Case law

Veazie v. Forsaith

76 Me. 172 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 22, 1884

This principle, and the authorities sustaining it, are quite fully discussed in the case of Greville v. Browne, 7 H. L. Cases, 688, decided in the house of lords in 1859, and which Smith v. … Sohier v. Eldridge, supra; Parsons v. Winslow, supra.

Inhabitants of Wellington v. Small

89 Me. 154 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 24, 1896

Orono v. Emery, 86 Maine, 366. Good pleading requires that it should be alleged with time and place, Platt v. … In Briggs v.

Sheepscot Land Corp. v. Gregory

383 A.2d 16 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 24, 1978

Massa v. Jiffy Products Co., 240 F.2d 702 (9th Cir. 1957); Brown v. Kenron Aluminum and Glass Corporation, 477 F.2d 526 (8th Cir. 1973); Danbom v. Danbom, 132 Neb. 858 , 273 N.W. 502 (1937); Gillam v. … Gallegos v. Franklin, 89 N.M. 118 , 547 P.2d 1160 (1976); Brown v. Kenron Aluminum and Glass Corporation, 477 F.2d 526 (8th Cir. 1973); Massa v. Jiffy Products Co., 240 F.2d 702 (9th Cir. 1957); Danbom v.

State

153 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 13, 1958

Do any of the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 of Legislative Document 1637 delegate legislative power to the State Board of Education and the School District Commission in violation of Section 1 of Part First of Article IV … V.

Hapgood v. Fisher

34 Me. 407 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1852

Re ade v. Livingston, 3 Johns. Ch. 481 ; Hinde’s Lessee v. Longworth, 11 Wheat. 199 ; Seward v. Jackson, 8 Cowan, 406 ; Story’s Eq. Jur. § 354, et sequen. … If a man in solvent circumstances should sell a part of his property, and agree to receive the price in board, the law would not declare the contract fraudulent and void against an existing creditor.

Duquette v. Merrill

141 Me. 232 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 1945

Wilson v. Brown, 109 Ky., 229 , 139 Ky., 397 , 58 S. W., 595 ; Wooton v. Wheeler, 149 Ky., 62 , 147 S. W., 914 ; Record v. Foutch, 44 Mich., 89 , 6 N. W., 110 ; Bolton v. Good, 41 N. J. L., 296; Fos *237 ter v. … In State v.

Eveleth v. Little

16 Me. 374 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1839

In the case of Heywood v. Hildreth, 9 Mass. R. 393 , it was decided, that the whole proceedings after the seizure, hare relation to the day of the seizure. And in Brown v. Maine Bank, 11 Mass. … In the case of Allen v.

Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

651 A.2d 358 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 20, 1994

We have noted that decisions of the Board interpreting the Workers’ Compensation Act are “entitled to great deference and will be upheld on appeal unless the statute plainly compels a different result.” Nielsen v. … See 42 U.S.C. § 402 (v) (1993).

Irving v. Town of Clinton

1998 Me. 112 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 14, 1998

State v. … .1985) (vote of residents at town meeting to raise funds to relocate town dump did not authorize selectmen to enter into a consent agreement with the State that provided for monetary penalties for failure to comply with Board

Bradley v. Davis

26 Me. 45 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1846

Bank of Utica v. Smith, 18 Johns. 230 ; Shed v. Brett , above cited; Warren v. Gilman, 17 Maine R. 360. … S. v.

Holmes v. French

68 Me. 525 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 2, 1878

Oriental Bank v. Freeze, 18 Maine, 109. In Butler v. Palmer, 1 Hill (N. … So in Curtis v. Leavitt, 15 N. Y. 9, 153 , Brown, J., says: “ The borrower can have no vested interest in the penalty or forfeiture which follows the proof of usury in an action where that defense is interposed.

Haskell v. Inhabitants of Knox

3 Me. 445 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1825

The case of Wood v. Waterville, cited by the counsel for the plaintiff, was decided upon the eighth section of the statute of Massachusetts of 1786, ch. 81. … Their omission not only renders the case of Wood v.

Edwards v. Town of York

597 A.2d 412 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 7, 1991

The Superior Court affirmed the Board’s decision and this appeal followed. I. … Your Home, Inc. v. City of Portland, 432 A.2d 1250, 1257 (Me.1981).

Fisk v. Keene

35 Me. 349 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1853

Pells v. Brown, Cro. Jac. 590; Roe v. Jeffery, 7 T. R. 589; Doe v. Welton, 2 B. & P. 324. … Soulle v. Garrard, Cro. Eliz. 525; Dutton v. Engram, Cro. Jac. 427; Chadock v. Cowley, Cro. Jac. 695; Fitzgerald v. Leslie, 3 Bro. P. C. 154; Porter v. Bradley, 3 T. R. 143; Hawley v.

Bureau of Maine State Police v. Pratt

568 A.2d 501 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 29, 1989

If it is the determination of the Chief that a Disciplinary Board should be convened or that an Administrative Hearings Officer is to be designated. ... … Corbin v. Houlehan, 100 Me. 246, 251 , 61 A. 131, 133 (1905).

Walters v. United States Garage, Inc.

131 Me. 222 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 28, 1932

In Evans v. … Other cases reaching the same result by a somewhat different line of reasoning are Southern Garage Co. v. Brown, 187 Ala., 484 ; Mehesy v. Mission Garage, 60 Cal. App., 275 ; Millwork Co. v.

Howe v. Wildes

34 Me. 566 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1852

Plummer v. Walker, 24 Maine, 14; Dewey v. Brown, 2 Pick. 387 ; Lounsbury v. Ball, 12 Wend. 247; Baker v. Daniel, 1 Marsh, 537 ; 6 Taunt. 193. … Chitty on Bills, 33; Story on Promissory notes, <§> 85; Baily on Bills, c. 2, § 3; Edwards v. Davis, 16 Johns. 281 ; Com. Dig. Baron & Feme.

Spear v. Town of Wells

922 A.2d 474 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 24, 2007

See Maietta v. Torn of Scarborough, 2004 ME 97, ¶ 17 , 854 A.2d 223, 228 . … The entry is: The decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board hearing officer is vacated, and the case remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion. .

First Portland National Bank v. Rodrique

157 Me. 277 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 9, 1961

As late as our opinion in Fiduciary Trust Co. v. Brown, et al., 152 Me. 360 , 131 A. (2nd) 191, in which we cited Huston v. … Brown, et al., 152 Me. 360 , 131 A. (2nd) 191; Gannett, et al. v. Old Colony Trust Co., 155 Me. 248 , 153 A. (2nd) 122.”

Nichols v. Inhabitants of Athens

66 Me. 402 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 5, 1877

In Card v. Ellsworth, 65 Maine, 547, we recently had occasion to review the decisions in this state affecting the liability of towns in cases of injury occasioned by the fright of horses at objects upon the highway. … But the same horse might as well be terrified by suddenly seeing some rocks or bushes by the roadside, or be alarmed at a wood pile, a manure heap, a hay rack, a cart, a wheelbarrow, a guide-board, a telegraph pole, or something