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  • State v. Barrows

    76 Me. 401 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 26, 1884

    The Queen v. Thompson, L. R. 1 C. C. 378; The Queen v. Winsor, L. R. 1 Q. B. 390; The Queen v. Payne, L. R. 1 C. C. 349; The Queen v. Deeley, 11 Cox. C. C. 607. … Com. v. Brown, 130 Mass. 279 . If the argument for the defendant is sound, then the common law rule has become reversed.

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  • Stevens v. Parsons

    80 Me. 351 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1888

    Little v. Rogers, 1 Met. 108 ; Masters v. Barretto, 8 C. B. 433; Brown v. De Winton, 6 C. B. 336 ; Gay v. Lander, 6 C. B. 336 ; Hooper v. Williams, 2 Ex. 13 ; Absalon v. Marks, 11 Q. B. 19. … Bigelow v. Colton, Clapp v. Rice , and Dubois v.

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  • Madunkeunk Dam & Improvement Co. v. E. F. Allen Clothing Co.

    102 Me. 257 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1906

    Smith v. Kelley, 43 Mich. 390 ; Peterson v. Anderson, 44 Mich. 441 . … Improvement Co. v.

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  • Inhabitants of Georgetown v. Hanscome

    108 Me. 131 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 11, 1911

    As was said in Grower v. … Ellsworth v. Brown, 53 Maine, 519; Farmingdale v. Berlin Mills Co., 93 Maine, 333.

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  • Howe v. Saunders

    38 Me. 350 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1854

    Barrett v. Barrett, 8 Greenl. 353; Ware v. Webb, 32 Maine, 41; Austin v. Bostwich, 9 Conn. 496 ; Martin v. Williams, 17 Johns. 330 ; Newlin v. Duncan, 1 Harring. 204 ; Oliver v. Gray, 1 Har. & Gill. 264; Bell v. … C. 351; Lonsdale v. Brown, 3 Wash. C. C. 404 ; Ames v. LeRue, 2 McLean, 216 .

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  • Furlong v. Polleys

    30 Me. 491 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

    . — The defendants made with the plaintiff, a contract of purchase of “ ten tons of merchantable meadow hay,” and of a “logging chance,” on township numbered nine, and gave their notes therefor, payable in boards. … Leigh v. Paterson, 8 Taunt. 540; Gainsford v. Carroll, 2 B. & C. 624; Boorman v. Nash, 9 B. & C. 145; Shepherd v. Hampton, 3 Wheat. 200 ; Day v. Dox, 9 Wend. 129 ; Davis v. Shields, 24 Wend. 322 ; Shaw v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Estate of O'Connor

    615 A.2d 1179 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 12, 1992

    Browne v. Dubey, 251 A.2d 424, 425 (Me.1969) (citing Morrill v. Morrill, 116 Me. 154, 155 , 100 A. 756 (1917)). … Hamm v. Hamm, 584 A.2d 59, 62 (Me.1990).

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  • Simpson v. Simpson

    119 Me. 14 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 11, 1920

    State v. Hill, 48 Maine, 24; Brown v. Moore, 79 Maine, 216. But our Law Court is not a court of common law jurisdiction, and therefore has no inherent power to grant new trials. … Referring to Holmes v. Holmes and Lord v.

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  • Campbell v. Town of MacHias

    661 A.2d 1133 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 19, 1995

    In the seminal case, NLRB v. … until completion of the Board’s hearing. 437 U.S. at 236 , 98 S.Ct. at 2324 ...Similarly, in Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Saucier v. Portland

    932 A.2d 1178 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 18, 2007

    Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 651 A.2d 358, 360 (Me.1994). … Costales v. S.D. Warren Co., 2003 ME 115, ¶ 7 , 832 A.2d 790, 792 .

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  • Watt v. Corey

    76 Me. 87 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 2, 1884

    White v. Carr, 71 Maine, 555. In Hewett v. … Stevens v. Fassett, supra; White v. Carr, supra.

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  • Stewart v. Stewart

    143 Me. 406 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 16, 1948

    This principle was applied in the divorce field in Sweet v. Sweet, 119 Me. 81 ; 109 A. 379 ; Michels v. Michels, 120 Me. 395 ; 115 A. 161 ; 18 A. L. R. 570; Bond v. Bond, 127 Me. 117 ; 141 A. 833 ; and Alpert v. … Libelant’s allegation of her residence may be said to have the support of credible evidence in.proof that she was paying board at the place where she was living.

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  • Wilson v. Condon

    153 A.3d 98 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 29, 2016

    See Reardon v. Larkin, 2010 ME 86, ¶¶ 16-17 , 3 A.3d 376 ; Pelletier v. Fort Kent Golf Club, 662 A.2d 220, 224-25 (Me. 1995); Westlake v. Morton, 655 A.2d 334, 336 (Me. 1995); Stubbs v. … Brown, 288 A.2d 713, 715 (Me. 1972) (“The degree of credibility to which witnesses are entitled is for the jury and not the court to decide.”). [¶ 9] Wilson also contends, based on Questions 3 and 4 of the verdict form, 1

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  • Town of Pownal v. Emerson

    639 A.2d 619 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 25, 1994

    Waterville Hotel Corp. v. Board of Zoning Appeals, 241 A.2d 50, 53 (Me.1968). … See Chandler v.

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  • Dudley v. Wyler

    647 A.2d 90 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 25, 1994

    See Niner v. … See Kleinschmidt v. Morrow, 642 A.2d 161, 165-66 (Me.1994); Bartner v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State v. Dolan

    69 Me. 573 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 7, 1879

    State v. Gorham, 65 Maine, 273. State v. Wentworth, Id. 247. … In Com. v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Express Scripts Inc. et al.

    304 A.3d 239 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 7, 2023

    Franchise Tax Board, 463 U.S. 159, 169-70 (1983). … Dyer v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Wells v. Northeastern Telephone Co.

    101 Me. 371 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 9, 1906

    (Derry v. Flitner, 118 Mass. 133 .) … Woodward v. Aborn, 35 Maine, 271; Smith v. Faxon, 156 Mass. 598 .

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  • State v. Rees

    748 A.2d 976 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 2000

    As the Supreme Court stated in Brown v. … This holding was limited in Brown v. Walker. See Brown, 161 U.S. at 608 , 16 S.Ct. 644 . . The underlying case arose before the Supreme Court’s opinion in Miranda v.

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  • Hare v. McIntire

    8 L.R.A. 450 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 4, 1890

    Dwelly v. Dwelly, 46 Maine, 377; Carle v. Bangor & Pisc. Canal R. R. Co., 43 Maine, 269. … And it has been directly adjudicated in Wright v. Roxburgh, 2 Ct. Sess. Cas. (3d series) 748; Hinds v. Harbou, 58 Ind. 121 ; Hinds v. Overacher, 66 Ind. 547 ; Griffiths v. Wolfram, 22 Minn. 185 ; and in Osborne v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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