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  • Conley v. Inhabitants of Woodville

    97 Me. 240 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 1, 1903

    Warren v. Islesborough, 20 Maine, 442; Boothby v. Troy, 48 Maine, 560. … In this case the plaintiffs, living in the town of Lincoln, sue the inhabitants of the town of Woodville, for the board of a person having her pauper settlement in the latter town, which board was furnished in .the town where

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  • The Rovena

    20 F. Cas. 1272 · District Court, D. Maine · Apr 12, 1836

    Emerson v. Howland [Case No. 4,441]; The Exeter, 2 C. Rob. Adm. 261. … This question was largely and learnedly discussed in the case of Emerson v.

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  • Coffin v. Hall

    106 Me. 126 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 18, 1909

    Cushing v. Babcock, 38 Maine, 452. … Brown v. Starbird, 98 Maine, 292; Bean v. Ayers et als., 67 Maine, 482. Exceptions sustained. Demurrer sustained.

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  • 21 Seabran, LLC v. Town of Naples

    153 A.3d 113 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 5, 2017

    the Board acted as fact-finder and decision-maker.” 6 Rudolph v. … v.

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  • In re Knox County Electric Co.

    119 Me. 179 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 10, 1920

    Small v. Danville, 51 Maine, 359; Goddard v. Harpswell, 84 Maine, 499; Woodcock v. Calais, 66 Maine, 234. … Arlington Board of Survey v. Bay State Street Ry., 224 Mass., 463, 469 . The principle seems to be no longer debatable. Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co., U. S. Sup. Ct., June 9, 1919. 250 U. S., 394 ; Law. Ed.

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  • The Forest

    9 F. Cas. 443 · District Court, D. Maine · Oct 26, 1837

    The Neptune [Case No. 17,135]; Swift v. The Happy Return [Id. 13,697]; Lamson v. … Swift v. The Happy Return [supra]; Lamson v. Westcott [supra].

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  • Nichols v. S.D. Warren/Sappi

    928 A.2d 732 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 7, 2007

    Bureau v. Staffing Network, Inc., 678 A.2d 583, 588 (Me.1996). [¶ 10] We first examine the plain language of the statute. … The entry is: The judgment of the hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board is affirmed.

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  • Dudley v. Kennedy

    63 Me. 465 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1874

    Brown v. Watson, 47 Maine, 161; Dobson v. Sutton, 58 E. C. L., 991. Here the plaintiff is proved to have sustained special damages over and above those inflicted upon the general public. … Clarke v. Dinsmore, 5 N. H., 137. An unexecuted agreement to pay is not payment. Accord without satisfaction is no answer. Coxon v. Chadley, 3 B. & C., 591.

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  • Charles v. Harriman

    121 Me. 484 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 27, 1922

    The r rule laid down in Plight v. … Moody v. Inhbts. of Camden, 61 Maine, 264, 265. Mitchell v. Chase, 87 Maine, 172, 176. In Sposedo v. Merriman, 111 Maine, 530 at Page 542, Mr.

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  • Ramsay v. Dube

    Superior Court of Maine · Feb 16, 2018

    Metcalf has run a boarding facility for over thirty years and boards between sixteen and eighteen horses at a given time. (Pl.'s Add. S.M.F. (Dube), 5.) In Ms. … Id.; Henry v.

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  • Appletree Cottage, LLC v. Town of Cape Elizabeth

    169 A.3d 396 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 8, 2017

    Assocs. v. Town of Wells, 2001 ME 178, ¶ 13 , 787 A.2d 137 (quotation marks omitted). *399 [¶ 10] Here, in granting Bond’s application for a building permit, the CEO made no factual findings. … Similar to the circumstances before us in Mills v.

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  • Johnson v. Anderson

    18 Me. 76 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1841

    In the case of Stevens v. … In Headlam v. Hedley, 1 Holt, 463, Mr Justice Bayley admits the presumption of law to be, that the property of the soil in a highway belongs to the owners of the adjoining lands. In Peck v. Smith, 1 Conn.

