Case law

Mattocks v. Chadwick

71 Me. 313 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 4, 1880

Brown, 1 Denio, 247 ); will not take a case out of the statute, except upon proof of performance of the condition. Proof of the promise only is not sufficient. Read v. Wilkinson, 2 Wash. C. C. 514; Lonsdale v. … Brown, 3 Wash. C. C. 404 ; Kampshall v. Goodman, 6 McL. 189. In the case now before us, the defendant’s promise was conditional. He said, " I would say now as I said before, and also told Mr.

State v. Knight

55 L.R.A. 373 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 13, 1901

In State v. … This is the sense in which ‘irresistible impulse’ was defined in Hopps v. People, 31 Ill. 385 , and Dacy v. People, 116 Ill. 556 .” See also State v. Felter, 25 Iowa, 67 : State v. Mewherter, 46 Iowa, 88 ; State v.

Northeast Harbor Golf Club, Inc. v. Town of Mount Desert

618 A.2d 225 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 30, 1992

The court affirmed the Planning Board’s ruling. See Northeast Harbor Golf Club v. Town of Mount Desert, No. CV-91-103 (Me.Super.Ct., Han. Cty., Mar. 17, 1992) [Golf Club v. Town ]. … In Arsenault v.

Clewley v. McTigue Farms, Inc.

389 A.2d 849 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 18, 1978

John Brown, who lived on the property until shortly before appellees Small purchased it. There was a time when Mr. Brown rented the house to another family. … Batchelder v. Robbins, 95 Me. 59 , 49 A. 210 (1901).

Freeman v. Town of Southport

568 A.2d 826 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 9, 1990

Such board of appeals shall be governed by section 2411.... 2 *828 The Town of Southport had established a zoning board of appeals. In Cushing v. … See Levesque v.

Fitanides v. Perry

537 A.2d 1139 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 12, 1988

We have held that avenue of appeal is the exclusive remedy to challenge the action of the Board of Appeals unless it is somehow inadequate. Colby v. York County Comm’rs, 442 A.2d 544, 547 (Me.1982); Fisher v. … Town of North Berwick v. Jones, 534 A.2d 667, 670 (Me.1987).

Penobscot Area Housing Development Corp. v. City of Brewer

434 A.2d 14 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 14, 1981

Lippoth v. Board of Zoning Appeals, supra at 557; Frost v. Lucey, Me., 231 A.2d 441, 448 (1967). … Community School v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the town of Camden, Me., 369 A.2d 1146, 1148, n.4 (1977); Lippoth v. Zoning Board of Appeals et al., Me., 311 A.2d 552, 556 (1973); Moyer v.

Ann Cannon v. Town of Mount Desert

2025 ME 86 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 28, 2025

See Town of York v. … See Town of Orrington v.

Comeau v. Town of Kittery

2007 Me. 76 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 2007

The court entered judgment affirming the Board’s decision. This appeal followed. II. DISCUSSION A. Sufficiency of Findings [¶ 9] We review the Planning Board’s decision directly. 4 Bodack v. … See Widewaters Stillwater Co. v. Bangor Area Citizens Organized for Responsible Dev., 2002 ME 27, ¶¶ 11-12 , 790 A.2d 597, 600-01 ; Chapel Rd. Assocs. v.

Lee Academy Education Ass'n v. Academy

556 A.2d 218 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 30, 1989

SAD 30 has been represented on the Academy's governing boards for over a decade; presently the chairman of SAD 30’s board is an ex officio voting member of the Academy’s eight-member board of directors, and that chairman … See Baker Bus Service, Inc. v. Keith, 416 A.2d at 729 . Cf. 39 M.R.S.A. § 99 (Pamph. 1988); Dunton v.

Juliano v. Town of Poland

725 A.2d 545 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 2, 1999

Group v. Town of Winthrop, 585 A.2d 190, 192 (Me.1991). We review the decision of a board of appeals for “abuse of discretion, error of law, or findings unsupported by substantial evidence in the record.” Lewis v. … We are bound to affirm the decision of a board of appeals unless it was “unlawful, arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable.” Driscoll v.

Richard Tominsky v. Town of Ogunquit et al.

2024 ME 30 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 23, 2023

Moreau v. … Co. v.

Lunt v. Stimpson

70 Me. 250 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 10, 1879

At the January term, 1879, of the supreme judicial court judgment was rendered reversing the judgment of Brown v. Lunt, for the cause alleged. … Mosher v. Jewett, 63 Maine, 84.

Coombs v. Fessenden

116 Me. 304 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 25, 1917

Wyman v. Brown, 50 Maine, 139, and the grantor may reserve full power and control over the land thus conveyed during his natural life. Brown v. Smith, 52 Maine, 141; but not over the deed.” Brown v. … Brown v. Brown, 66 Maine, 316. A father assigned certain mortgages to his son, with instructions that in case he died, to put them on record at once.

In Re Belgrade Shores, Inc.

359 A.2d 59 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 11, 1976

Portland Pipe Line Corporation v. Environmental Improvement Commission, 1973, Me., 307 A.2d 1, at 15 ; Harrington v. Harrington, 1970, Me., 269 A.2d 310, 314 . … Frost v. Lucey, 1967, Me., 231 A.2d 441, 446 ; Pease v. Foulkes, 1929, 128 Me. 293, 298 , 147 A. 212 .

Perkins v. Town of Ogunquit

709 A.2d 106 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 2, 1998

Benjamin v. … Barnard v.

Cobbossee Development Group v. Town of Winthrop

585 A.2d 190 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 15, 1991

Burr v. Town of Rangeley, 549 A.2d 733, 734 (Me.1988) (routine conditions did not suspend approval); Ballard v. … Gulick v. Board of Envtl. Protection, 452 A.2d 1202, 1210 (Me.1982) (changes to public street condition of approval).

Gerald Marshall v. Town of Dexter

125 A.3d 1141 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 22, 2015

v. … Gorham v.

State v. Bragg

604 A.2d 439 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 11, 1992

, Officer Brown offered to give him a ride to the station. … State v. Durost, 497 A.2d 134, 138 (Me.1985); State v. Caouette, 446 A.2d 1120, 1124 (Me.1982).

Kevin F. Strong v. Rebecca M. Brakeley

137 A.3d 1007 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 21, 2016

Curtis v. … Pitts v.