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  • Newhouse v. Canal National Bank of Portland

    124 F. Supp. 239 · District Court, D. Maine · Sep 10, 1954

    The case of City of Newburyport v. First National Bank of Boston, 1914, 216 Mass. 304 , 103 N.E. 782 , is directly in point and should be reviewed in conjunction with the earlier case of Brown v. … The only way in which the plaintiff has undertaken to make out that fact is by pointing out that it was held in Brown v. [City of] Newburyport [ 209 Mass. 259 , 95 N.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Chassie v. Directors of School Administrative District No. 36

    356 A.2d 708 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 6, 1976

    It is the responsibility of the superintendent and the school board to insure the quality of the school system. This requires that only high quality teachers be employed in the system. As this Court said in Benson v. … Smith, Washington Cty.Super.Ct., Civ.Docket 2509 (June 7, 1973) ; Limestone School Comm. v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Pratt v. Fraser Paper, Ltd.

    774 A.2d 351 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 6, 2001

    See, e.g., Dumond v. Aroostook Van Lines, 670 A.2d 939, 941-42 (Me.1996); Ibbitson v. … 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. .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Maybury v. Spinney-Maybury Co.

    122 Me. 422 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 13, 1923

    Burrill v. Daggett, 77 Maine, 545. Dwinal v. Brown, 54 Maine, 468. Jones v. Binford, 74 Maine, 439. The language of the Massachusetts court in Perkins v. … Dwinal v. Brown, 54 Maine, 468, 472.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Stanton by Stanton v. Brunswick School Dept.

    577 F. Supp. 1560 · District Court, D. Maine · Jan 23, 1984

    McNeese v. Board of Education, 373 U.S. 668 , 83 S.Ct. 1433 , 10 L.Ed.2d 622 (1963); see also Gibson v. Berryhill, 411 U.S. 564 , 93 S.Ct. 1689 , 36 L.Ed.2d 488 (1973); Carter v. … Keyishian v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Wyman v. Porter

    108 Me. 110 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 7, 1911

    Stetson v. Grant, 102 Maine, 222, and cases cited; Brown v. Webber, 103 Maine, 60. The burden is on the plaintiffs to show the title they have alleged, Stetson v. Grant; Broten v. … Brown v. Smith, 101 Maine, 545; Cutter v. Davenport, 1 Pickering, 81. But the plaintiffs say that the defendant has not shown that ancillary administration was not taken out in Maine. We do not think it was necessary.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Bryant v. Bryant

    411 A.2d 391 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 20, 1980

    Bowman, 29 Cal.2d 808 , 178 P.2d 751 (1947); (2) to provide health care insurance for the benefit of the payee spouse, Brown v. … Brown, 335 Mich. 511 , 56 N.W.2d 367 (1953); and (3) to maintain or provide life insurance with the payee spouse as the irrevocable beneficiary, Wiltz v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins.

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Anderson v. Standard Granite Co.

    92 Me. 429 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 23, 1899

    The original written contract fixed the price at $45 per thousand for blocks to be delivered by the plaintiff “on board vessels at Lane’s wharf, in Searsport, Me., at which wharf there is ten feet of water or more.” … Reed v. Boardman, 20 Pick. 441 ; Donohue v. Woodbury, 6 Cush. 148 ; Fuller v. Kent, 138 N. Y. 231 ; McDaniels v. Bank of Rutland, 29 Vt. 230 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • JAY CASHMAN, INC. v. Portland Pipe Line Corp.

    559 F. Supp. 2d 85 · District Court, D. Maine · Jun 18, 2008

    Defendant's Reply SMF ¶ 48; Sept. 17 Brown Dep. at 37-39. 28 . … Defendant's Reply SMF ¶ 53; Sept. 17 Brown Dep. at 74. 38 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Williams v. Bromley

    622 A.2d 1171 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 5, 1993

    Co., Inc. v. Binnall, 443 A.2d 67, 69 (Me.1982) (quoting Hazzard v. Westview Golf Club, Inc., 217 A.2d 217, 222 (Me.1966)). … Cole v. Peterson Realty, Inc., 432 A.2d 752, 756 (Me.1981).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • State v. Slorah

    117 Me. 319 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 14, 1918

    In accordance with the opinion in State v. Brown, 75 Maine, 456, which rules this case, the entry must be, Exceptions dismissed from this court.

