e.g., Bartlett v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • State v. Kovtuschenko

    521 A.2d 718 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 2, 1987

    See Townsend v. Dollison, 66 Ohio St.2d 225 , 421 N.E.2d 146 (1981); State v. Wenof, 102 N.J.Super. 370 , 246 A.2d 59 (1968). … Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank and Trust Co., 339 U.S. 306, 314-15 , 70 S.Ct. 652, 657-658 , 94 L.Ed. 865 (1949). See also Mennonite Board of Missions v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Nichols v. Dunton

    113 Me. 282 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1915

    See also High’s Extraordinary Legal Remedies, Sec. 24; Wood on Mandamus, Page 19; extensive note to Dane v. Derby, (54 Maine, 95) found in 89 Am. Dec., 722 ; and extensive note to State v. Gardner, 98 Am. St. … Rep., 858 ; Dennett v. Acme Mfg. Co., 106 Maine, 476.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • First National Bank v. Grant

    71 Me. 374 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 11, 1880

    J., in Harrington v. Dorr, 3 Rob. 283 , "cannottherefore be presumed in law to have limited such time to that before its maturity.” The authorities are decisive on this question. … Story on Promissory Notes, § 194: Dunn v. Weston, 71 Maine, 270; Brown v. Mott, 7 Johns. 362 ; Sturtevant v. Ford, 4 M. & G. 101; Parr v. Jewell, 81 E. C. L. 684; Maitland v. Citizens’ National Bank, 40 Maryland, 540 .

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  • Coombs v. Mason

    97 Me. 270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 1, 1903

    M., the plaintiff boarded an electric car in Bath for the purpose of going to his home. At the time the seats, aisle, front and rear platforms of the car were full of passengers. … Atwood v. Bangor, Orono & Old Town Railway Co., 91 Maine, 399. That the plaintiff’s negligence, if he was guilty of negligence, preceded and was independent of the negligence of the defendant cannot be questioned.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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