Case law

Hardison v. Jordan

142 Me. 279 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 12, 1946

Susi v. Davis, 134 Me., 308; Kimball v. Hilton, 92 Me., 214; Young v. Pritchard, 15 Me., 513. Earl K. Jordan v. Newell G. … Elwell v. Borland and Sexton, 131 Me., 189; Spencer v. Bouchard, 123 Me., 15; Wyman v. Porter, 108 Me., 110; Brown v. Webber, 103 Me., 60. The case comes forward on defendant’s motion for a new trial.

Gerrish v. Proprietors of Union Wharf

26 Me. 384 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1847

Rock v. Leighton, Salk. 310. Ruggles v. Sherman, 14 Johns. R. 446. … Kelleran v. Brown, 4 Mass. R. 443 .

Bayberry Cove Children's Land Trust v. Town of Steuben

180 A.3d 119 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 27, 2018

Brown v. Warchalowski , 471 A.2d 1026 , 1029 (Me. 1984) ; see also 23 M.R.S. § 3023. … See Sturtevant v.

Bright v. Chapman

105 Me. 62 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 30, 1908

Wentworth v. Wentworth, 69 Maine. 253; Sullings v. Richmond, 5 Allen, 187 , 192; Jenkins v. Holt, 109 Mass. 261, 262 . Equity will enforce such ante-nuptial settlements ; Sullings v. … Gowen's App., 32 Maine, 516, 517; Kersey v. Bailey, 52 Maine, 198, 199; Tarbox v. Fisher, 50 Maine, 236; Smith v. Howard, 86 Maine, 203, 207; Paine v. Forsaith, 84 Maine, p. 71; Brown v. Hodgdon, 31 Maine, 65, 69.

Dutton v. Simmons

65 Me. 583 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 1876

State v. Taggart, 38 Maine, 298. Hubbard v. Smith, 4 Gray, 72 . Collins v. Douglass, 1 Gray, 167 . Commonwealth v. Gleason, 110 Mass., 66 . Regina v. Avery, supra. … N ye v. Drake, 9 Pick., 35 . Litchfield v. Cudworth, 15 Pick., 23 . Slasson v. Brown, 20 Pick., 436 . Commonwealth v. Mehan, 11 Gray, 321 . Frost v. Paine, 12 Maine, 111. We think that Henry “F.” Hawkins and Henry “M.”

St. Laurent v. St. Laurent

583 A.2d 211 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 7, 1990

Reviewing the District Court judgment directly, see Williams v. Williams, 444 A.2d 977, 978-79 (Me.1982), we agree with the Superior Court that it contains no error. … We find no abuse of discretion in the court’s refusal to charge the wife with the past cost of providing board and room in the family home to the couple’s adult son and his girl friend.

Matthews v. Treat

75 Me. 594 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 15, 1884

Moulton v. Libbey, 37 Maine, 472; Weston v. Sampson, 8 Cush. 347 ; Proctor v. Wells, 103 Mass. 216 . … Preble v. Brown, 47 Maine, 284. This privilege came to the plaintiff through the deeds of Giles C. Grant to Charles Staples and of Robert F.

Yusem v. Town of Raymond

769 A.2d 865 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 18, 2001

See Chase v. … Co., 662 A.2d at 931 . [¶ 15] In sum, when the taxpayer fails to provide the Board with evidence of just value sufficient to convince the Commissioners or Board that an error may have occurred, the Commissioners have no basis

Knowlton v. Rhodes

413 A.2d 546 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 22, 1980

State v. Gleason, Me., 404 A.2d 573, 578 (1979); Cote v. Zoning Board of Appeals, Me., 398 A.2d 419 (1979). See also Alton & So. Ry. Co. v. … International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, 463 F.2d 872 , 877-81 (D.C.Cir. 1972); Crowe v. Wheeler, 165 Colo. 289 , 439 P.2d 50 (1968); Moore v. Smith, 160 Kan. 167 , 160 P.2d 675 (1945); C. Wright, A.

