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  • Brown v. Kennebec Water District

    108 Me. 227 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 20, 1911

    As observed by the court in Burnett v. Boston, 173 Mass. 176 : "So long as the members of this Board act regularly and in good faith, their decisions upon the question of necessity is final.” See also Lynch v. … Cushman v. Smith, 34 Maine, 247; Nichols v. S. & K. R. R. Co., 43 Maine, 356; Davis v. Russell, 47 Maine, 443; Riche v. Bar Harbor Water Co., 75 Maine, 91.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Farrar Brown Company v. Johnson

    161 Me. 75 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 2, 1965

    Gould v. Gould, 245 U. S. 151, 153 . “----We find no justification in the law for making assessment against vendors according to a flat rate, a weighted average percentage or any mathematical probabilities.” State v. … Scott Paper Co. v. Johnson, 156 Me. 19 . The defendant cites Bouchard, et al. v. Johnson, 157 Me. 41 as to the requirement of keeping “adequate” records by the retailer.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Andrews v. Police Board

    94 Me. 68 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 17, 1900

    said board, viz. … The board was only authorized to remove for cause, and such removal is a judicial act, to be made only upon notice and hearing. State v. Donovan, 89 Maine, 448; Andrews v. King, 77 Maine, 224. Writ to issue.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Clark Equipment Co.

    96 F.R.D. 166 · District Court, D. Maine · Nov 24, 1982

    Hurd v. … Brown (hereafter “plaintiff”) was seriously injured while using a front-end loader designed and manufactured by defendant Clark Equipment Company.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Inhabitants of Chesterville

    63 Me. 241 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1871

    Collins v. School District, 52 Maine, 522.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Merrill Trust Co. v. Brown

    122 Me. 101 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 18, 1922

    In Asbury v. Taube, 151 S. … Brown’s account, thereby diminishing the amount of the overdraft, was taken for value. Was the check taken in good faith? In Atlas National Bank v. Holme, 71 Fed. Rep., 489, 19 C. C.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Ellsworth v. Brown

    53 Me. 519 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866

    The excepted cases referred to in the preceding section are the following: — 1st, All goods, wares and merchandise, all logs, timber, boards and other lumber, and all stock in trade, including stock employed in the business

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Crown Equipment Corp.

    236 F.R.D. 58 · District Court, D. Maine · Jul 13, 2006

    Brown’s industrial accident. … Boucher v. Northeastern Log Homes, Inc., 2005 WL 758470 , at *4 (D.Me.2005) (quoting Macaulay v. Anas, 321 F.3d 45, 50 (1 st Cir.2003)).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Maine State Employees Ass'n

    690 A.2d 956 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 14, 1997

    Lun-drigan v. Maine Labor Relations Board, 482 A.2d 884 (Me.1984). … Employees v. Maine State Employees Ass’n, 476 A.2d 699, 704 (Me.1984) (Board ordered new election); Association of Indep. Prof'ls v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Palmer Construction Company, Inc.

    295 A.2d 263 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 14, 1972

    Ass’n. v. Cobb, (1938—Tex.Civ.App.) 118 S.W.2d 375, 379 , and *266 Texas Employers’ Ins. Ass’n. v. Harbuck (1934—Tex.Civ.App.) 73 S.W.2d 113 . … By stipulation the Brown testimony was to be used as evidence in the case of Petitioner Webster.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • President of North Bank v. Brown

    50 Me. 214 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1861

    Bissell v. Briggs, 9 Mass., 462 ; Hall v. Williams, 10 Maine, 278; Hall & al. v. Williams & al., 6 Pick. 232 ; Middlesex Bank v. Butman, 29 Maine, 19 ; Cleaves v. Lord, 42 Maine, 290. … Holbrook v. Foss, 27 Maine, 411; Pike v. McDonald & al., 32 Maine, 418.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Inhabitants of Portland v. Brown

    43 Me. 223 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1857

    Howland *226 v. Leach, 11 Pick., 151 . Hunt v. Livermore, 5 Pick., 395 . The deed of release to the defendant, and the payment by. him of money “ therefor,” were to be concurrent acts. Lester v. Jewett, 1 Kernan, 453. … The rule of law laid down in Portage v. Cole, 1 Saund., 319, does not apply to the contract in question. This is not a case of mutual covenants. The contract in suit is signed by the defendant alone.

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  • Brown v. Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad

    127 Me. 387 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 13, 1928

    Brown; I don’t know whether there was more or not but there was one car and I looked just like this (illustrating), you know, as anyone naturally will and the little girl was on this side of the window looking out, and X … Brown see the sign? A. I don’t know; he is always looking of course for railroad crossing signs but he didn’t speak to me and I didn’t speak to him but I knew it from Mary’s saying so. Q.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • County of Washington v. Brown

    33 Me. 442 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1851

    . — This caséis essentially unlike that of Irish v. … holds the place of trustee to such party ; and to sustain a suit in its name, it is not necessary that it should be beneficially interested in the fund sought to be obtained. 1 Chitty’s Pleading, 4; Scholey and Dornville v.

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  • Penobscot Boom Corp. v. Brown

    16 Me. 237 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1839

    taken in this case, which have not been decided in the case against Damson, relate to the admission of the testimony of Greely, to portions of that of Young, and to the exclusion of the copy of the writ, Dwinal and Veazie v.

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  • J. R. Watkins Co. v. Brown

    134 Me. 473 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 18, 1936

    Moore v. Protection Insurance Co., 29 Me., 97; Brown v. Moran, 42 Me., 44; Tomlinson v. Clement Bros. Inc., 130 Me., 189, 154 A., 355 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Crown Equipment Corp.

    445 F. Supp. 2d 59 · District Court, D. Maine · Aug 9, 2006

    United States v. W.B., 452 F.3d 1002, 1006 (8th Cir.2006). Rule 807 is to be used “only rarely, in truly exceptional cases.” United States v. … She invokes the collateral source rule, citing Hoitt v. Hall, 661 A.2d 669, 673-74 (Me.1995), and Werner v. Lane, 393 A.2d 1329, 1336 (Me.1978). Id. at 2.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Augusta School Department

    963 F. Supp. 39 · District Court, D. Maine · Apr 25, 1997

    Co. v. Hayes, 676 A.2d 510 (Me.1996). In St. Paul Ins. … The third-party claim is for contribution and/or indemnification only for any damages that may be owed by Third-Party Plaintiffs to Plaintiff Travis Brown because the Complaint alleges that Perkins abused Brown, and not Plaintiff

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Guy Gannett Publishing Co.

    147 Me. 3 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 3, 1951

    In the very recent case of Briola v. Bass Pub. … Tillson v. Robbins, 68 Me., 295, 301, 28 Am. Rep., 50 .”

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Bethel Steam Mill Co. v. Brown

    57 Me. 9 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1869

    Boynton v. Veazie, 24 Maine, 286. Terry v. Wheeler, 25 N. Y. (11 Smith), 520. … For reasons similar to those above suggested, it would seem, it was held in Walden v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished

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