Case law

Smith v. Wadleigh

18 Me. 95 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1841

Arnold et al. v. Lyman, 17 Mass. R. 400 . This point has been directly decided, upon full consideration, in *98 Davis v. Miller, 1 Vermont R. 9. … What was said by Brown, did not amount to this.

Forest City, Inc. v. Payson

239 A.2d 167 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 7, 1968

Toulouse et al. v. Board of Zoning Adjust., City of Waterville, 147 Me. 387, 393 , 87 A.2d 670, 673 . … In Hutzler v.

Carpenter v. Hadley

118 Me. 437 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 19, 1920

Lancey v. White, 68 Maine, 28. A creditor now has eighteen months, as above stated. … Deposit Co., Applt., in re Pope, 103 Maine, 382; Lombard, Appellant, 88 Maine, 587; Dyer v. Belfast, 88 Maine, 140; Chew Heong v. U. S., 112 U. S. 559 . In Soper v.

Inhabitants of Cape Elizabeth v. Boyd

86 Me. 317 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 26, 1894

The plain meaning of the statute is that no action shall be commenced to collect a tax, unless its commencement is directed by some one of the boards of officers named, in writing. … So held in Morrill v. Dixfeld, 30 Maine, 157. And each suit should receive a separate consideration.

Marshall v. State

105 Me. 103 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 12, 1909

A board of State assessors shall be chosen biennially by the legislature by joint ballot of the senators and represenatives in convention, consisting of three members .... who shall' *105 take and subscribe the oath provided … V, Part Third, Sect. 1Part Fourth, Sect. 1, and Art. IX, Sect. II.

Berube v. Town of Sanford

561 A.2d 1031 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 27, 1989

The Berubes’ complaint alleged the Sanford Board of Selectmen seized a portion of their property by eminent domain absent public exigency, in violation of article I, section 21 of the Maine Constitution. … See, e.g., Giberson v. Quinn, 445 A.2d 1007, 1010 (Me.1982). The entry is: Judgment affirmed. GLASSMAN and COLLINS, JJ. concur.

Mason v. Belfast Hotel Co.

89 Me. 384 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 18, 1896

The defendant insists that this record is fatally incomplete as to Payson and cites Bowen v. Brown, 84 Maine, 376.

Staples v. King

433 A.2d 407 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 10, 1981

Wright v. Holmes, 100 Me. 508, 513 , 62 A. 507, 509 (1905). An example of such an illusory transfer is found in Brown v. Crafts, 98 Me. 40 , 56 A. 213 (1903). … We have not had occasion to apply the holding in Brown v. Crafts to a situation in which the transfer being challenged was an inter vivos trust.

State v. MacDougall

597 A.2d 411 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 2, 1991

Turner, 394 A.2d 798, 800 (Me.1978) (quoting Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 603 , 95 S.Ct. 2254, 2261 , 45 L.Ed.2d 416 (1975)). … Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 28-29 , 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1883-84 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). See also United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 906 , 104 S.Ct. 3405, 3411-12 , 82 L.Ed.2d 677 (1984).

Bean v. Ayers

70 Me. 421 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 23, 1879

Brown v. Atwell, 31 Maine, 351. Drew v. Livermore, 40 Maine, 266. Thompson v. Smiley, 50 Maine, 67. I. Are there any fatal deficiencies in the original writ ? … Caldwell v. Blake, 69 Maine, 458. In this view our decisions all concur. See cases supra. Hall v. Williams, 10 Maine, 286. Glidden v. Philbrick, 56 Maine, 222. Knight v. Taylor, 67 Maine, 591.

State v. F. H. Vahlsing, Inc.

149 Me. 38 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 1953

Scott Brown, for defendant. Sitting: Merrill, C. J., Thaxter, Fellows, Williamson, Tirrell, JJ., Murray, A. R. J., Nulty, J., did not sit. … Exactly the same question was presented to this court in the case of State v. Vahlsing, 147 Me. 417 . We there held that our so called potato tax law, R.

Soule v. Buck

55 Me. 30 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1867

By the decision of this Court, in Steward v. Allen, 5 Greenl., 103, the plaintiff is entitled to the remedy he seeks. … Steward v. Allen, above cited; Litchfield v. Cudworth, 15 Pick., 23 ; White v. Bond, 16 Mass., 400 ; Brown v. Clifford, 38 Maine, 212.

Young v. McGown

62 Me. 56 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873

It was determined in Young v. … Brown v. Kennedy, 33 Beavan, 147; Phillipson v. Kerry, 32 Beavan, 637.

Rutherford v. City of Portland

494 A.2d 673 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 20, 1985

See, e.g., Brunke v. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, 99 Ill.App.3d 25 , 54 Ill.Dec. 503 , 425 N.E.2d 15, 18 (1981); Yates v. Grecco, 85 A.D.2d 817 , 445 N.Y.S.2d 623, 624 (1981); Whitt v. … District of Columbia, 413 A.2d 1301, 1303 (D.C.App.1980); McCoy v. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, 79 Ill.App.3d 742 , 35 Ill.Dec. 70 , 398 N.E.2d 1020, 1022 (1979).

Brewer v. Roosevelt Motor Lodge

295 A.2d 647 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 17, 1972

In Torrey v. … Kimple v.

Tibbetts v. Central Maine Power Co.

142 Me. 190 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 28, 1946

The defendant has the burden of proving that the jury verdict is manifestly wrong, Marr v. Hicks, 136 Me., 33; Dube v. Sherman, 135 Me., 144; Cameron v. Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street Railway, 103 Me., 482. … Barnett v. Virginia Public Service Co., 193 S. E., 538 ; Lesan v. Maine Central Railroad Company, supra.

Sylvia v. Etscovitz

135 Me. 80 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 16, 1937

Weed v. Clark, 118 Me., 466, 109 A., 8, 9 . … Chaisson v. Williams, 130 Me., 341, 156 A., 154 ; Edwards v. Power & Light Co., 128 Me., 207, 146 A., 700 ; and Shea v.

Elder v. Miller

60 Me. 118 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1872

In Brook v. Aldrich, 17 N. H. 443, the mortgage was of two horses belonging to the mortgagor, and the description was held sufficient. In Harding v. … Chapin v. Crane, 40 Maine, 561; Skowhegan Bank v. Farrar, 46 Maine, 293.

Remick v. Erin, Inc.

414 A.2d 896 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 21, 1980

See Town of South Berwick Planning Board v. Maineland, Inc., Me., 409 A.2d 688, 689 (1980), and cases cited therein. … (Emphasis added) Matthews v. R. T.

Dunlap v. Dunlap

74 Me. 402 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 15, 1883

During the entire twenty-seven months of the testator’s last sickness, he had his home, paying his board, with his nephew, the husband of the appellee, and required and received from the latter constant care, attention and … His will expressly declares the intention to do what testators generally intend — to dispose of all the property of which he should die possessed (Lett v. Randall, 10 Sim. 112; Dole v.