Case law

Brown v. Habrle

908 A.2d 640 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 26, 2006

BACKGROUND [¶ 2] Brown and Habrle married in 1988. Brown filed for divorce in 2001. … McKeen & Assocs. v. Dep’t of Transp., 1997 ME 73, ¶ 4 , 692 A.2d 924, 925 . A court’s interpretation of the Rules of Civil Procedure, however, is reviewed de novo. Mondello v. Gen. Elec.

Brown v. Osgood

25 Me. 505 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1846

Justice Putnam, in Brown v. … And the case of Cowder & al. v. Reynolds, 12 Serg. & R. 281, supports it.

Brown v. Foss

16 Me. 257 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1839

The objection is now too late, as was decided, in Rowe v. Godfrey, ante, p. 128, to which we refer. Exceptions overruled.

State v. Brown

479 A.2d 1317 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 1984

State v. McKenney, 459 A.2d 1093, 1096 (Me.1983); State v. Van Sickle, 434 A.2d 31, 34 (Me.1981). … State v. Cote, 462 A.2d 487, 489 (Me.1983); State v. Earley, 454 A.2d 341, 343 (Me.1983).

Henry v. Brown

495 A.2d 324 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 8, 1985

Brown prior to the visit to explain that she would arrive in about ten minutes with a cake that she had purchased for Mrs. Brown. … As the plaintiff was getting out of her car in the Browns’ driveway, she noticed the Browns’ dog, Kelly, on a chain by the garage door.

Gillchrest v. Brown

532 A.2d 692 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 28, 1987

Brown, an insured of North East Insurance Company. Mr. Brown’s liability policy issued by North East set maximum limits of $20,000 for “each person” and $40,000 for “each accident.” … Durepo v. Fishman, 533 A.2d 264, 264 (Me.1987) (quoting Norwest v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hosp., 293 Or. 543, 548 , 652 P.2d 318, 321 (1982)) (loss of parental consortium). See also Sawyer v.

Brown v. Howard

86 Me. 342 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 1894

Nichols v. Patten, 18 Maine, 238 ; Weston v. Dorr, 25 Maine, 176; Wentworth v. Sawyer, 76 Maine, 434. … This court has already held in that case, (Starbird v. Brown, 84 Maine, 238,) that the action should be dismissed for this reason. The writ upon which the attachment was made was not voidable merely but void.

Rogers v. Brown

134 Me. 88 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 28, 1935

Levant v. Co. Com., 67 Me., 429; White v. Co. Com., 70 Me., 317. … Frankfort v. Co. Com., 40 Me., 391; Nobleboro v. Co. Com., 68 Me., 551; Devlin v. Dalton, 171 Mass., 338, 341 ; People, ex rel, Trustees v. Board Supervisors, 131 N. Y., 468 ; 4 Encyc: Pl. & Pr., 39; 5 R. C.

Brown v. Heard

85 Me. 294 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1893

Sproul v. Foye, 55 Maine, 164. … Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 439 ; Nickerson v. Crawford, 16 Maine, 245 ; Montgomery v. Reed, 69 Maine, 510.

Brown v. Williams

28 Me. 252 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1848

Gaul v. Brown

53 Me. 496 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

Cummings v. Chandler, 26 Maine, 376; Com. v. Kimball, 21 Pick., 376 ; Leighton v. Walker, 9 N. H., 59. Where a penalty is changed by a subsequent act, the statute imposing the original penalty is impliedly repealed. … Nichols v. Squire, 5 Pick., 168 , Plaintiff nonsuit. Kent, Walton, Dickerson, Barrows and Danforth, JJ., concurred.

Avery v. Brown

288 A.2d 713 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 15, 1972

Domenico v. Kaherl, 1964, 160 Me. 182 , 200 A.2d 844 ; Bergeron v. Allard, 1957, 152 Me. 297 , 128 A.2d 848 . … Jenness v. Park, 1950, 145 Me. 402 , 76 A.2d 321 ; Barlow v. Lowery, 1948, 143 Me. 214, 220 , 59 A.2d 702, 706 ; Fossett v. Durant, supra.

State v. Brown

129 Me. 169 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 19, 1930

Lavalley v. State (Wis.), 205 N. W., 412 . The giving of each ride, whether with ulterior motive, in mere courtesy or civility, or in thoughtless indiscretion, was improper conduct. Bean v. … Bradbury v. Cony, 62 Maine, 223, 225. Too much care and precaution cannot be used to keep jury trials pure. Knight v. Inhabitants of Freeport, 13 Mass., 218 , 220; Drake v. Newton, 23 N. J. L., 111. Appeal sustained.

Brown v. McCaffrey

143 Me. 221 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 13, 1948

Pelletier v. Langlois, et al., 130 Me. 486, 490 ; 157 Atl. 577 . … Booth Brothers & Hurricane Island Granite Company v. Smith, 115 Me. 89, 93 ; 97 Atl. 826 . Exception 5. To the exclusion of evidence that one Mr.

Rice v. Brown

81 Me. 56 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 10, 1888

Alley v. Caspari, 80 Maine, 234, and cases there cited. The instrument is clearly a lease, — not merely an agreement for a lease. … Sweetser v. McKenney, 65 Maine, 225.

Brown v. Donnell

49 Me. 421 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1860

Ste vens v. Beals, 10 Cush., 291 . It would not have been; pretended that he was liable thereon as indorser.

Harris v. Brown

63 Me. 51 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873

Brown v. Ford, 52 Maine, 479. The answer to the above question must depend upon the meaning to be given to the words “due notice.” … In Clark v.

Brown v. Sanborn

131 Me. 53 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 15, 1932

Sylvester v. Gray, 118 Me., 74; Raymond v. Eldred, 127 Me., 11. … Bragdon v. Kellogg, 118 Me., 42; American Insurance Co. v. Witham et als, 124 Me., 240.

Weiss v. Brown

691 A.2d 1208 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 1, 1997

Knight v. … Bliss v. Bliss, 583 A.2d 208, 210 (Me.1990).

Greenstreet v. Brown

623 A.2d 1270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 21, 1993

The Browns next argue that the evidence was insufficient to support the finding that Ralph Brown’s malpractice was the proximate cause of Greenstreet’s damages. Proximate cause is a question of fact. LaFerriere v. … Because the Browns failed to offer any evidence at the trial that the mitigation of Greenstreet’s damages was feasible, see Lindsey v.