Case law

Arnst v. Estes

136 Me. 272 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 13, 1939

Brown v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 208 N. C., 57 , 179 S. E., 25 . If each contributes to the wrong, the proximate cause is the wrongful act in which they concurrently participate. Brown v. … J., 1177; McCamley v. Electric Co., supra; Hefferon v. Reeves, 140 Minn., 505 , 167 N. W., 423 ; Stith v. Newberry Co., 336 Mo., 467 , 79 S. W. (2d), 447 ; Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. v.

Washington Ice Co. v. Webster

62 Me. 341 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873

Richards v. Porter, 6 B. & C., 437; Hazard v. Day, 14 Allen, 487; Lyman v. Robinson, 14 Allen, 242 . The case of Carter et al. v. Bingham, 32 Up. Can. R., 615, is in point. … Wood v. Braynard, 9 Pick., 322 ; Thomas v. Spof ford, 46 Maine, 408.

State v. Huether

748 A.2d 993 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 2000

See State v. Brown, 675 A.2d 504, 505 (Me.1996). “The legitimacy of an investigatory search or seizure requires a two-step analysis.” State v. Storey, 1998 ME 161, ¶ 12 , 713 A.2d 331, 334 . … See State v. Chapman, 495 A.2d 314, 317 (Me.1985).

State v. Dyer

371 A.2d 1079 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 4, 1977

See State v. Thibodeau, 1976, Me., 353 A.2d 595, 605 ; State v. Boisvert, 1967, Me., 236 A.2d 419, 422 . In State v. … See also People v. Cole, 1969, 382 Mich. 695 , 172 N.W.2d 354 ; Schade v. State, 1973, Alaska, 512 P.2d 907, 918 ; Commonwealth v. Mirtina, 1975, 366 Mass. 810 , 323 N.E.2d 294, 302 .

Moody v. Town of Wells

490 A.2d 1196 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 1985

, inter alia, that the board erred in its interpretation of section 11(D)(5) of the Wells Zoning Ordinance (merger of lots in common ownership). … Moody’s basic argument is that the proper interpretation of the merger provision is controlled by our decision in LaPointe v. City of Saco, 419 A.2d 1013 (Me.1980).

Bass v. City of Bangor

111 Me. 390 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 14, 1914

State v. Brannen, 3 Zab., 484; State v. Clark, 1 Dutcher, 54; Mayor v. Freeholders, 11 Vroom, 595 ; Brown v. Mullica Township, 48 N. J. L., 477.” *394 In Roosevelt v. … Starbird v. Brown, 84 Maine, 238; Jumper v. Moore, 110 Maine, 159; State v. Cleland, 68 Maine, 258.

Vachon v. Inhabitants of the Town of Lisbon

295 A.2d 255 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 20, 1972

Browne v. Bowdoinham (1880), 71 Me. 144 . … Hooper v. Cummings (1858), 45 Me. 359 ; Browne v. Bowdoinham, supra.

Delta Chemicals, Inc. v. Inhabitants of the Town of Searsport

438 A.2d 483 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 1981

Plaintiff, Delta Chemicals, appeals from an order of the Superior Court, Waldo County, affirming a decision of the Sears-port Board of Assessment Review which refused to grant an abatement of plaintiff’s property taxes. … Shawmut Inn v. Inhabitants of the Town of Kennebunkport, Me., 428 A.2d 384, 393 (1981); Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Inhabitants of the City of Presque Isle, 150 Me. 181, 189 , 107 A.2d 475, 479 (1954).

Robert Charest v. Hydraulic Hose & Assemblies, LLC

247 A.3d 709 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 30, 2021

Packgen, Inc. v. … See Urrutia v.

Vesanen v. Pohjola

140 Me. 216 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 15, 1944

Coburn v. Palmer, 10 Cush., 273 ; Jones v. Jones, 87 Me., 117, 32 A., 779 . It was a procedure which this court in Jones v. … Jones v. Jones, supra.

Robinson v. Stuart

68 Me. 61 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 16, 1878

It appears that one James Houdlette, having a bill of lading of a quantity of hay shipped on board the bark Savannah for New Orleans, indorsed the same to the plaintiffs, who thus as between them and Houdlette acquired a … Winslow v. Norton, 29 Maine, 419. There is nothing in the evidence which discloses any right on the part of the defendants to contest the plaintiff’s title.

Slade v. Slade

58 Me. 157 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1870

We do not perceive that the case of Sheaf v. Sheafe, 24 N. … Chase, 58 Maine, 258; Sturtevant v. Randall, 53 Maine, 149.

State v. Scott

343 A.2d 177 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 31, 1975

State v. Brown, Me., 302 A.2d 322, 324 (1973); State v. McKeough, Me., 300 A.2d 755 (1973). … In State v.

Trafton v. Dore

10 Me. 434 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1833

See Brown v. Bennett, 8 Johns. R. 96. … Homes & al. v. Crane, 2 Pick. 610 . In Barrow v. Paxton, 5 Johns. 258, there was an assignment of certain household furniture as collateral security for the payment of rent, by certain specified days.

Reardon v. Department of Human Services

822 A.2d 1120 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 5, 2003

In Maine Real Estate Commission v. … See, e.g., Ogunquit Sewer Dist. v.

State v. Ouellette

358 A.2d 538 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 7, 1976

State v. Leavitt, 133 Vt. 35 , 329 A.2d 627 (1974); Mabane v. State, 7 Md.App. 620, 256 A.2d 701 (1969). … Brown, 142 Me. 106 , 48 A.2d 242 (1946).

Boston Milk Producers Inc. v. Halperin

446 A.2d 33 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 20, 1982

Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Freddie F. … In Morris v.

State v. Gagne

343 A.2d 186 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 11, 1975

Lizotte, Me., 249 A.2d 874, 880 (1969); State v. … We faced this basic problem in State v. Brown, 142 Me. 106, 115 , 48 A.2d 242, 246 (1946) where we accepted the analysis of Chief Justice Peters in State v.

Whitten v. Greeley-Shaw

520 A.2d 1307 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 19, 1987

Co. v. Brown, 113 Me. 51 , 92 A. 993 (1915); Maine Mutual Ins. Co. v. Hodgkins, 66 Me. 109 (1876). … Zamore v. Whitten, 395 A.2d 435, 440 (Me.1978).

Bennett v. Prawer

786 A.2d 605 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 2001

Anderson v. Elliott, 555 A.2d 1042, 1049 (Me.1989). Rule 9 is remedial in nature and, therefore, should be construed broadly. See Director of Bureau of Labor Standards v. … Board of Dirs. of Maine Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 33 v. Teachers’ Ass’n of Maine Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 33, 395 A.2d 461, 463 (Me.1978).