Case law

Inhabitants of Knox v. Inhabitants of Montville

98 Me. 493 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 16, 1904

The declarations to which the questions related were made while he was boarding in that town. The case of Baring v. … Gorham v. Canton, 5 Maine, 266, 17 Am. Dec. 231 ; Wayne v. Greene, 21 Maine, 357; Corinth v. Lincoln, 34 Maine, 310; Richmond v. Thomaston, 38 Maine, 232; Cornville v. Brighton, 39 Maine, 333; State v.

State v. Sylvain

814 A.2d 984 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 14, 2003

State v. Brown, 675 A.2d 504, 505 (Me.1996). [¶ 8] The proper standard of appellate review depends upon the challenges raised by the appellant. … Ce- *987 falo, 396 A.2d 233, 239 (Me.1979) (holding “historical facts” are “facts ‘in the sense of a recital of external events and the credibility of their narrators.’ ”) (quoting Brown v.

Inhabitants of Richmond v. Johnson

53 Me. 437 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

It does not appear to have been subsequently ratified by the board of selectmen or by the town. There is no proof that Carney had authority to act alone. But one selectman cannot bind the town. … Damon v. Granby, 2 Pick., 345 ; Boothby v. Troy, 48 Maine, 560. No action can be maintained, on the contract to which we have referred, upon the evidence before us. Plaintiffs nonsuit.

Hussey v. Collins

30 Me. 190 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

Gardiner v. Cleaveland, 9 Pick. 336 ; Pond v. Warner, 2 Verm. 532 ; Morrison v. Berkey, 7 S. & R. 238; Reynolds v. Magness, 2 Iredell, 26; Brown v. Spann, 3 Hill, S. C. 324.

Kingsley v. McFarland

82 Me. 231 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 31, 1889

Milton v. Colby, 5 Met. 78 , 81; Howard v. Fessenden, 12 Allen, 124 , 128; Westgate v. Wix on, 128 Mass. 304, 306 . … Osgood v. Howard, 6 Maine, 452; Russell v. Richards, 10 Maine, 429; Pullen v. Bell, 40 Maine, 314, as explained in Lapham, v. Norton, 71 Maine, 86, 87.

United States Plywood Co. v. Verrill

131 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 30, 1933

Brown on June 8, 1927, conveyed the real estate in question by warranty deed to the American Specialty Manufacturing Co. … Brown died March 22,1928, leaving a will under the terms of which his son, O. Wendell Brown, was made general devisee of his father’s real estate.

Inhabitants of Solon v. Perry

54 Me. 493 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1867

the overseers of the poor of Norridgewock and claimed of them pay for said Eaton’s board. … So, assumpsit upon an implied promise will lie by a creditor to recover of his debtor the amount he has paid the jailer for his board while imprisoned on the creditor’s execution. Plummer v.

Desjardins v. Jordan Lumber Co.

124 Me. 113 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 5, 1924

The defendant has paid under protest a tax assessed for the same year upon these boards by the town of Milford. … This was squarely decided in Boothbay v.

Daley v. Spinnaker Industries, Inc.

803 A.2d 446 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 15, 2002

Decisions of the Board interpreting the Workers’ Compensation Act are entitled to deference unless the statute plainly compels a contrary result. Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 651 A.2d 358, 360 (Me.1994). … The entry is: The decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board is vacated. Remanded to the Workers’ Compensation Board for further proceedings consistent with the opinion herein. 1 .

Conners' Case

121 Me. 37 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 20, 1921

Saddlemire v. American Bridge Co., 94 Conn., 618 . … Pocs v. Buick Motor Co., 207 Mich., 591 ; Benjamin and Johnes v. Brabban, 92 N. J. 508; Simpson Const. Co. v. Industrial Board of Illinois, 275 Ill., 366.

Dunham v. Felt

65 Me. 218 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 5, 1876

Smith v. Brown, 61 Maine, 70. Ayer v. Fowler, 30 Maine, 347. Bachelder v. Sanborn, 34 Maine, 230. Exceptions overruled. Judgment for defendants. Appleton, C. J., Barrows, Danforth, Virgin and Peters, JJ., concurred.

Young v. Braman

105 Me. 494 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 10, 1909

Bangor House v. Brown, 33 Maine, 309; Ames v. Hilton, 70 Maine, 36; Winslow v. Reed, 89 Maine, 67. … Everett Distilling Co., 189 Mass. 145 ; Sutherland v. Jackson, 32 Maine, 80; Bangor House v. Brown, 33 Maine, 309; Warren v. Blake, 54 Maine, 276-281; Bartlett v. Bangor, 67 Maine, 460; Heselton v.

Chandler v. Dubey

378 A.2d 1096 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 20, 1977

In Browne v. Dubey, Me., 251 A.2d 424 (1969), the executrix of the will of the late Victor C. … The facts disclosed that while Browne was pending, one of the named defendants purchased title from the Town of Bridgton which had perfected liens for unpaid taxes on the property.

Jonathan R. Day v. Town of Phippsburg

110 A.3d 645 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 10, 2015

Adams v. … Id. at 311. [¶16] In Farley v.

Patterson v. Snell

67 Me. 559 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1877

Field v. Huston, 21 Maine, 69. Marr v. Hobson, 22 Maine, 321. Libby v. Thornton, 64 Maine, 479. But the petitioner contends that the premises passed by the deed of September 9, 1834, from Thaddeus Snell, senior, to Wm. … Brown v. Brown, 66 Maine, 316. In view of the circumstances under which this deed makes its appearance, we think there is neither proof nor presumption of its delivery.

Maine Central Railroad v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

117 F.R.D. 485 · District Court, D. Maine · Oct 28, 1987

National Labor Relations Board v. Joseph Macaluso, Inc., 618 F.2d 51, 54 (9th Cir.1980). The Court recognizes the principle, urged by Plaintiffs here, that the public is entitled to every person’s evidence. Branzburg v. … The same is true of the National Mediation Board.

Inhabitants of Dexter v. Blackden

93 Me. 473 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 9, 1900

In Day v. … Wheeler v. Groulding, 15 Gray, 539 ; Colburn v. Swett, 1 Metc. 232 ; Smith v. Look, 108 Mass. 139 ; State v. Johnson, 65 Maine, 262; Dunn v. Framingham, 132 Mass. 430 .

Allison v. Hobbs

96 Me. 26 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 12, 1901

The case of Stone v. Dickinson, 5 Allen, 29 is directly in point. … Shanly, 107 Mass. 568 ; Newman v. Fowler, 37 N. J. L. 89.

Alden v. Fitts

25 Me. 488 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1845

The two first causes of demurrer assigned must, in conformity with the decision in Rawson v. Brown, 18 Maine R. 216, be overruled. The statute of 1837, c. 276, § 10, has been reenacted in Rev.

Ames v. Hilton

70 Me. 36 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 5, 1879

Bangor House v. Brown, 33 Maine, 309. … If, however, Fisher v. Smith must be held to be in conflict with Bangor House v. Brown, we prefer to adhere to the rule established by our own court.