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19 Me. 56 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1841
And reliance is placed on the cases of Allen v. Megguire, 15 Mass. R. 490 , and Swett v. Brown, 5 Pick. 178 , to sustain these positions. … In the case of Burlingame v. Bell, 16 Mass.
Cited 2 timesPublished686 A.2d 1072 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 20, 1996
Corp. v. … Tools, Inc. v.
Cited 14 timesPublished671 A.2d 956 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 23, 1996
Salenius v. Salenius, 654 A.2d 426 , 428 n. 4 (Me.1995). This case requires us to reiterate our holding in Transamerica Commercial Fin. Co. v. … Fuller, 524 A.2d 1221 , 1222 n. 1 (Me.1987); but see Harbour v. Brown, 732 S.W.2d 598, 600 (Tenn.1987).
Cited 17 timesPublished16 Me. 121 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1839
State v. Burr, 1 Fairf. 438. It is admitted, that Snow and Burr sold strong liquors, and permitted them to be drunk in their place of business. … However laudable may have been the motives, by which the board were actuated, we cannot but regard it as an attempt to change the law, which transcended their authority.
Cited 0 timesPublishedMatheson v. Bangor Publishing Co.
414 A.2d 1203 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 28, 1980
See Blackwell v. State, Me., 311 A.2d 536, 537 (1973); Johnson v. Maine Wetlands Control Board, Me., 250 A.2d 825, 827 (1969), and cases cited therein. … It is true that in Collett v.
Cited 9 timesPublished63 Me. 258 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873
The report shows that the jailer called upon the creditor for payment for the defendant’s board both before and after the notice of October 26, and that it was furnished. We remark: I. … Spring v. Davis, 36 Maine, 399. We presume that the judge at nisi prius based his ruling upon such a finding.
Cited 0 timesPublishedClegg v. American Airlines, Inc.
Superior Court of Maine · Jan 30, 2024
Brown v. United Airlines, Inc., 720 F.3d 60, 63 (1st Cir. 2013). … See McDonald v.
Cited 0 timesUnpublishedApplebee v. Brawn (In Re Brawn)
138 B.R. 327 · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · Mar 16, 1992
Brown v. Felsen, 442 U.S. 127 , 99 S.Ct. 2205 , 60 L.Ed.2d 767 (1979). With exceptions not pertinent here, bankruptcy court is the exclusive forum for determination of § 523(a)(4) issues. 11 U.S.C. § 523 (c)(1). … Bd. of Educ., 465 U.S. 75, 81 , 104 S.Ct. 892, 896 , 79 L.Ed.2d 56 (1984); Allen v. McCurry, 449 U.S. 90, 96 , 101 S.Ct. 411, 415 , 66 L.Ed.2d 308 (1980); In re Brown, 951 F.2d 564 (3rd Cir.1991). 14 .
Cited 12 timesPublished115 Me. 227 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 28, 1916
Brown, 24 Gratt., 74 ; Reid v. Garnet, 101 Va., 47 ; Stillman v. White Rock Mfg. Co., 23 Fed. Cas., 549 ; Wooldridge v. Coughlin, 46 W. Va., 345 ; Crosier v. Brown, 25 L. R. A., (N. S.) 174; Andries v. Detroit G. … Studley v. Hall, 22 Maine, 198; Hovey v Luce, 31 Maine, 346; Greeley v. Mansur, 64 Maine, 211; Trafton v. Pitts, 73 Maine, 408; Whitney v. Whitman, 5 Mass., 404 .
Cited 49 timesPublished61 Me. 457 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1872
In Briggs v. … In Colton v.
Cited 5 timesPublishedThurber v. Bill Martin Chevrolet, Inc.
487 A.2d 631 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 7, 1985
E.g., Rogers v. Brown, 135 Me. 117 , 190 A. 632 (1937). Our purpose, in the final analysis, is to determine the meaning that the Legislature intended its words to have. Alpha Rho Zeta v. … Rogers v. Brown, 135 Me. at 119 , 190 A. at 633 .
Cited 5 timesPublishedKeeling-Easter Co. v. R. B. Dunning & Co.
113 Me. 34 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 10, 1915
The defendant chartered a schooner, and the plaintiff seasonably delivered the shells on board. This constituted a delivery to the defendant. State v. Peters, 91 Maine, 31. … Miller v. Mariner’s Church, 7 Greenl., 51; True v. Telegraph Co., 60 Maine, 9; Grindle v. Express Co., 67 Maine, 317; Thoms v. Dingley, 70 Maine, 100. So in Massachusetts. See Merrimack Mfg. Co. v.
Cited 6 timesPublished5 Me. 192 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1827
The verdict proves that the note in the present case has not been paid, either in boards or money. The motion is overruled. … Webster v. Lee 5. Mass. 334. Hodges v. Hodges 9. Mass. 320. Smith v. Whiting 11. Mass. 445, and cases there cited.
Cited 3 timesPublishedMoores v. Inhabitants of Springfield
144 Me. 54 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 28, 1949
In the case of Rettinger v. School Board, 109 A. … Bank, 108 Fed. 505 , Coffin et al. v. Board of Com’rs., 114 Fed. 518 and the same case on appeal in Board of Commissioners v.
Cited 6 timesPublished80 Me. 97 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1888
See Bray v. Marsh, 75 Maine, 452. An action at law upon the note could only be maintained in the name of the payee or his personal representative. Brown v. Nourse, 55 Maine, 230. … Woodward v. Ware, 37 Maine, 563 ; Godfrey v. Rice, 59 Maine, 308.
Cited 4 timesPublishedFoster v. Kerr & Houston, Inc.
133 Me. 389 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 3, 1935
App., 177 , 52 Pac., 637 ; Board of Education, to use of Chandler Lumber Co. v. Aetna Indemnity Co., 159 Ill. App., 319 ; Road Supply & Metal Co. v. … The board of sinking fund commissioners, however, was given authority to contract for the erection of the capitol.
Cited 5 timesPublished29 Me. 429 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1849
Buck & al. v. Ingersoll, 11 Metc. 226 ; and the attachment of mortgaged" personal property on a writ, brought to recover the sum due upon the claim secured, extinguishes the lien. Sweet v. … Brown, 5 Pick. 178 , Consequently such property, so attached, is the property of the debtor, subject only to the attachment, *433 and the creditor has no title thereto, as an owner.
Cited 11 timesPublished66 Me. 469 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 27, 1876
Stevens v. Merrill, 110 Mass. 57, 59 . In that case the court say that “when a mortgageor obtains a decree of redemption his right is thereby defined, and no other or different right remains to him. … Borromscale v. Tuttle, 5 Allen, 377 . Gerrish v. Black, 109 Mass. 474 . Brown v. Simons, 45 N. H. 211. 2 Hill Mort. 105.
Cited 3 timesPublished99 Me. 410 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 23, 1904
While being taken from the cars, weighed and put on board ship, it was open to view and inspection, and was seen by their agents. … See Warner v. Arctic Ice Co., 74 Maine, 475, and Morse v. Moore, 83 Maine, 473, where the subject matter and the authorities, including those cited by the plaintiff here, are fully considered.
Cited 4 timesPublished47 Me. 109 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1860
Brown, 34 Maine, 107. When an article is manufactured to order, delivery only can pass a title. Hilliard on Sales, 28; 2 Kent’s Com., 504. The contract here was merely executory. … Bennett v. Platt, 9 Pick., 558 ; Brewer & al. v. Smith, 3 Maine, 44. The non-suit was properly ordered. Exceptions overruled,. Tenney, 0. J., and Appleton, Cutting, May, and Kent, JJ., concurred.
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