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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.
Cited 0 timesPublished414 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.
Cited 8 timesPublished55 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.
Cited 0 timesPublished62 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.
Cited 7 timesPublished609 A.2d 699 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 1, 1992
Copies of the letter were also available at a subsequent public meeting of the selectmen, and a copy of the letter appeared on the Town Office bulletin board located in the Town office vestibule. … See Moore v. City of Lewiston, 596 A.2d 612, 615 (Me.1991).
Cited 9 timesPublishedTibbetts 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.
Cited 5 timesPublished135 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.
Cited 5 timesPublished74 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.
Cited 1 timesPublishedNational Exchange Bank v. McLoon
73 Me. 498 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 29, 1882
Ranken v. Alfaro, L. R. 5 Ch. D. 786; Ex parte Hall, L. R. 10 Ch. D. 615; Hopkinson v. Forster, L. R. 19 Eq. 74; Thompson v. Simpson, L. R. 5 Ch. 659 ; Brown v. Bateman, L. R. 2 C. P. 272; Field v. Megaw, L. R. 4 C. … Morton v. Naylor, 1 Hill, 583 , and cases cited in note. Bradley v. Root, 5 Paige, 632 ; Phillips v. Stagg, 2 Edw. Ch. 108 ; Marshall v. Meech, 51 N. Y. 140 ; Alger v. Scott, 54 N. Y. 14 ; Brown v.
Cited 25 timesPublished126 Me. 84 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 23, 1927
was introduced, apparently intended to support her contention that the six huundred dollars that was in the house at the time of his death was hers, to the effect that a boarder who was her brother, paid the money for his board … J. 827; Flynn v. Gardner 3 Ill. App. 253 ; Brown v. Walker, 81 Ill., Appl. 396; Porter v. Dunn, 131 N. Y. 314 ; Re Mallory 35 N. Y. S. 155; Sampson v. Alexander, 66 Me., 182; Quin Applt., 120 Me., 546.
Cited 25 timesPublished598 A.2d 1190 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 14, 1991
. § 255 (Supp.1990)) following a jury trial in Superior Court (Hancock County, Browne, A R.J.). … State v. Calor, 585 A.2d 1385, 1387 (Me.1991); State v. True, 438 A.2d 460, 464 (Me.1981).
Cited 4 timesPublished634 A.2d 1275 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 8, 1993
Callier Weeks appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Browne, A.R.J.) on a jury verdict finding him guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or … State v. Barry, 495 A.2d 825, 826 (Me.1985).
Cited 5 timesPublished66 Me. 282 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 31, 1877
Hubbard v. Callahan, 42 Conn. 524 . Our attention has been called to the very elaborate opinion of the supreme court of Minnesota, in Kent v. Brown, 3 Minn. 347 , and in Craig v. … In Cook v. Fowler, L. R., 7 H.
Cited 2 timesPublishedFisherman's Wharf Associates II v. Verrill & Dana
645 A.2d 1133 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 18, 1994
See City of Portland v. … Casco Northern Bank, N.A. v. Edwards, 640 A.2d 213, 215 (Me.1994); Levesque v. Chan, 569 A.2d 600, 601 (Me.1990).
Cited 19 timesPublished570 A.2d 1217 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 1990
In Frost v. … See Driscoll v. Gheewalla, 441 A.2d 1023 (Me.1982).
Cited 7 timesPublished53 Me. 394 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866
Freeport v. Bartol, 3 Greenl., 340; Morton v. Deane, 13 Met., 35 . … In the case of Gill v. Bicknell, 2 Cush., 355 , Shaw, C.
Cited 4 timesPublishedInhabitants of Gardiner v. Inhabitants of Farmingdale
45 Me. 537 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858
Erom August, 1851, to Nov. 1856, the pauper was boarded in Gardiner, a part of the time with a nephew, and a part of the time with a Mrs Mayberry, her brother and sister paying for her board, under contracts which were renewed … In Nov. 1856, these parties refusing longer to pay for her board, she became chargeable.
Cited 0 timesPublished133 Me. 136 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 21, 1934
—Long v. Woodman, 58 Me., 53; Carter v. Orne, 112 Me., 367, 92 A., 289, 290 ; Albee v. La Roux, 122 Me., 273, 119 A., 626, 627 . … Words and Phrases, vol. 3, 2943.’ ” Great Northern Manufacturing Co. v. Brown, 113 Me., 51, 53, 92 A., 993 . To constitute fraud the false representation must actually be relied on. Duffy v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
Cited 11 timesPublished123 Me. 530 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 24, 1924
Foye v. Patch, 132 Mass., 110 ; Russell v. Place, 94 U. S., 606 ; Cromwell v. Sac County, supra; Embden v. Lisherness, 89 Maine, 581; Smith v. Brunswick, 80 Maine, 193. … L., 379, Sec. 171; Ryder v. Ryder, 66 Vt., 158 ; Hooe v. Hooe, 122 Ky., 590 ; 5 L. R. A., N.
Cited 5 timesPublished58 L.R.A. 288 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1902
Sullivan v. Lewiston Institution of Savings, 56 Maine, 507, 96 Am. Dec. 500 ; Gifford v. Rutland Savings Bank, supra; Brown v. Merrimac River Savings Bank, 67 N. H. 549, 68 Am. St. … Brown v. Merrimac River Savings Bank, 67 N. H. 549, 68 Am. St. Rep. 700 .
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