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  • Lawry v. Ellis

    85 Me. 500 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 23, 1893

    There are exceptions, (Phillips v. Brown, 74 Maine, 549,) but there is nothing in this case to bring it within any exception. … Stone v. Peacock, 35 Maine, 385 ; Morrison v. Dingley, 63 Maine, 553 ; Ropes v. Lane, 9 Allen, 502 ; Scudder v. Worcester, 11 Cush. 573 ; Keeler v. Goodwin, 111 Mass. 490 . Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Carlson v. State

    262 A.2d 368 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 19, 1970

    with the Parole Board. … The precise issue here before us was decided by this Court in Mottram v. State, (Me.) 232 A.2d 809 .

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  • City of Bath v. Reed

    78 Me. 276 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 11, 1886

    . *279 By § 6 of the city charter, as amended by c. 538 of Special Laws of 1874, it is provided that there shall be a board of three assessors to be elected by the city council, one member of which board is to be elected … Soc. v. Sperry, 10 Conn. 200 ; Kelsey v. Wright, 1 Root, (Conn.) 83; People v. Runkel, 9 Johns. 147 ; Trustees v. Hills, 6 Cow. 23 ; Currie v. Medical Assurance Soc. 4 Hen. and M. (Va.) 315.

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  • Hayes v. New England Greyhound Lines, Inc.

    151 Me. 169 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 31, 1955

    Adams v. Louisville & N.R.Co., 134 Ky. 620 , 121 S.W. 419 , 135 Am.St.Rep. 425 , 21 Ann.Cas. 321; Louisville & N.R.Co. v. Rommele, 152 Ky., 719 , 154 S.W. 16 , Ann. Cas. 1915B, 267. … Greer v. Public Service Coordinated Transport, 124 N.J.L. 512 , 12 A. 2nd 844; Burns v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 233 Pa. 304 , 82 A. 246 , Ann. Cas. 1913B, 811; Adams v. Louisville & N.R. Co., supra.” Williams v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • President of the Gardiner Bank v. Wheaton

    8 Me. 373 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1832

    Kelleran v. Brown, 4 Mass. 443 . This deed is liable to no impeachment. … Brinkerhoff v. Brown, 4 Johns. Ch. 671 ; McDermott v. Strong, ib. 687; Spader v. Davis, 5 Johns. Ch. 283.

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  • Inhabitants of Palmyra v. Nichols

    91 Me. 17 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 4, 1897

    Brown. Penobscot ss. Newport Jany. 14th 1895. Personally appeared Susan H. Nichols & made oath to the above statement to be her free act. Before me F. L. Brown, Justice of the Peace.” I. … Dennett v. Nevers, 7 Maine, 399 ; Augusta v. Leadbetter, 16 Maine, 45.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Squires v. Inhabitants of City of Augusta

    155 Me. 151 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 25, 1959

    (emphasis supplied) 51 Harvard Law Review, 935. (1938) In Board of Education, etc. v. … Everson v. Board of Education, supra.

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  • Bacon v. Casco Bay Steamboat Co.

    90 Me. 46 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 26, 1897

    For instance, in midday reasonable diligence might require of them to provide a different opportunity to go ashore and to come on board than would be required in the evening or after dark. … The latter rule is the doctrine of this state, at least as settled in the late case of Lasky v. The Can. Pac. Railway Co., 83 Maine, 461. See authorities there cited.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Gemini Concerts, Inc. v. Triple-A Baseball Club Associates

    664 F. Supp. 24 · District Court, D. Maine · Jul 8, 1987

    (citing Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, 370 U.S. 294, 320 , 82 S.Ct. 1502, 1521 , 8 L.Ed.2d 510 (1962)). … See Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, 370 U.S. at 325 , 82 S.Ct. at 1523 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Calkins v. Pierce

    112 Me. 474 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1914

    The authority for the text is Doe v. Browne, 8 East., 165. An examination of the case shows that it does not support the text to *477 the extent claimed by the plaintiff. … In Sweetsir v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Kilgore v. Rich

    12 L.R.A. 859 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 1891

    In Clarke v. … So in Conn v. Coburn, 7 N.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Gilman v. Burnett

    116 Me. 382 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 27, 1917

    Brown, 200 Mass., 269 , before cited; Atty. Gen. v. Hurst, 2 Cox, Ch. Cas., 369, where the gift was for the building of a church in a specified place; Gladding v. Saint Matthew's Church, 25 R. I., 628. … Rogers, 186 Mass., 238 ; Richardson v. Mullery, 200 Mass., 247 ; Grimke v. Atty. Gen., 206 Mass., 49 ; Norris v. Loomis, 215 Mass., 344 , and Lynch v. Cong. Parish, 109 Maine, 32.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Cooper v. Bailey

    52 Me. 230 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1863

    Morse v. Green, 13 N. H., 32; Shaw v. Emery, 38 Maine, 484. The payee of & note may transfer it by indorsement in pencil. Clossen v. Stearns, 4 Vt., 11 . … The Merchants’ Bank v. Spicer, 6 Wend., 443 . "A person,” remarks Nelson, C. J., in Brown v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Harris v. Howes

    75 Me. 436 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 1, 1883

    Ellis v. Welch, 6 Mass. 246 ; Parks v. Boston, 15 Pick. 198 ; Patterson v. Boston, 20 Pick. 165 . By the fault or mistake of both of the present parties, one .■award only was made. … Com. v. Great Barrington, 6 Mass. 492 ; In matter of Eleventh Avenue, 81 N. Y. 436 . See 2 Mass. 489 ; and Brown v. Co. Com. 12 Met. 209 .

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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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  • Piper v. Moulton

    72 Me. 155 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 10, 1881

    I think I am bound by the cases Chapman v. Brown, 6 Ves. 404, and the Attorney General v. Hinxman, 2 J. … The decision, Fowler v. Fowler, relied upon by the counsel for the complainants, is made by Romilly, V. C. id rest upon the cases of Chapman v. Brown, and the Attorney General v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Stockford v. Bath Iron Works Corp.

    482 A.2d 843 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 11, 1984

    See, e.g., Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company v. Spurlock, 415 S.W.2d 849 (Ky.1967); Ryder v. Insurance Company of North America, 282 So.2d 771 (La.App.1973); Brown v. F. … Sun Ship, Inc. v. Pennsylvania, 447 U.S. 715 , 100 S.Ct. 2432 , 65 L.Ed.2d 458 (1980); Murray v. City of Augusta, 394 A.2d 1171 (Me.1978).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Hoffman v. Secretary of State of Maine

    574 F. Supp. 2d 179 · District Court, D. Maine · Aug 29, 2008

    Perez-Guzman v. … Board on or before the date that the Board received the designating petition.

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  • Philric Associates v. City of South Portland

    595 A.2d 1061 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 1991

    Philric contends that the City’s treatment of its subdivision application presents concerns similar to those that we addressed in Mutton Hill Estates, Inc. v. Town of Oakland, 468 A.2d 989 (Me.1983). We disagree. … Philric has not established that any harm will result from allowing the board to complete its review in due course. State v. Maine State Employees Ass’n, 482 A.2d 461, 464 (Me.1984). The entry is: Judgment affirmed.

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  • Little v. Thurston

    58 Me. 86 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1870

    Brown, 10 Maine, 49, the defendant relied on the case of Winter v. … In Chandler v. Marsh, 4 Vermont, 161, Hutchinson, C.

    Cited 5 timesPublished

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