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  • Elwell v. Elwell

    32 Me. 337 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

    We have already decided, (Motley v. Motley, 31 Maine, 490,) that the statute 4of 1849 does not repeal any part of the 89th chapter of the Revised Statutes. … It is provided in chapter 89, § 6, that “ a divorce from bed and board may be granted, for the cause of extreme cruelty; or whenever the husband shall grossly, or wantonly, and cruelly neglect or refuse to *339 provide suitable

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  • White v. Estes

    44 Me. 21 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1857

    that Talentine Estes delivered himself into his custody, as jailer, November 24, 1854; and went into close confinement, and so remained in jail, till the 8th of December, 1854, when he was discharged for non-payment of his board … Rollins v. Dow, 24 Maine R., 124; Fales v. Goodhue, 25 Maine R., 425.

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  • Tuttle v. George A. Tuttle Co.

    101 Me. 287 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 21, 1906

    Special meeting of the Board of Directors, called by the president, pursuant to the power given him in the By-Laws. Present, George A. Tuttle, John S. Millin. … Stanton v. N. Y., etc., Ry. Co., 59 Conn. 272 ; Smith v. Parker, 148 Ind. 127 ; Grape Sugar and Vinegar Mfg. Co. v. Small, 40 Md. 395 ; Low v. Railroad, 45 N. H., 370; Bell’s Gap Ry. Co. v. Christy, 79 Pa.

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  • Owen v. Boyle

    15 Me. 147 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1838

    Abbott held, in Brown v. Gracey, Dow. & Ry. N. P. … Gilman v. Elton, 3 Brod. & Bing. 75.

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  • Cole v. Chandler

    752 A.2d 1189 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 26, 2000

    See Beverage v. Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc., 502 A.2d 486, 489 (Me.1985); Li v. C.N. Brown Co., 645 A.2d 606, 607 (Me.1994). … See Li v. C.N. Brown Co., 645 A.2d 606 (Me.1994).

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  • Brooks v. Cedar Brook & Swift Cambridge River Improvement Co.

    82 Me. 17 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 5, 1889

    Brown v. Chadbourne, 31 Maine, 9. The legislature authorized the defendant company, among other things, to build dams across this river for the purpose of facilitating the driving of logs, and improving the navigation. … In Moor v.

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  • State v. Liberty

    498 A.2d 257 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 4, 1985

    See, e.g., Goldthwaite v. Sheraton Restaurant, 154 Me. 214, 221 , 145 A.2d 362, 366 (1958); Watkins Co. v. Brown and McPherson, 134 Me. 473, 474 , 188 A. 212, 212 (1936) and cases cited therein; see generally, C. … State v.

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  • Kraul v. Maine Bonding & Casualty Co.

    600 A.2d 389 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 5, 1991

    Brown v. Gillen, 569 A.2d 1206, 1213 (Me.1990); Baker v. Mid Maine Medical Center, 499 A.2d 464, 466 (Me.1985). … Co. v. Elwell, 513 A.2d 269, 272 (Me.1986) (quoting Roberts v. Maine Bonding & Casualty Co., 404 A.2d 238, 241 (Me.1979)).

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  • Howe v. Huntington

    15 Me. 350 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1839

    Muilman v. DeEuguino, 2 H. Bl. 565; Fry v. Hill, 7 Taunt. 397; Wallace v. Agry, 4 Mason, 344 . … Tindale v. Brown, 1 T. R. 167. Abbott C.

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  • State v. Clisham

    614 A.2d 1297 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 7, 1992

    See State v. … See M.R.Crim.P. 52(b); State v. True, 438 A.2d 460, 468-69 (Me.1981).

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  • Dow v. State

    275 A.2d 815 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1971

    On December 11, 1967 the Board charged the petitioner with violation of the conditions of his probation reporting to the Superior Court 1) that Dow on October 12, 1967 had been convicted in the Hancock County Superior Court … State v. Smith, supra; State v. Allen, supra.

