Case law

Rich v. Gilkey

73 Me. 595 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 28, 1881

Brunt v. Brunt, L. R. 3 Pro. and Div. 37 ; Cheese v. Lovejoy, L. R. 2 P. D. 251; Suyden v. Lord St. Leonards, L. R. 1 P. D. 154; James v. Shrimpton, L. R. 1 Pro. and D. 431; Brown v. … Brown, 8 Ell. and Bl. 876 ; Bowell v. Powell, 1 Pro. and D. (L. R.) 209. I therefore have no doubt, that a will destroyed by a person not possessing testamentary capacity, is not a revocation of such will.

Spottiswoode v. Levine

730 A.2d 166 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 25, 1999

Section 1691b of the ECOA grants the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board”) the authority to "prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this sub-chapter." 15 U.S.C. § 1691b (1994). … Pursuant to that authority, the Board promulgated Regulation B. See 12 C.F.R. § 202.1 (a) (1999).

Finch v. Higgins

953 A.2d 1142 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 24, 2008

Liberty v. Liberty, 2001 ME 19, ¶ 11 , 769 A.2d 845, 847 ; Weiss v. Brown, 1997 ME 57, ¶ 7 , 691 A.2d 1208,1210 . [¶ 10] Moreover, Higgins’s brief to us contained a number of arguments that are totally without merit.

Marr v. Hicks

136 Me. 33 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 1, 1938

E., 712 ; Ortwein v. Droste, 191 Ky., 17 , 228 S. W., 1028 ; Oakes v. Van Zomeren, 255 Mich., 372 , 238 N. W., 177 ; Ledet v. Gottleber (La. App.), 143 So., 71 ; Davis v. … Brown, 92 Cal. *38 App., 20 , 267 P., 754 ; Barret v. Caddo Transfer & Warehouse Company, 165 La., 1075 , 116 So., 563 , 58 A. L. R., 261.

Carney v. Averill

110 Me. 172 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 1912

R., Vol. 10, page 240; Baker v. … Oakes, 88 Maine, 367; Brown v. Lyford, 103 Maine, 362.

Stewart v. Grant

126 Me. 195 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 19, 1927

Paul v. Frye, 80 Maine, 26; Lynn Shoe Co. v. Auburn-Lynn Shoe Co. 103 Maine, 334; Johnson v. Johnson Bros. 108 Maine 280 ; Nutter et al v. Saco Savings Bank, 109 Maine, 124. … I had been boarding with Mr. Grant and continued to board with him until 1900. But in 1889 I told him one day that I wanted to have a settlement and he said he- was ready to settle at any time.

Watts Detective Agency, Inc. v. Inhabitants of Sagadahoc

137 Me. 233 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 19, 1941

In State v. … Power Co. v. Van Buren, 116 Me., 119, 100 A., 371 ; Michaud v. St. Francis, 127 Me., 255, 143 A., 56 ; Buzzell v. Belfast, 131 Me., 185, 160 A., 21 ; Tractor Co. v. Anson, 134 Me., 329, 186 A., 883 .

Townsend v. Chute Chemical Co.

691 A.2d 199 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 14, 1997

Bates v. Anderson, 614 A.2d 551, 552 (Me.1992); Ames v. … Brown Co. v. Gillen, 569 A.2d 1206, 1210 (Me.1990).

Michalka v. GREAT NORTHERN PAPER COMPANY

151 Me. 98 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 21, 1955

Phillips v. Sherman, 64 Me. 171, 174 ; Pearson v. Rolfe, 76 Me. 380 ; Brooks v. Cedar Brook Co., 82 Me. 17 ; Lumber Co. v. Electric Co., 121 Me. 287 . … Frye v. Moore, 53 Me. 583 quoted in Reynolds v. Hinman, 145 Me. 343, 359 .

Blood v. Beal

100 Me. 30 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 1905

The first objection raised by the defendants is settled in favor of the petitioners in Reynolds v. Waterville, 92 Maine, 292. … The order was then returned to the board of aldermen who insisted upon their former action and asked for a committee of conference.

Samson v. DiConzo

669 A.2d 760 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 17, 1996

In McKellar v. … Li v. C.N. Brown, 645 A.2d 606, 609 (Me.1994). Plaintiff has failed to show that the DiConzos have a second status that constitutes a separate legal entity.

Peavey v. Calais Railroad

30 Me. 498 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

Babcock v. W. R. Road Corporation, 9 Metc. 553 . … Lapish v. Bangor Bank, 8 Greenl. 85.

Inhabitants of West Gardiner v. Inhabitants of Manchester

72 Me. 509 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 3, 1881

She remained with them *512 four years, her father during tbattime paying something towards her board and furnishing her with a portion of her clothing. He then proposed to take her away, when Mr. … Lowell v. Newport, 66 Maine, 78. Judgment for plaintiffs. Appleton, C. J., Barrows, Daneorth, Virgin and Symonds, JJ., concurred. Libbey, J., having once been of counsel for the plaintiffs did not sit.

Doughty v. Work Opportunities Unlimited/Leddy Group

33 A.3d 410 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 13, 2011

West v. C.A.M. Logging, 670 A.2d 934, 937 (Me.1996) (quotation marks omitted); see also Timberlake v. … See Laskey v.

Hann v. Merrill

305 A.2d 545 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 24, 1973

More than six years later, on July 29, 1969, the Secretary of the Board of Selectmen purported to amend the minutes by adding: “I, R. A. … Board of Chosen Freeholders of Essex County, 30 N.J. 381 , 153 A.2d 10 (1959); 50 Am.Jur., Statutes, § 28; 82C.J.S. Statutes § 380.

Braman, Dow & Co. v. Kennebec Gas & Fuel Co.

117 Me. 291 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 3, 1918

Washington Gaslight Co. v. Lansdell, 172 U. S., 534 , s. c. Law. Ed. Bk. 43, page 543. … Trundy v. Farrar, 32 Maine, 227; Heath v. Stoddard, 91 Maine, 499.

State v. Mann

143 Me. 305 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 22, 1948

State v. Jones, 137 Me. 137 ; 16 A. (2nd) 103; Benner v. Benner, 120 Me. 468 ; 115 A. 202 . … Brown, 142 Me. 106 ; 45 Atl. (2nd) 442, 445; nor is there a direct or indirect expression of opinion as prohibited by R. S. 1944, Chap. 100, Sec. 105.

Portland Pipe Line Corporation v. City of South Portland

2020 ME 125 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 29, 2020

The City’s Planning Board also approved the change. Id. at 14. … Portland Pipe Line Corp. v.

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

State v. Wallace

121 Me. 83 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 24, 1921

State v. Piche, 98 Maine, 348; State v. Starr, 67 Maine, 242; State v. McCafferty, 63 Maine, 223. Counsel cites Heintz v. … Commonwealth v. Leo, 110 Mass., 414 ; Commonwealth v. Peto, 136 Mass., 155 . In Commonwealth v.