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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Hill v. Town of Lubec

    609 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).

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • National 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.

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  • Garland

    126 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.

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  • State v. Tapley

    598 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).

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  • State v. Weeks

    634 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).

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  • Capen v. Crowell

    66 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.

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  • Fisherman'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).

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  • Mason v. Crooker-Mulligan

    570 A.2d 1217 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 1990

    In Frost v. … See Driscoll v. Gheewalla, 441 A.2d 1023 (Me.1982).

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  • Horton v. McCarty

    53 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.

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  • Inhabitants 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.

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  • Stewart v. Winter

    133 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.

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  • Lausier v. Lausier

    123 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.

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  • Ladd v. Augusta Savings Bank

    58 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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