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  • Penley v. Maine Central Railroad

    92 Me. 59 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 1, 1898

    Rowe v. Granite Bridge Corp., 21 Pick. 348 ; Proprs. of Locks and Canals v. Nashua & Lowell R. R., 10 Cush. 388 ; March v. Portsmouth & Concord R. R., 19 N. H. 372; Brown v. Cayuga & Sus. R. R. Co., 12 N. … Y. 492 ; Lander v. Bath, 85 Maine, 141. The case of Lander v.

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  • Field v. Lang

    87 Me. 441 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 16, 1895

    Soper v. Stevens, 14 Maine, 133. Equity will not accomplish an opposite result through an equitable lien, against the widow, or her grantee. … If defendant had procured a release of dower to the plaintiff, at his request, he might have had a lien upon the land for his advances, as wTas held in Perry v. Board of Missions, 102 N. Y. 99 .

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  • Lancey v. Foss

    88 Me. 215 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 13, 1895

    Evans v. Brown, 1 Esp. 170; Chippendale v. Tomlinson, 7 East, 57; Temple v. London, &c. Railway Co. 2 Jur. 296; Re Stafford, 18 W. R. 959; Herbert v. Sayer, 5 Q. B. 965; Fyson v. Chambers, 9 M. & W 460-466; Smith v. … Rep. 447; Eyster v. Gaff, 91 U. S. 521 ; United States v. Peck, 102 U. S. 64 ; Thatcher v. Rockwell, 105 U. S. 467 ; Sparhawk v. Yerkes, 142 U. S. 1 ; Sessions v. Romadka, 145 U. S. 29 ; King v.

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  • In re Nadeau

    170 A.3d 255 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 7, 2017

    That action was resolved by agreement between Nadeau and the Board of Overseers of the Bar, [¶ 12] In the single justice decision in Nadeau’s bar disciplinary matter, Bd. of Overseers of the Bar v. … Bd. of Overseers of the Bar v. Nadeau, BAR-05-03 at 5 (Mar. 2, 2006). II.

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  • Hatch v. First National Bank

    94 Me. 348 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 30, 1900

    See Chrysler v. Renois, 43 N. Y. 209 ; Howe v. Hartness, 11 Ohio St. 449 Citizens’ Nat. Bank v. Brown, 45 Ohio St. 39 ; Telford v. Patton, 144 Ill. 611 . The case of Klauber v. … Smith v. Crane, 33 Minn. 144 ; Towne v. Rice, 122 Mass. 67 ; Hope v. Barker, 112 Mo. 338 ; Crump v. Berdan, 97 Mich. 293 ; 1 Daniel on Negotiable Instruments, § 53.

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  • State of Maine v. Steven W. Bragdon

    120 A.3d 103 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 16, 2015

    STATE OF MAINE v. STEVEN W. BRAGDON MEAD, J. [¶1] Steven W. … Webster’s II New College Dictionary 677, 722 (2001); see State v.

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  • State v. Lizotte

    249 A.2d 874 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1969

    See Browne v. United States, 145 F. 1, 7 (2nd Cir., 1905). The acceptability of these twelve was determinable. … Christensen, 76 S.D. 201 , 75 N.W.2d 650 [11, 12], 654, 56 A.L.R.2d 734 (1956); Le Gro v. Moore, 1 Storey 116 , 138 A.2d 644 [1], 645 (Del.1958); Brown v.

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  • Perkins v. Blethen

    107 Me. 443 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 1931

    In Copp v. … Wyman v. Whitehouse, supra; Morrison v. Brown, 84 Maine, 82.

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  • Atwater v. Sawyer

    76 Me. 539 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 1884

    Markham v. Brown, 8 N. H. 523. The defendant further claims, however, that when he has reasonable cause to believe such conduct is intended, he may exclude though no such intent may have, in fact, existed. … Norcross v. Norcross, 53 Maine, 163. It is admitted that the defendant was an inn-keeper, and there was *544 no question as to whether " the relation of host and guest had attached.”

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