Case law

Leavens v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

135 Me. 365 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 16, 1938

Hawkins v. Theaters Co., 132 Me., 1, 164 A., 628 ; Jordan v. Hilbert, 131 Me., 56, 158 A., 853 ; Hovey v. Bell, 112 Me., 192, 91 A., 844 . … Brown v. Bishop, 105 Me., 272, 74 A., 724 ; Ackley & Co. v. Hunter-Benn & Co’s. Company, 166 Ala., 295, 307 , 51 So., 964 ; Simon v. Etgen, 213 N. Y., 589, 595 , 107 N. E., 1066 .

Bradford v. Davis

143 Me. 124 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 9, 1947

Colby v. Tarr, 140 Me. 128 ; Fish v. Baker, 74 Me. 107 ; Royal Insurance Co. v. Nelke, 117 Me. 366 ; Dunn v. Motor Co., 92 Me. 165 ; Borneman v. Milliken, 118 Me. 168 ; Mann v. Homestead Co., 134 Me. 37 ; McKown v. … . *129 There are some departures from this general rule, such as in cases of exceptions to a directed verdict, Brown v. Sanborn, 131 Me. 53 , or to a nonsuit, People’s Bank v. Nickerson, 108 Me. 341 ; Bouchles v.

Andrews v. Schoppe

84 Me. 170 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 12, 1892

The court in a later case (Brown v. Cogswell, 5 Allen, 556 ), while admitting the correctness of this decision, admitted that the doctrine was carried as far as it could safely extend. … In the same line might be cited Rawlins v. Jennings, 13 Ves. 39 ; Crichton v. Symes, 3 Atk. 61; Timewell v. Perkins, 2 Atk. 103; Cook v. Oakley, 1 P. W. 302; Porter v. Tournay, 3 Ves. 311; Hotham v.

State v. Tompkins

431 A.2d 619 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 6, 1981

Although the boat did not go out fishing, he spent the next two days working on board. Following work on June 8, rather than returning to Bolduc, Tompkins stayed and socialized with other members of the boat crew. … See State v. Whitman, Me., 429 A.2d 203, 208-09 (1981) (concurring opinion); State v. Wing, Me., 426 A.2d 1375 (1981).

Norton v. Smith

130 Me. 58 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 13, 1931

Power Co. v. Foundation Co., 129 Me., 81; Callinan v. Tetrault, 123 Me., 302; Pillsbury v. Brown, 82 Me., 450, 455. … Dist. of Columbia v. Cornell, 130 U. S., 655, 658 ; Sullivan v. Shea, 32 Cal. App., 369 ; Darland v. Taylor, 52 Iowa, 503 ; McDonald v. Loomis, 233 Mich., 174 ; Vanauken v. Hornbeck, 14 N. J. L., 178; Gardner v.

Cumberland Amusement Corp. v. Johnson

150 Me. 304 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 24, 1954

Treasure Island Catering Co. v. State Board of E., 120 P. (2nd) 1 (Cal. 1941). … Castleberry v. Evatt, 147 Ohio St. 30 , 167 A. L. R. 198, 67 N. E. (2nd) 861 (1946); Cleveland Concession Co. v. Peck, 159 Ohio St. 480 , 112 N. E. (2nd) 529 (1953).

State v. O'Clair

292 A.2d 186 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 14, 1972

The New York Court, in People v. Brown, supra, n. 5, had this to say about such unavailability of trial testimony: To the same effect, Moore v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Mo.App., 1951, 237 S.W.2d 210, 212 ; Sutter v. … Brown, 1970, 26 N.Y.2d 88 , 308 N.Y.S.2d 825 , 257 N.E.2d 16 ; State v. Leong 1970, 51 Haw. 581 , 465 P.2d 560 ; People v. Moscatello, 1969, 112 Ill.App.2d 16 , 251 N.E.2d 532 ; State v.

Cummings

127 Me. 418 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 4, 1929

Taber v. Douglass, 101 Me., 363, 367; Overseers of Fairfield v. Gullifer, 49 Me., 360; Paine v. Folsom, 107 Me., 337. The Supreme Court of Probate cannot act when the Probate Court may not, Hanscom v. … Taber v. Douglass, supra, p. 368.

