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  • Highland Trust Co. v. Hamilton

    134 Me. 64 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 5, 1935

    This rule is affirmed in Brown v. Snell, 46 Me., 490; Bartlett v. Stearns, 73 Me., 17, 21. It prevails in Massachusetts. Freeman v. McGaw, 15 Pick., 82 ; Perry v. Hayward, 12 Cush., 344 ; Gardner v. … In Hack ett v.

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  • Hawkins v. Portland Gas Light Co.

    141 Me. 288 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 1945

    Upon the issue here involved, practically all of the foregoing cases and a number of others were considered and cited more copiously in Weymouth v. … Westman’s Case, supra; Mailman’s Case, supra; McNiff v. Old Orchard Beach, 138 Me., 335, *295 25 A., 2d. 493.

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  • Senator Corp. v. Commissioner of Transportation

    511 A.2d 37 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 2, 1986

    State v. National Advertising Co., 409 A.2d 1277, 1289 (Me.1979). The removal of this sign would do nothing of the kind. The bill *39 board occupies a tiny fraction of Senator’s whole parcel. … Shackford & Gooch Co. v. Town of Kennebunk, 486 A.2d 102, 106 (Me.1984); Roberts v. Maine Bonding & Cas. Co., 404 A.2d 238, 241 (Me.1979). That essential element is lacking here.

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  • Barstow v. Gray

    3 Me. 409 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1825

    In Egerton v. … Jones v. Barkley 2 Doug. 684. Rawson v. Johnson 1 East 203. Waterhouse v. Skinner 2 Bos. & Pul. 447. West v. Emmons 5 Johns. 179 . Miller v. Drake 1 Caines 45 . Judgment on the verdict.

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  • Abby L. King v. Thomas E. King

    66 A.3d 593 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 6, 2013

    See Stanley v. Hancock Cnty. … See Dostanko v. Dostanko, 2013 ME 47, ¶¶ 10, 13, --- A.3d ---. 12 __________________________ On the briefs: Donald F. Brown, Esq., Brewer, for appellant Abby L. King Jeffrey C.

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  • State v. Cyr

    767 A.2d 307 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 21, 2001

    Peter Rouleau, Aimee’s former boyfriend, would have testified that, approximately eight years before trial, Aimee claimed that she had been raped by another man when Peter was working on-board a ship in the Great Lakes, but … State v. Mazerolle, 614 A.2d 68, 73 (Me.1992) (quotations omitted).

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  • Ouellette v. Bolduc

    440 A.2d 1042 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 9, 1982

    See Fickett v. Hohlfeld, Me., 390 A.2d 469 (1978). Cf. Board of Environmental Protection v. Ber-geron, Me., 434 A.2d 25 (1981); City of Augusta v. Allen, Me., 438 A.2d 472 (1981). … See Blake v. Clark, 6 Me. 436 (1830); Derby v. Jones, 27 Me. 357 (1847); Moulton v. Trafton, 64 Me. 218 (1874); Cunningham v. Webb, 69 Me. 92 (1879); Webber v. Austin, 123 Me. 95 , 121 A. 673 (1923). Wooley v.

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  • State v. Thurston

    393 A.2d 1345 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 15, 1978

    State v. Kelly, Me., 376 A.2d 840, 847 (1977). … United States, 371 U.S. 471 , 83 S.Ct. 407 , 9 L.Ed.2d 441 (1963) and Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590 , 95 S.Ct. 2254 , 45 L.Ed.2d 416 (1975).

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  • Talbot v. Copeland

    38 Me. 333 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1854

    Brown v. Gray; 3 Greenl. 126; Mosher v. Berry, 30 Maine, 83. By the plan of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, made by Rufus Putnam, and dated 1186, the north-east corner of. … Loring v. Norton, 8 Greenl. 61.

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  • Bragg v. Champion International Corp.

    636 A.2d 436 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 18, 1994

    Harvie v. Bath Iron Works, 561 A.2d 1023, 1024 (Me.1989). … Remanded to the Workers’ Compensation Board for denial of the employer’s petition. All concurring. .

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  • Diviney v. University of Maine System

    158 A.3d 5 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 28, 2017

    See Brown v. Delta Tau Delta, 2015 ME 75, ¶¶ 8-9 , 118 A.3d 789 . … Co. v. Daigle, 607 A.2d 538 , 535-36 (Me. 1992); see also Watt v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Howland v. County Commissioners

    49 Me. 143 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1861

    The petitioners’ counsel have cited Commonwealth v. … But, on this point, we refer to Inhabitants of Monterey v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Grover v. Minette-Mills, Inc.

    638 A.2d 712 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 9, 1994

    Brown Co. v. Gillen, 569 A.2d 1206, 1210 (Me.1990). At trial, Grover conceded that there was no intimidation and thus was required to establish that the defendants procured the breach through fraud. … V.

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  • Maine Merchants Association, Inc. v. Campbell

    287 A.2d 430 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 16, 1972

    Palmer v. Barker, 11 Me. 338 (1834). Since the purpose of the statute was abundantly clear, our Court felt compelled to construe the word “team” to include an automobile. Bragdon v. … Brown. This event was noticed by plaintiffs and an order of substitution was appropriately entered pursuant to the provisions of Rule 26(d) (1) Maine Rules of Civil Procedure. 3 .

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  • Gilman v. Gilman

    52 Me. 165 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1863

    And, in Munroe v. … Bernal v. Bernal, 3 Mylne & Craig, 555, note. In the case of Somerville v.

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  • Sayward v. Sayward

    7 Me. 210 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1831

    This rule on principle was introduced at an early period, and was adopted in the great and leading case of Pells v. Brown, Cro. … Porter v. Bradley, 3 D. & E. 143; Roe v. Jeffrey, 7 D. & E. 589; Doe v. Watson, 2 Bos. & Pul. 324; Goodtitle v. Gurnal, Willes, 211; Jackson v. Blanshan, 6 Johns. 54 ; Richardson v. Noyes, 2 Mass. 56; Ide v.

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  • Oak Hill Condominiums v. Diane Marchetti

    2026 ME 31 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 2, 2026

    Comm’n v. … LLC v.

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  • State v. Mosher

    270 A.2d 451 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 6, 1970

    Brown v. State (1959) 239 Ind. 358 , 157 N.E.2d 174, 178 . The “plain view” doctrine is universally recognized. … State v. Poulin (Me.1970) 268 A.2d 475, 480 ; Gerard v. State (1963) 237 Ark. 287 , 372 S.W.2d 635 ; State v. Turner (1966) 101 Ariz. 85 , 416 P.2d 409 ; Bryant v. United States (1958) 5 Cir., 252 F.2d 746 ; State v.

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  • Van Horn v. Hillcrest Foods, Inc.

    392 A.2d 52 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 19, 1978

    See also State Compensation Fund v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, 113 Ariz. 65 , 546 P.2d 801 (1976); American Mutual Liabilities Insurance Co. v. Grimes, 100 Ga. App. 51 , 109 S.E.2d 837 (1959); Florek v. … Board of Education, 18 N.J.Super. 425 , 87 A.2d 381 (1952); Ryan v. Grinnell Corp., R.I., 362 A.2d 127 (1976). In the case at bar, the voir dire examination of Drs.

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  • Hearn v. Shaw

    72 Me. 187 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 1881

    Hicks v. Hicks, 31 N. H. 540. … In the passage cited from Greenleaf, in Page v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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