Case law

Mondello v. General Electric Co.

650 A.2d 941 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 8, 1994

The Mondellos also sought to impeach Blake Brown, the owner of Brown’s Appliance, with a “field corrective notice.” … They established neither that Brown’s Appliance had received the notice nor that Brown himself had any personal knowledge of its existence.

Dwinal v. Holmes

33 Me. 172 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1851

Samuel Brown, (deceased,) conveyed to the grantors of the petitioner, and the question arises whether Brown acquired title either by deed, or by disseizin, to the lot in controversy. … Touchstone, 57; Carr v. Hoxie, 5 Mason, 60 ; Church v. Gilman, 15 Wend. 656 . Brown acquired no estate or interest in the land by this deed, which never took effect. May, for the respondent.

Littlefield v. Inhabitants of Town of Lyman

447 A.2d 1231 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 22, 1982

In Cardinali v. … A person may not build upon or sell land in a subdivision not approved by the Board. 2 . The defendants argue that our decision in Thomas v.

Chase v. Vaughan

30 Me. 412 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

Vaughan & Brown were partners, when the plaintiff’s claim accrued, and were jointly sued, but Brown *413 having become a certified bankrupt, the suit was discontinued as to him. … Jenness v. Lane, 26 Maine, 475; Smith v. Bartholomew, 1 Metc. 276 ; Wildes v. Fessenden, 4 Metc. 12; Smith v. Rogers, 17 Johns. 340 ; David v. Ellice, 5 B. & C. 196; Lodge v. Dicas, 3 B. & A. 611; Cole v.

Copp v. Paradis

130 Me. 464 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 20, 1931

Karahleos v. Dillingham, 119 Me., 165; Maddox v. Brown, 71 Me., 432. … Emison v. Wylam Ice Cream Co., 215 Ala., 504 ; Thyssen v. Ice & Storage Co., 134 Iowa, 749 ; 13 L. R. A. (N. S.), 572; Haluptzok v. Great Northern Railway Co., supra; Board of Trade, etc. v.

Frederick v. Consolidated Waste Services, Inc.

573 A.2d 387 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 18, 1990

Brown v. Dickey, 106 Me. 97, 101-02 (1909). … Warchalowski v. Brown, 417 A.2d 425, 428 (Me.1980); Brown, 106 Me. at 101-02 ; Young v. Braman, 105 Me. 494, 497 (1909).

Lewiston Firefighters Ass'n, Local 785 v. City of Lewiston

354 A.2d 154 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 1, 1976

Chavez v. Sargent, 52 Cal.2d 162, 339 P.2d 801 (1959); see Starbird v. Brown, 84 Me. 238 , 24 A. 824 (1892). In such a case, the conflict is one of jurisdiction between the state and a lesser political entity. … Carey v.

Ross v. Berry

49 Me. 434 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1862

Ibid; Howard v. Brown, 21 Maine, 385; Barrows v. Bridge, 21 Maine, 398 ; Clark v. Metcalf, 38 Maine, 122. … Brown v. Lakeman, 5 Met., 347 . The statute provision, giving a creditor a right to select one of the magistrates, does not apply to this case.

Blackwell v. Saddleback Lumber Co.

129 Me. 270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 11, 1930

It is a familiar rule of law, as stated by this court in Brown v. … A leading case upholding this doctrine is Shoninger v. Peabody, 57 Conn., 42 ; 14 Am. St. Rep., 88 , where cases are quite fully cited, among which is Billings v. Mason, 80 Me., 496.

Perry v. Buswell

113 Me. 399 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 29, 1915

Jones v. Webster Woolen Co., 85 Maine, 210; Brown v. Heard, 85 Maine, 294; Reed v. Knight, 87 Maine, 181; Smith v. Sweat, 90 Maine, 528; Crabtree v. Miller, 194 Mass., 123 . … For illustrations, see Hathorn v. Hinds, supra; Shaw v. Bisbee, 83 Maine, 400; Jones v. Webster Woolen Co., supra; Brown v. Heard, supra; Smith v. Sweat, supra. In Shaw v.

Gould v. Maine Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance

114 Me. 416 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 5, 1916

Brown as her interest might appear as mortgagee and was always in the possession of Mrs. Brown in her lifetime and of her representatives after her decease. … Co. v. Woodbury, 45 Maine, 447, 453, 454; McIntire v. Plaisted, 68 Maine, 363, 365 Cushing v. Thompson, 34 Maine, 496, 499.