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  • Town of Otis v. Derr

    782 A.2d 788 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 31, 2001

    Munsey v. … Whether we have an opportunity to offer guidance to local zoning boards or whether a ease has an unusual procedural posture and would now be heard on direct appeal is immaterial to the application of the rule. Musson v.

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  • Horn v. Town of Boothbay

    672 A.2d 1105 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 12, 1996

    Pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 80B, Horn sought judicial review of the Board’s decision. … When, as here, the Superior Court acts as an intermediate appellate tribunal, we review directly the decision of the Board. Roberts v. Town of Phippsburg, 642 A.2d 155, 156 (Me.1994) (citing WLH Management Corp. v.

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  • Bragdon v. Town of Vassalboro

    Superior Court of Maine · Jan 23, 2001

    Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564 (1972). … This court is not permitted to “make findings independent of those explicitly or implicitly found by the Board or [to] substitute its judgment for that of the Board.” Perrin v.

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  • Holmes v. Inhabitants of Paris

    75 Me. 559 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 1, 1884

    Taw, 296 ; Liber’s Hermeneutics (3 ed. notes by Hammond), p. 283, and cases; Margate Pier Co. v. Hannam, 3 Barn. & Ald. *266; Edwards v. Dick, 4 Idem, *212; People v. Utica Ins. Co. 15 Johns. 358 ; Jackson v. … Collins, 3 Cow. 89 ; Whitney v. Whitney, 14 Mass. 88, 92 ; Brown v. Pendergust, 7 Allen, 427 , and cases there cited; Winslow v. Kimball, 25 Maine, 493; 2 Dillon’s Mun. Cor. (3 ed.) § 1027 and notes. In Brooks v.

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  • St. Hilaire v. Edwards

    581 A.2d 806 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 26, 1990

    Brown Co. v. Gillen, 569 A.2d 1206, 1210 (Me.1990); Pombriant v. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maine, 562 A.2d 656, 659 (Me.1989). Nor does the complaint allege in what way St. … Peoples Heritage Savings Bank v. Dumont, 566 A.2d 751, 752 (Me.1989).

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  • Inhabitants of Corinna v. Inhabitants of Hartland

    70 Me. 355 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 18, 1879

    Undoubtedly Page furnished the alleged pauper his board while in jail and possibly he might have done so relying upon the liability ofNorridgewock under the notice given. … In Norridgewock v. Solon, 49 Maine, 385, and E. Sudbury v. Sudbury, 12 Pick. 1 , cited in defense, supplies were actually furnished, and are therefore not applicable to this case.

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  • City of Bangor v. O'Brian

    712 A.2d 517 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 2, 1998

    . [¶ 1] The City of Bangor appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Alexander, J.) affirming the decision of the Bangor Zoning Board of Appeals granting a zoning variance to Perry O’Brian … See Forester v. City of Westbrook, 604 A.2d 31, 33 (Me.1992). Because both findings are statutory prerequisites to obtaining a variance, the grant of the variance was improper. See Driscoll v.

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  • Hamlin v. Drummond

    91 Me. 175 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 3, 1898

    Dearborn v. Parks, 5 Maine, 81; Brown v. Attwood, 7 Maine, 356; Rowe v. *177 Whittier, 21 Maine, 545; Cutler v. Everett, 33 Maine, 201; Maxwell v. Haynes, 41 Maine, 559; Perkins v. Hitchcock, 49 Maine, 468; Goodwin v. … Bowden, 54 Maine, 424; Stewart v. Campbell, 58 Maine, 439 ; Heaton v. Angier, 7 N. H. 399 ; King v. Hutchins, 28 N. H. 580; Winslow v. Locke, 60 N. H. 580; Crowfoot v. Gurney, 9 Bing. 372. So in tlie case at bar.

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