State of Maine v. Dale F. Thistle

2024 ME 6 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 25, 2024

See State v. Hanscom, 2016 ME 184, ¶ 10, 152 A.3d 632; State v. Lajoie, 2017 ME 8, ¶ 13, 154 A.3d 132; supra n.2. … State v.

McGrath v. Hills

662 A.2d 215 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 19, 1995

Following a hearing, the court (Waldo County, Browne, A.R.J.) granted the McGraths’ request and denied Hills’s request by ordering Hills to bring the action to try title. … Hewitt v.

Peerless Insurance Co. v. Wood

685 A.2d 1173 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 18, 1996

Co. v. Jordan, 634 A.2d 1279, 1282 (Me.1993); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Government Employees Ins. Co., 263 A.2d 78, 80 (Me.1970). … Fire Ins. v. Commercial Union Ins., 521 A.2d 308, 310 (Me.1987).

Jackson v. Burnham

129 Me. 344 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 31, 1930

Wyman v. Brown, 50 Me., 139. As already observed, the plaintiff relies upon a warranty deed *349 dated February 12, 1926, and recorded June 3, 1926.

Allen v. Cole Realty, Inc.

325 A.2d 19 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 9, 1974

O’Brien v. Lashar, 266 F. 215 (CCA 2 1920); Mitchell v. Mason, 4 F.2d 705 (CCA 5 1925); Board of Sup’rs of Rockland County v. Knickerbocker Ice Co., 80 F.2d 248 (CCA 2 1935). See; Daly v. … Board of Sup’rs of Rockland County v. Knickerbocker Ice Co., 80 F. 2d 248 , 250 See also: Daly v. Stratton, supra, 304 F.2d at p. 667 .

McCullough v. Lalumiere

156 Me. 479 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 25, 1960

In Shaw v. … Brown v. Railroad Company, 127 Me. 387, 389 , 143 A. 596 . Her infirmity, however, did not render the plaintiff negligent as a matter of law in attempting to cross the street.

Profenno v. COMMUNITY OIL COMPANY

150 Me. 210 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 31, 1954

McCully v. Bessey, 142 Me. 209, at 213 ; Smith v. Blake, 88 Me. 241 ; Parkman v. Freeman, 121 Me. 341 ; Foster v. Foss, 77 Me. 279 ; Whitmore v. Brown, 100 Me. 410, 413 ; Woolen Co. v. Gas Co., 101 Me. 198, 213 . … Laroche v. Despeaux, 90 Me. 178 . Hurley v. Farnsworth, 115 Me. 321 ; Bowman v. Geyer, 127 Me. 351 .

Mancini v. Secretary of State

540 A.2d 117 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 13, 1988

Dodd v. Secretary of State, 526 A.2d 583, 584 (Me.1987); Gulick v. Board of Environmental Protection, 452 A.2d 1202 , 1209 n. 6 (Me.1982).

Mallett v. Hall

129 Me. 148 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 27, 1930

Loud v. Poland, 126 Me., 45; Young v. Hillier, 103 Me., 17; McGuire v. Gallagher, 99 Me., 334; Stuart v. Walker, 72 Me., 145; Hall v. Preble, 68 Me., 100. … Gibson v. Brown, 62 Ind. App., 460 .

Weed v. Boston & Maine Railroad

124 Me. 336 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 25, 1925

Burton v. United States, supra; Ditch v. Western Nat. Bank, supra; Fourth Nat. Bank v. Bragg, supra; Heinrich v. First Natl. Bank, 219 N. Y., 1 . … Rogers v. Brown, 103 Maine, 478; Hall v. Hall, 112 Maine, 234. But to maintain an action in his' own name, save as he may be excused by a defendant, an assignee must come within and follow the statute. Harvey v.

Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB v. Gile

777 A.2d 275 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 25, 2001

Bank v. … F.S.B. v.

MacKenzie v. H. Tabenken & Co., Inc.

382 A.2d 1047 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 10, 1978

Brown (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff. Rudman, Rudman, Carter & Buckley by Michael D. Taber (orally), John M. Wallach, Bangor, for defendant. Before McKUSICK, C. … Jacobsky v. D'Alfonso & Sons, Inc., Me., 358 A.2d 511 (1976); Harlow v. Agway, Inc., Me., 327 A.2d 856 (1974).