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  • City of Deering v. Moore

    86 Me. 181 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 26, 1893

    Howard v. Brown, 21 Maine, 385 ; Scarborough v. Parker, 53 Maine, 252 ; Goodyear Co. v. Bacon, 148 Mass. 542 . II. Did the discharge of two sureties release the defendant, another surety? No. … Bailey v. Day, 26 Maine, 88 ; Potter v. Green, 6 Allen, 442 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • McGary v. Barrows

    156 Me. 250 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 20, 1960

    State v. Pooler, 105 Me. 224, 228 ; Laughlin v. City of Portland, 111 Me. 486 ; Village Corporation v. Libby, 126 Me. 537, 549 . … In Campbell, Petr. v. Watts, 71 Me. 380 , it was made clear that a canvassing board was an administrative and not a judicial body, and such is the case of the School District Commission.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • State v. Livingston

    135 Me. 323 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 18, 1938

    The ball is propelled up to the outer end, and drops back by gravity over the face *324 of the board in which are holes which may catch the ball. … State v. Battler, 131 Me., 285, 161 A., 671 . Do the provisions of P. L. 1935, Chap. 82, change the law? This is entitled “An Act to Tax Games of Skill.”

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Chabot & Richard Co. v. Chabot

    109 Me. 403 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 15, 1912

    Treat v. Gilmore, 49 Maine, 34; Keen v. *405 Jordan, 53 Maine, 144; Shrimpton v. Pendexter, 88 Maine, 556. … Camden Land Co. v. Lewis, 101 Maine, 78. That power was vested in the directors as a board.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Keatinge v. Biddle

    188 F. Supp. 2d 3 · District Court, D. Maine · Feb 21, 2002

    of Overseers of the Bar v. … Hodsdon, 690 A.2d 986, 989 (Me.1997); Board of Overseers of the Bar v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Pelletier v. Pelletier

    597 A.2d 60 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 26, 1991

    Defendant Cyr Pelletier appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Hancock County, Browne, A.R.J.) affirming a divorce judgment of the District Court (Ells-worth, Staples, J.). … See Jacobs v. Jacobs, 507 A.2d 596, 600 (Me.1986); Skelton v. Skelton, 490 A.2d 1204, 1207 (Me.1985); 19 M.R.S.A. § 721 (Supp.1990).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Rhodes v. School District No. 14

    30 Me. 110 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

    Fairbanks v. Metcalf, 8 Mass. 230 ; Chadwick v. Webber, 3 Greenl. 141; Woodman v. Coolbroth, 7 Greenl. 184; Jackson v. Sheldon, 22 Maine, 569; Carr v. Hoxie, 5 Mason, 60 ; Stiles v. Brown, 6 Verm. 563 ; Elsey v. … O’Kelley v. O’Kelley, 8 Metc. 437 . *113 It is apparent, that the demandant, when he left the deed with Norton, did not intend to deliver it as his deed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Good Will Home Association v. Erwin

    285 A.2d 374 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 31, 1971

    Ketchum v. Moores, 122 Me. 166 , 119 A. 202 (1922); Fellows ex rel. Cummings v. Eastman, 126 Me. 147 , 136 A. 810 (1927); Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc., v. … Board of Education, 18 N.Y.2d 129 , 272 N.Y.S.2d 341 , 219 N.E.2d 172 (1966); People ex rel. Wallace et al. v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • New England Accessories Trade Ass'n v. Tierney

    528 F. Supp. 404 · District Court, D. Maine · Dec 7, 1981

    Browne, 502 F.Supp. 1245 (D.Conn.1980); Florida Businessmen for Free Enterprise v. Florida, 499 F.Supp. 346 (N.D.Fla.1980). … See The Casbah, Inc. v. Thone, supra, 651 F.2d at 561 n.14; New England Accessories Trade Ass'n v. Browne, supra, 502 F.Supp. at 1253-54 ; Mid-Atlantic Accessories Trade Ass'n v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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