Banker's Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska v. Eaton

430 A.2d 833 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 10, 1981

See, e. g., Service Life Insurance Company of Fort Worth v. Davis, 466 S.W.2d 190, 194-95 (Mo.App.1971) (“fiancee”); New York Life Insurance Co. v. … See Cardinali v. Planning Board, Me., 373 A.2d 251, 255 (1977); M.R.Civ.P. 56(c). The entry must be: Judgment affirmed. All concurring. 1 . The parties have made no choice of law issue in this case.

State v. Hurd

8 A.3d 651 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 16, 2010

v. … Brown, 562 F.2d at 125 (quoting United States v. Tateo, 377 U.S. 463, 466 , 84 S.Ct. 1587 , 12 L.Ed.2d 448 (1964)). Accordingly, I would affirm the judgment. . Although we referenced the policy concerns surrounding MR.

Parlin v. G. H. Bass & Co.

423 A.2d 948 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 23, 1980

In the words of our recent opinion in Axelsen v. S. D. … Willette v. Statler Tissue Corp., Me., 331 A.2d 365, 370 (1975). See also Pottle v. Brown, Me., 408 A.2d 1011, 1013 (1979). The entry will be: Employee’s attempted appeal in Parlin v.

Inhabitants of Jonesport v. Inhabitants of Beals

131 Me. 37 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 8, 1932

The legislature fixed no limit to the time within which the commissioners should act, and the reasoning in Auburn v. … The giving of notice of the meeting of a board of arbitrators in a case such as this is required. Auburn v. Paul, supra. But in such case, actual notice will suffice. Second Soc. of Universalists v. Ins.

Persson v. Department of Human Services

775 A.2d 363 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 26, 2001

Hawley v. Murphy, 1999 ME 127, ¶ 5 , 736 A.2d 268, 270 . … Brown v. Dep’t of Manpower Affairs, 426 A.2d 880, 888 (Me.1981). [¶ 10] The exact date that Persson received notice of the Department’s decision is not clear.

President v. Wilkins

9 Me. 28 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1832

In Moody v. … In Fisk v.

Kilroy v. Northeast Sunspaces, Inc.

930 A.2d 1060 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 28, 2007

Bangs v. Town of Wells, 2003 ME 129, ¶ 7 , 834 A.2d 955, 958 . We review the court’s authority to award attorney fees de novo. Truman v. Browne, 2001 ME 182, ¶ 12 , 788 A.2d 168, 171 . … Id. at 273 (citing Dougherty v. Oliviero, 427 A.2d 487, 489 (Me.1981)). Kilroy has seized upon that concept to argue that, because affirmative defenses are waived unless raised, see Inniss v.

Connors v. Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad

121 Me. 585 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 8, 1922

At night during the progress of the work the entire excavation was covered by a plank or board platform which was placed there by the laborers at the end of the day’s work and was removed in the morning before the next day … the plank which, if there, constituted as it was claimed an invitation to pedestrians to use it in crossing, rather than to take the street around the excavation, a situation clearly distinguishable from that in McLane v.

Moore v. Fletcher

16 Me. 63 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1839

In the case of Whitney v. Olney, 3 Mason, 280 , the devise was of a moiety of “ two paper mills,” and “ appurtenances.” Mr. … The jury have found, that the demanded premises have been used as a mill yard for depositing logs and boards and were necessary as a privilege for the enjoyment and use of the mill. Judgment on the verdict.

First of Maine Commodities v. Dube

534 A.2d 1298 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 18, 1987

Bowley v. Paine, 291 A.2d 712, 714 (Me. 1972). See also Jordan v. McNally, 124 Me. 216, 220-21 , 126 A. 876, 877 (1924). … Regulatory boards. Transactions or actions otherwise permitted under laws as administered by any regulatory board or officer acting under statutory authority of the State or of the United States; .... Id. § 208(1).

Pierce v. Adams

137 Me. 281 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 14, 1941

Field v. Huston, supra; Marr v. Hobson, 22 Me., 321; Pierce v. Faunce, 37 Me., 63; Brown v. Holyoke, 53 Me., 9. … Crossman, 76 Me., 577; Jones v. Woolen Co., 85 Me., 210, 27 A., 105 ; Brown v. Heard, 85 Me., 294, 27 A., 185 ; Smith v. Sweat, 90 Me., 528, 38 A., 554 ; Perry v. Buswell, supra.