Tri-State Rubbish, Inc. v. Town of New Gloucester

634 A.2d 1284 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 9, 1993

See Browning-Ferris Indus. of Alabama, Inc. v. Pegues, 710 F.Supp. 313, 315 (M.D.Ala.1987) (laws must include guidelines for enforcement). “Reasonable” compliance is not an unconstitutionally vague concept. … Fichter v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 604 A.2d 433, 436 (Me.1992); Penobscot Area Hous. Dev. Corp. v. City of Brewer, 434 A.2d 14 , 24 n. 9 (Me.1981). 3 .

Duchaine Ex Rel. Duchaine v. Fortin

159 Me. 313 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 5, 1963

Marr v. Hicks, 136 Me. 33, 36 , 1 A. (2nd) 271. “Mere surmise or conjecture will not warrant submission of a plaintiff’s claim to a jury. … Bernstein v. Carmichael, 146 Me. 446, 451 , 82 A. (2nd) 786; Jordan v.

Nisbet v. Faunce

432 A.2d 779 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 23, 1981

Citing the opinion of this Court in Inhabitants of the Town of Boothbay Harbor v. … Co. v. Bangor & Aroostook R. Co., Me., 395 A.2d 1107, 1116-21 (1978). Such an agreement is absent in the present case.

Neallus v. Hutchinson Amusement Co.

126 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 22, 1927

Sharp v. Erie R. Co. 184 N.Y. 100 (1906); 76 N.E. 923 ; 6 A. & E Ann Cas. 250; Tyson v. Bauland Co. 186 N. Y. 397 (1906); 79 N. E. 3 ; Perkins Bros. Co. v. Anderson 155 S. W. 556 (Tex. 1913). Deck v. Baltimore & O. R. … Rice v. Harrington, supra.

Davies v. City of Bath

364 A.2d 1269 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 30, 1976

Philadelphia Board of Public Education, 453 Pa. 584 , 305 A.2d 877 (1973); Evans v. Board of County Com’rs of County of El Paso, 174 Colo. 97 , 482 P.2d 968 (1971); Willis v. Department of Conservation and Econ. … Dev., 55 N.J. 534 , 264 A.2d 34 (1970); Becker v. Beaudoin, 106 R.I. 562 , 261 A.2d 896 (1970); Smith v. State, 93 Idaho 795 , 473 P.2d 937 (1970); Parish v. Pitts, 244 Ark. 1239 , 429 S.W.2d 45 (1968); Brown v.

Milliken v. Buswell

313 A.2d 111 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 12, 1973

Brown and Wallace W. Brown. Wallace conveyed his interest in the property to his brother, Frank, on March 22, 1911. … Cilley v. Limerock Railroad Company, 1910, 107 Me. 117 , 77 A. 776 ; Brown v. McCaffrey, 1948, 143 Me. 221 , 60 A.2d 792 . In M’Iver’s Lessee v. Walker, 1815, 9 Cranch 173 , 13 U.S. 173 , 3 L.Ed. 694 , Mr.

State v. Wood

662 A.2d 919 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 28, 1995

See State v. Dulac, 600 A.2d 1121, 1122 (Me.1992) (quoting Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 21 , 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1880 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968)); State v. Little, 468 A.2d 615, 617-18 (Me.1983). … See State v.

State v. Anton

463 A.2d 703 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 14, 1983

See Brown v. Multnomah County District Court, 280 Or. 95 , 570 P.2d 52 (1977); Nickelson v. People, 607 P.2d 904 (Wyo.1980). 10 The following factors, set forth in Kennedy v. … State v. Clayton, 584 P.2d at 1113 ; State v. Knoles, 199 Neb. 211 , 256 N.W.2d 873 (1977); Brown, 280 Or. at 107-08 , 570 P.2d at 59 .

Shannon v. Dow

133 Me. 235 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 11, 1934

A fifteen-year-old boy named Jack Brown describes the explosion, its causes and some of the incidents which led up to it. This witness apparently is wholly disinterested. … Parker v. Portland Publishing Company, 69 Me., 173; Robinson v. Leighton, 122 Me., 309; Graham v. Ochsner, 193 Iowa, 1196 ; Campbell v. Sutliff, 193 Wis., 370 ; 1 Thompson on Negligence, 904.