Case law

Hampden v. City of Bangor

68 Me. 368 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 23, 1878

The board was not furnished on account of the town as supplies nor received by the person, who subsequently became a pauper, as such. … Canaan v. Bloomfield, 3 Maine, 172. Veazie v. Chester, 53 Maine, 29, 30. n Oakham v. Sutton, 13 Met. 192 , the supplies were claimed to have been furnished by an order drawn by Torrey, one of the overseers of the poor.

In re Hadlock

142 Me. 116 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 22, 1946

Donnell et al. v. Joy et al., 85 Me., 118, 26 A., 1017 ; Perry et al. v. Carleton et al., 91 Me., 349, 40 A., 134 ; Sawyer v. Beal et al., 97 Me., 356, 54 A., 848 ; Dunton v. … Whitmore v. Brown et al., 102 Me., 47, 65 A., 516 , 9 L. R. A. (N. S.), 868, 120 Am. St.

Denison Paper Manufacturing Co. v. Robinson Manufacturing Co.

74 Me. 116 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 2, 1882

In Garnsey v. … Burnham v. Hempton, 44 N.

Bragdon v. Blaisdell

91 Me. 326 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 31, 1898

Post v. Weil, 115 N. Y. 361 ; Avery v. N. Y. Cent. R. R. Co., 106 N. Y. 142 ; Clement v. Burtis, 121 N. Y. 708 ; Countryman v. Deck, 13 Abb. 110 ; Hoyt v. Kimball, 49 N. H. 322; Episcopal City Mission v. … Newell v. Hill, 2 Met. 180 ; Bronson v. Coffin, 108 Mass. 175 . Nor is it a stipulation to remove incumbrances or the like as in Pike v. Brown, 7 Cush. 133 , and Baldwin v. Emery, supra, 89 Maine, 496.

City of Auburn v. City of Lewiston

85 Me. 282 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1893

The case of Salem v. Andover, 3 Mass. 442 , seems to be in point, although decided upon statutes differing from ours. The pauper, an adult, fell terribly sick with some loathsome disease at his parents’ home. … Eoss for care and board, and these had been approved by the overseers and were payable. The liability to pay them was a cause of action, precisely as if they had been paid. Fayette v.

Richards v. Peddie

642 A.2d 157 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 16, 1994

(the “Seller”) appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Browne, A.R.J.) in favor of Harry Peddié, M.D., P.A., et al., (the “Buyer”). … Titcomb v. Saco Mobile Home Sales, Inc., 544 A.2d 754, 757 (Me.1988). The court’s determination was not clear error. The entry is: Judgment affirmed. All concurring.

J. Winslow Jones & Co. v. Binford

74 Me. 439 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 22, 1883

Alger v. Thatcher, 19 Pick. 51 . But this ofitself is not a contract. It is simply an appendage to one. The contract is not in restraint of, but rather an encouragement to trade. … Sedgwick on Dam. 5th ed. 478, 481; 3 Parsons on Cont. 159; Dwinel v. Brown, 51 Maine, 468; Lynde v. Thompson, 2 Allen, 456 ; Hall v. Crowley, 5 Id. 304; Chase v. Allen, 13 Gray, 42 ; Higginson v. Weld, 14 Id. 165 .

Parsons v. Clark

76 Me. 476 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 3, 1884

Sparhawk and Wife v. Bullard, 1 Met. 95 ; Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435 ; Commonwealth v. Charlestown, 1 Pick. 180 ; Walker v. B. & M. R. R. 3 Cush. 22 ; Attorney General v. Boston Whf. Co. 12 Gray, 553 ; Duncan v. … Parker v. The Cutler Mill Dam Company, 20 Maine, 353; Moulton v. Libbey, 37 Maine, 472; Veazie v. Dwinel, 50 Maine, 479 ; Preble v. Brown, 47 Maine, 284; Commonwealth v. Chapin, 5 Pick. 199 ; Attorney General v.

State v. Osgood

505 A.2d 478 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 24, 1986

See State v. Trafton, 425 A.2d 1320, 1324 (Me.1981); State v. Bazinet, 372 A.2d 1036, 1040 (Me.1977); see also State v. Brown, 410 A.2d 1033, 1037 (Me.1980). … See State v. Winchenbach, 501 A.2d 1282, 1284-85 (Me.1985); State v. Reed, 479 A.2d 1291, 1295 (Me.1984).

