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  • State v. Dudley

    433 A.2d 711 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 30, 1981

    United States v. Mann, 291 F.Supp. 268, 270 (S.D.N.Y. 1968); State v. Steeves, supra at 1384. The landmark case of Barker v. … See also State v. Bessey, Me., 328 A.2d 807, 817 (1974). The length of delay is computed from such point in time until the date of trial. See United States v. Brown, 520 F.2d 1106, 1110 (D.C. Cir. 1975). 5 .

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Hersey v. Weeman

    120 Me. 256 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 2, 1921

    In Jewell v. … Johnson v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Severy v. S. D. Warren Co.

    402 A.2d 53 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 4, 1979

    Dade County Board of Public Instruction, 278 So.2d 620, 622 (Fla. 1973); Hill v. General Motors Corp., 214 Kan. 279, 282 , 519 P.2d 608, 611 (1974); Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. … Laurel Bank & Trust Co. v. Burns, Me., 398 A.2d 41, 44 (1979); Teel v. Colson, Me., 396 A.2d 529, 533-34 (1979); State v. Carney, Me., 390 A.2d 521, 523-24 (1978).

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  • Lutick v. Sileika

    137 Me. 30 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 6, 1940

    He was the plaintiff’s godfather, and cousin of her father, Joe Lutick, in whose home Ramaika boarded from 1910 until 1928, when he built and moved into a house on the lot of land that he had purchased, adjacent to Lutick … In Pelletier v. Deering, 131 Me., 462, at 468, 164 A., 195 , the court said: “There are, however, limitations upon the right to equitable relief in cases of this kind.

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  • Emerson v. Inhabitants of Washington

    9 Me. 88 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1832

    The case of Brown v. … The cases of Hayden v. Madison, and Abbot v. Hermon are not applicable to the case at bar.

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  • Jeffrey v. United Order of the Golden Cross

    97 Me. 176 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 27, 1902

    Brown v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 65 Mich. 306 , 8 Am. St. … Co. v. Flack , 3 Md. 341 , 56 Am.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Prime v. Harmon

    120 Me. 299 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 1, 1921

    In Staines v. … White v. Ditson, 140 Mass., 351 ; Minot v. Baker, 147 Mass., 384 ; Weber v. Bryant, 161 Mass., 400 ; Coffin v. Atty. Gen., 231 Mass., 579 ; Everett v. Carr, 59 Maine, 325; Dunn v. Morse, 109 Maine, 254.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State v. Currier

    521 A.2d 295 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 20, 1987

    See Chambers v. … Unlike State v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Babson v. Tainter

    79 Me. 368 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 14, 1887

    Gray v. Deluce, 5 Cush. 9 ; Rust v. Mill Corporation, 6 Pick. 158 ; Com. v. Alger, 7 Cush. 53 -69. … Emerson v. Taylor, 9 Maine, 42; S. C. with note, 23 Am. Dec. 531 -537. Stockham v. Browning, 18 N. J. Eq. p. 396; Treat v. Chipman, 35 Maine, *372 34; Call v. Carroll, 40 Maine, 31.

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  • Benner v. Lunt

    126 Me. 167 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1927

    Nay more, compromises are favored in equity, and where a contract, arising in compromise of a claim, has been entered into but not fully executed, where the negotiations are between adults, and all is fair, open and above-board … See Burton v. Landon, 66 Vt., 361 ; Boston & Maine R. R. v. Union Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 83 Vt., 554 ; Cook v. Richardson, 178 Mass., 125 ; Chicora Fertilizer Co. v. Dunan, 91 Md., 144 ; 50 L. R. A., 405, Very v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Budge v. Town of Millinocket

    55 A.3d 484 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 25, 2012

    Wentworth v. … See Richmond v. Johnson, 53 Me. 437, 438 (1866) (requiring ratification “by the board of selectmen or the town” before recognizing a contract signed by one of the selectmen).

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Louisa T. York Orphan Asylum v. Erwin

    281 A.2d 453 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 28, 1971

    In Gorham v. … In Flaherty v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Godfrey v. Rice

    59 Me. 308 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1871

    Wild v. Fisher, 4 Pick. 421 . In Pownal v. … In Hubbly v. Brown, 16 Johns. 71 , Spencer, J., says, “ we have regarded the indorser in the nature of a surety, and the maker of the note as the principal debtor.”

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Bellegarde Custom Kitchens v. Leavitt

    295 A.2d 909 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 25, 1972

    Pray v. Millett, 122 Me. 40 , 118 A. 721 (1922); Andrew v. Bishop, supra. … Union National Bank of Wichita, Kan. v. Lamb, 337 U.S. 38 , 69 S.Ct. 911 , 93 L.Ed. 1190 (1949); Romaine v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 485 P.2d 102 (Nev. 1971); Brown v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • State v. McNally

    443 A.2d 56 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 26, 1982

    See State v. Brown, Me., 410 A.2d 1033 , 1034 n. 1 (1980). We have thoroughly reviewed defendant’s other claims of error and find no merit in any of them. The entry must be: Judgments of conviction affirmed. … Ulster County Court v. Allen, 442 U.S. 140, 157-60 , 99 S.Ct. 2213, 2224-2226 , 60 L.Ed.2d 777 (1979).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Wilson v. Grand Trunk Railway

    57 Me. 138 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1869

    The plaintiff was a passerfger on board the defendants’ cars. Her trunk had been lost while traveling over the Portland & Kennebec Railroad. … In Mayall v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 19 N.

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  • McKenney v. Farnsworth

    121 Me. 450 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 9, 1922

    State v. Robb, 100 Maine, Page 194. … Commonwealth v. Crowninshield, 187 Mass., 225 . Commonwealth v. Sisson, 189 Mass., 247 . Commonwealth v. Staples, 191 Mass., 384 . Portland and Oxford Central R. R. Co. v. Grand Trunk Ry. Co., 46 Maine, 69. Wadleigh v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Livonia v. Town of Rome

    707 A.2d 83 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 27, 1998

    McAfee v. Cole, 637 A.2d 463, 465 (Me.1994) (quoting Hall v. Board of Envtl. … In Robinson v.

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  • Husten v. Richards

    44 Me. 182 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1857

    The defendant, by himself and agent, had been on board the schooner, and had a full opportunity to examine her and ascertain her capacity before the agreement was executed. … The case of Beecher and al. v. Becktel, decided by Nelson, J., in the Admiralty Court of New York, cited from the New York Tribune, September 24, 1853, is in point, and is sustained by sound reasoning.

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  • MacCormick v. MacCormick

    513 A.2d 266 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 22, 1986

    Satterfield v. Edenton-Chowan Board of Education, 530 F.2d 567, 574 (4th Cir.1975). Szypula v. Szypula, 2 Conn.App. 650 , 482 A.2d 85, 88 (1984). Failure to make a timely objection will result in a waiver. … Cyr v. Cyr, 432 A.2d 793, 797 (Me.1981).

    Cited 13 timesPublished

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