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  • Curtis v. City of Portland

    59 Me. 483 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1871

    But it is impossible to distinguish the case in principle from that of the Female Orphan Asylum v. Johnson, 43 Maine, 180. … Storer, their secretary, to execute “ indentures for and in behalf of the board of managers; ” and the indentures were signed by the defendant and “ Mary B.

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  • Martel v. Desjardin

    93 Me. 413 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 1899

    Carey v. Brown, 92 U. S. 171 . In the case at bar, the mortgage under which the demandants claim was in favor of Lambert Sarazin. … This decision is supported by numerous authorities, among which we cite : Young v. Miller, supra; Pond v. Curtis, 7 Wend. 45 ; McKinney v. Jones, 55 Wis. 39 ; Gard v. Neff, 39 Ohio St. 607 .

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  • Billings v. Inhabitants of Monmouth

    72 Me. 174 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1881

    And the plain doctrine of Bessey v. Unity, 65 Maine, 342, and Parsons v. … The plaintiff offered testimony tending to put his case upon another footing than that of Parsons v.

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  • Knight v. Dunbar

    83 Me. 359 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 9, 1891

    The plaintiff had erected a close board-fence on a part of the line between them. … This view is well sustained by the reasoning and result, upon somewhat similar facts, in the case of Hatch v. Allen, 27 Maine, 85. Exceptions overruled. Walton, Virgin, Libbey, Emery and Foster, JJ., concurred.

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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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  • Maine School Administrative District 5 v. M. S. A. D. 5 Teachers Ass'n

    324 A.2d 308 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 5, 1974

    Rockland Professional Fire Fighters Ass’n v. City of Rockland, Me., 261 A.2d 418 (1970). … This act is fully analyzed in City of Biddeford v. Biddeford Teachers Ass’n, Me., 304 A.2d 387 (1973).

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  • Inhabitants of Biddeford v. Benoit

    128 Me. 240 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1929

    At a joint convention of the city government of Biddeford on October 13, 1924, it was voted that the Board of Aldermen, the Board of Education, the Principal of the High School and the Superintendent of Schools “form a committee … Robinson, Board of Education“A legal and valid claim in proper *245 form, Henry A. Pratt, Auditor.” The agent immediately receipted the bill and returned it to the City Clerk’s office.

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  • Mason v. Belfast Hotel Co.

    89 Me. 381 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 18, 1896

    Rockland v. Ulmer, 84 Maine, 503; Id. 87 Maine, 357. … It was assessed at the same time, by the same board of assessors, and was committed to the same collector and in the same warrant.

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  • Young v. Chandler

    102 Me. 251 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 15, 1906

    Smith v. Odom, 63 Ga. 499 ; Marshall v. Bachelder, 47 Kan. 442 ; Handforth v. Jackson, 150 Mass. 149 ; Peaks v. Hutchinson, 96 Maine, 530; Russell v. Richards, 10 Maine, 429; Tapley v. Smith , 18 Maine, 12; Hilborne v. … Brown et al., 12 Maine, 162; Salley v. Robinson, 96 Maine, 474; Readfield Telephone, etc. Co. v. Cyr, 95 *256 Maine, 287 ; and such agreement or intention may inferred from circumstances. 19 Cyc. 1048, 1049.

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  • Monroe v. Clark

    107 Me. 134 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 28, 1910

    The doors and windows may be made at the shop, the boards may be sawed and planed at the mill, or the iron work done at the blacksmith shop. These processes are all a part of the erection of the building. … Webster v. Real Estate Improvement Co., 140 Mass. 526 .

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  • Clarke v. DiPietro

    525 A.2d 623 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1987

    See DiBiase v. Universal Design & Builders, Inc., 473 A.2d 875, 877-78 (Me.1984); Conary v. Perkins, 464 A.2d 972, 975-76 (Me.1983); Maine Mortgage Co. v. Tonge, 448 A.2d 899, 901-02 (Me.1982); Boulet v. … Fortin v. Wilensky, 142 Me. 372, 379 , 53 A.2d 266, 269 (Me.1947); see also Dunham v. Hogan, 143 Me. 142, 144 , 56 A.2d 550, 551 (1948); J.B. Brown & Sons v.

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  • State v. Duguay

    158 Me. 61 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 20, 1962

    Street Railway, 101 Me. 591 , 65 A. 20 ; Rioux v. Portland Water District, 132 Me. 307 , 170 A. 63 ; State v. Brown, 129 Me. 169 , 151 A. 9 ; York v. Wyman, 115 Me. 353 , 98 A. 1024 . … “A I took just about two steps toward the cup-' board and I had the gun this way. (Indicating with arms) *78 “Q Where were you looking then? “A Down at the cupboard. “Q What happened then?

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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. Barbelais

    101 Me. 512 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 7, 1906

    Jones v. Sanford, 66 Maine, 585. … And in Commonwealth v.

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  • Inhabitants of Sanford v. Emery

    2 Me. 5 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1822

    .— This principle is in accordance with the decision in the case of Greenfield v. … . — It is true he was told by Allen, before he left the pauper at his house, that he had been misinformed as to her having been boarded at his house by the town of Sanford,; still it further appears that Allen never made

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  • Greenleaf v. Gallagher

    93 Me. 549 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 12, 1900

    Merrill v. … Moody v. Brown, 34 Maine, 107; Atwood v. Lucas, 53 Maine, 508. In the latter case it is said: “It is laid down by Mr.

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  • Smyth v. Titcomb

    31 Me. 272 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

    And a misapplication of the money by the board of agents would not affect the validity of the assessments. … Norwich v. County Commissioners of Hampshire, 13 Pick. 60 ; Thomas v. Leland, 24 Wend. 65 ; School District No. 1, in Greene, v. Bailey, 12 Maine, 254; Bussey v. Gilmore, 3 Maine, 191; Ford v.

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  • Webber v. McAvoy

    117 Me. 326 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 21, 1918

    Thurston v. McMillan, 108 Maine, 67, 71, 72; Smith v. Sawyer, 108 Maine, 485, 487; May v. Labbe, 112 Maine, 209, 210; Smith v. Booth Bros., etc., Co., 112 Maine, 297, 306; See also Chandler v. … Batchelder v. Robbins, 95 Maine, 59, 67; Brown v. King, 5 Met., 173 , 180; Lawrence v. Doe, etc., 144 Ala., 524, 527 . Assuming the acts done upon the so-called sixty acre lot to have been adverse (Alden v.

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  • Bradstreet v. Clarke

    394 A.2d 270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 5, 1978

    Hilton v. State, Me., 348 A.2d 242 (1975); Statler Industries, Inc. v. Board of Environmental Protection, Me., 333 A.2d 703 (1975); Greenlaw v. Rodick, 158 Me. 440 , 185 A.2d 895 (1962); Beckwith v. … See Haskell v. Planning Board of Yarmouth, Me., 388 A.2d 100 (1978). As provided in Rule 56(b), M.R.Civ.P., the moving party may move with or without supporting affidavits for a summary judgment in his favor.

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  • Almeder v. Town of Kennebunkport

    106 A.3d 1099 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 9, 2014

    State v. … , tubing, surfing, windsurfing, boogie boarding, rafting, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and the like. 26 D.

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