Webber v. Jones

94 Me. 429 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 11, 1900

Y. 412 ; Bingley v. Bingley, 5 Mass. 535 ; Hatfield v. Sohier, 114 Mass. 48 ; Moore v. Weaver, 16 Gray, 305 ; Haskins v. Tate, 25 Pa. St. 249. *434 II. As to the residuum. … Brown, 86 Maine, 572; Woerner’s Law of Administrators, § 434. This rule excludes Fred A. Jones, or his heirs, from participation in the residuum. But it will let in Helen A.

Inhabitants of Cambridge v. County Commissioners

86 Me. 141 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 1893

A highway having been laid out through sections of Penobscot, Somerset and Piscataquis counties, a petition for the discontinuance of the same was presented and heard before a joint board of the commissioners of the three … The principle affecting the present case was established in Newbit v.

Tufts v. Grewer

83 Me. 407 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 1891

Thompson v. Alger, 12 Met. 428 . … Brown, 34 Maine, 107, it was held that such an action would not lie although the articles claimed to be sold were manufactured after a peculiar pattern for the special use of the vendee, who refused to accept them when tendered

Quimby v. Boston & Maine Railroad

69 Me. 340 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 18, 1879

Knight v. P. S. & P. R. R. Co., 56 Maine, 234. … Tobin v. P. S. & P. R. R. Co., 59 Maine, 183.

Collins Granite Co. v. Devereux

72 Me. 422 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 20, 1881

confer a substantial benefit and security upon the laborer, by giving him a lien upon the stone for his wages, for at least thirty days after it is cut and dressed, and as much longer as it remains unsold, and not shipped on board … People v. Sweetsir, 1 Dak. Ter. 308 ; Winterfield v. Strauss, 24 Wisc. 394; Commonwealth v. Griffin, 105 Mass. 185 ; Barker v. Esty, 19 Vermont, 131. Judgment for defendant; and for a return with damages. Appleton, C.

Buckminster v. Acadia Village Resort, Inc.

565 A.2d 313 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 23, 1989

In Harris v. … See also Pine Gravel, Inc. v.

Doane v. Covel

56 Me. 527 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1869

The assent of the apprentice is given to the payment of board, &c., to his mother for his use and benefit, and nothing more. (2.) It does not specifically appear that the binding was "to the age of twenty-one years.” … J., in the case of Everett v. Day, 7 Mass., 145 .” So, indentures not under the statute were held binding on the father, though they might not be obligatory upon the son. Lobdell v. Allen, 9 Gray, 377 .

Eaton v. Town of Wells

760 A.2d 232 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 20, 2000

Warren Co. v. … Irene Brown, age 76, born and raised on the Mile Road accessing Wells Beach, testified to her memories of the beach.

State v. Rausch

365 A.2d 1029 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 15, 1976

Booth Bros. & Hurricane Island Granite Co. v. Smith, 115 Me. 89, 93 , 97 A. 826, 828 (1916). See also State v. Davis, 155 Me. 430, 431 , 156 A.2d 392, 393 (1959). … See, e. g., State v. Brown, 321 A.2d 478 (Me.1974); State v. Gervais, 317 A.2d 796 (Me.1974); State v. Miller, 252 A.2d 321 (Me.1969); State v. Biddison, 159 Me. 475 , 195 A.2d 532 (1963).

Lynn v. Hooper

47 L.R.A. 752 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 31, 1899

Crocker v. McGregor, 76 Maine, 282 ; House v. Metcalf, supra; Brown v. Eastern and Midlands Ry. Co., 22 Q. B. Div. 391. … Vernon, 35 Maine, 100; evergreen tree standing in cart, Davis v. Bangor, 42 Maine, 522; a rock, Card v. Ellsworth, 65 Maine, 547; a cow, Perkins v. Fayette, 68 Maine, 152; a hole, Spaulding v.

State v. Lawrence

541 A.2d 1291 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 19, 1988

She then posited that such traits are “across-the-board behaviors for [sexual abuse] victims.” … This issue is governed by our recent decision in State v. Black, 537 A.2d 1154, 1157 (Me.1988).