Case law

Inhabitants of Solon v. Inhabitants of Embden

71 Me. 418 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 18, 1880

Fitchburg v. Winchendon, 4 Cush. 190 , 194. The defendants strongly urge that the fact that the pauper held. … Rice’s note for $100 -which, according to an agreement between them, was to be paid by Rice in boarding the pauper, taken in connection with the further fact, that in a little more than three-months after his removal to Anson

Francis v. Stinson

760 A.2d 209 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 17, 2000

Burdzel v. Sobus, 2000 ME 84, ¶ 6 , 750 A.2d 573, 575 . … Id. [¶ 46] Likewise, in Harriman v.

Inhabitants v. Inhabitants

64 Me. 244 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873

Raymond v. Harrison, 11 Maine, 190; Hallowell v. Saco, 5 Maine, 143. … This is abundantly established in the cases of Garland v. Dover, 19 Maine, 441; Sanford v. Lebanon, 31 Maine, 124; Clinton v. York, 26 Maine, 167. In Garland v.

Huntoon v. Wiley

142 Me. 262 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 27, 1946

The plaintiff was in the highway, “about one foot on the road” near the left rear fender of the Chevrolet, and was assisting a lady who was on the running board of. the Chevrolet. … Hill v. Finnemore, 132 Me., 459, 464, 172 A., 826 ; Rogers v. Forgione, 126 Me., 356, 138 A., 553 ; Esponette v. Wiseman, 130 Me., 297, 155 A., 650 ; Gerrish v. Ferris, 138 Me., 213, 23 A.,.2d, 891.

Waterman v. Dockray

78 Me. 139 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 6, 1886

Board’s Appeal, 27 Conn. 344 . … Potts v. Smith, 3 Rawle, 361 ; S. C. 24 Am. Dec. 359 ; Sch. Exrs. & Admrs. § § 408 et seq.; Wms. Exrs. 915 el seq.; Beall v. New Mexico, 16 Wall. 535, 540 ; U. S. v. Walker, 109 U. S. 265 .

Starrett v. Inhabitants of Thomaston

129 Me. 132 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 19, 1930

The latter board denied liability; the former awarded him $300. … Hayford v.

Clancey v. Cumberland County Power & Light Co.

128 Me. 274 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 12, 1929

Shaw v. Bolton, supra; Sturtevant v. Ouellette, 126 Me., 558. Failure to look or listen may be strong evidence of negligence. Shaw v. Bolton, supra; Sturtevant v. Ouellette, supra. … Brown v. Railroad Company, 127 Me., 387, 393. Exception overruled.

Bryne v. Bryne

135 Me. 330 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 20, 1938

Laroche v. Despeaux, 90 Me., 178, 38 A., 100 ; American Sardine Co. v. Olsen et al., 117 Me., 26, 29, 102 A., 797 ; Bowman v. Geyer, 127 Me., 351, 352, 143 A., 272 ; Hurley v. … People’s National Bank v. Nickerson, 108 Me., 341, 343, 80 A., 849 ; Williams v. Sweet, 121 Me., 118, 119, 115 A., 895; Brown v. Sanborn, 131 Me., 53, 54, 158 A., 855 .

State v. Eastern Steamship Lines Inc.

124 Me. 76 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 7, 1924

State v. Stafford, 67 Maine, 125. State v. Frazier, 79 Maine, 95. … employees not to handle intoxicants, distributed circulars containing extracts from the Federal Prohibition Act; admonished its officials and servants to obey the law; stationed a watchman to prevent unauthorized persons from boarding

Richardson v. Winthrop School Department

983 A.2d 400 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 12, 2009

Bisbing v. Me. Med. … Burke v.

Garmong v. Henderson

112 Me. 383 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 3, 1914

Bean v. Ayer, 67 Maine, 282; Brown v. Starbird, 98 Maine, 292. The pleader attempted to aver a promise to marry and a breach, but failed. The language of the Court in Bean v. Ayers, supra, is peculiarly apposite. … Hook v. George, 108 Mass., 324 ; Graham v. Martin, 64 Ind., 567 ; Burks v. Shain, 2 Bibb., 341; Clement v. Moore, 11 Ala., 35 ; 5 Cyc., 1008; 3 Ency. Pl. & Pr., page 688.

Moser v. Town of Phippsburg

553 A.2d 1249 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 31, 1989

Delta Chemicals, Inc. v. Town of Searsport, 438 A.2d 483, 484 (Me.1981); Shawmut Inn v. Town of Kennebunkport, 428 A.2d 384, 393 (Me.1981); Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. … Chadbourne & Co. v.

City of Lewiston v. Tri-State Rubbish, Inc.

671 A.2d 955 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 16, 1996

Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 651 A.2d 358, 360 (Me.1994); Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. v. Board of Environmental Protection, 595 A.2d 438 (Me.1991). … Portland, Saco & Portsmouth R.R. v.

State v. Stevens

510 A.2d 1070 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 23, 1986

. § 3151 (1964); State v. Rundlett, 391 A.2d 815, 817 (Me.1978). In addition, the court pointed to the comment to section 253, gross sexual misconduct, which refers to the victims of rape as female. … Anderson v. Cape Elizabeth School Board, 472 A.2d 419, 421 (Me.1984).

Masse v. Wing

129 Me. 33 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 7, 1930

To prove that plaintiff was standing on the left running-board of the automobile, removing freezing mist from the windshield, w'hen the truck struck him, and carried him for a distance of seventy-five feet, plaintiff gave … Ferron v. King, 210 Mass., 75 . Discretion does not appear to have been exercised wrongly. An excepting party, to have his exceptions sustained, must show himself aggrieved. Davis v. Alexander, 99 Me., 10.

Town of Lee v. Town of Lincoln

351 A.2d 554 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 6, 1976

Up until 1933 the academy was a private, nonstock corporation governed by a' board of trustees. … Bowditch v. Attorney General, 241 Mass. 168 , 134 N.E. 796 (1922) ; Pennsylvania Co. for Banking & Trusts v. Board of Governors of London Hospital et al., 79 R.I. 74 , 83 A.2d 881 (1951).

Augusta Water District v. Inhabitants of Readfield

349 A.2d 768 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 2, 1976

(If the municipality has a comprehensive plan — as Readfield did not —approval of the Planning Board is also required.) … Frank v. Assessors of Skowhegan, Me., 329 A.2d 167 (1974).

Boucher v. Maine Employment Security Commission

464 A.2d 171 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 8, 1983

Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 35 Pa.Cmwlth. 647, 650 , 387 A.2d 510, 511 (1978) (general rule is that when one accepts job, he admits suitability of that job). … Johns-Manville Products Corp. v. Board of Review, 122 N.J.Super. 366, 370 , 300 A.2d 572, 575 (1973); see Therrien v.

Libby v. Woodman Potato Co.

135 Me. 305 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 21, 1937

Brown v. Reed, 81 Me., 158, 163, 16 A., 504 . … Philbrick v. Kendall, 111 Me., 198, 203, 88 A., 540 . On this record, however, damages are limited to the failure of the crop planted with the ten-ton lot of fertilizer.

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.