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  • Dixon v. Dorney

    588 A.2d 322 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 2, 1991

    Dixon appeal from an adverse judgment entered after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Somerset County, Browne, J.) on their complaint alleging that a medical misdiagnosis caused the closing of their convenience store. … See International Silver Co. v. DiGirolamo, 475 A.2d 1143, 1145 (Me.1984).

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  • Haynes v. Rowe

    40 Me. 181 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1855

    Foster v. United States Ins. Co. 11 Pick. 85 . … After the cargo of spars was shipped on board the schooner by Richards, under an agreement with the master to pay $450 for freight, the plaintiff purchased of Hugh Ross, provisions for the master to be used on board the vessel

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  • Freve v. State

    230 A.2d 230 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 8, 1967

    , and that the failure of the probation-parole officer or the parole board to cause the petitioner to be delivered to the Warden of the State Prison for the purpose of serving out the sentence for the first offense forthwith … Indeed, in Steves et al. v.

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  • State v. Nappi

    369 A.2d 230 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 8, 1977

    State v. Maples, Me., 343 A.2d 583 (1975); State v. Wedge, Me., 322 A.2d 328 (1974). Recently, in State v. … State v. Kimball, State v. Maples, State v. Wedge, supra.

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  • Hunt v. Rich

    38 Me. 195 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1854

    In Ruggles v. Lesure, 24 Pick. 181 , Morton, J., says ¡ — “Individuals have no right to lay out, widen or .straighten public streets or highways. Private interests would clash with public convenience.” … Bangor House v. Brown, 33 Maine, 309. Before the third in *200 structiou requested could have been properly given, it must have been shown by evidence that the principle was here inapplicable.

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  • Sproat v. Donnell

    26 Me. 185 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1846

    Cutler v. Winsor, 6 Pick. 335 . … Two decisions of this Court, viz: Dodge v. Bartol, 5 Greenl. 286, and Cram v. Aiken, 13 Maine R. 229, explicitly so decide, without qualification or exception. And Mr. Justice Putnam, in The T. C. Co. v. The M. Ins.

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  • State of Maine v. Browning

    Superior Court of Maine · Apr 22, 2021

    State v. Kittredge, 2014 ME 90 ~24; State v. McCarthy, 2003 ME 40, ~12, 819 A.2d 335,340. … State v. Dominique, 2008 ME 180, ,i 12; citing Rhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291(1980).

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  • Larrabee v. Lumbert

    32 Me. 97 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

    White v. Brown, 2 Cushing, 412 . If this could be regarded as an independent payment by the defendant, he would have the right to direct the application, under the general rule of law ; but it cannot be so regarded. … Whittick v. Kane, 1 Paige, 202; Holdridge v. Gillespie, 2 Johns. Ch. 33 .

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  • Ankuda v. R.N. Fish & Son, Inc.

    535 F. Supp. 2d 170 · District Court, D. Maine · Feb 26, 2008

    Brown v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 402 F.Supp.2d 303, 308 (D.Me.2005). … See, e.g., Reali v.

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  • Moore v. Alden

    80 Me. 301 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 14, 1888

    Smith v. Fellows, 131 Mass. 20 . The following additional references may be profitably consulted upon the general questions of the case. Heath v. Dendy, 1 Russ. 543 ; Wells v. Borwick, L. R. 17 Ch. Div. 798 ; Potter v. … Brown,, 11 R. I. 232; McLean v. Robertson, 126 Mass. 537 ; Pom. Eq. Jur. § 1142, note and cases; Schoul. Ex. & Adms. § 490, and cases in note.

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  • Waterville Homes, Inc. v. Municipal Officers of Waterville

    589 A.2d 458 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 18, 1991

    Lyons v. Board of Directors of School Administrative District No. 43, 503 A.2d 233, 236 (Me.1986). There is no statutory provision authorizing the review of defendant’s action. … See Lyons, 503 A.2d at 236 (writ of certiorari); Your Home, Inc. v. City of Portland, 505 A.2d 488, 489 (Me.1986) (writ of mandamus); Norton v. Emery, 108 Me. 472, 476 , 81 A. 671 (1911) (writ of prohibition).

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  • Dunbar v. Greenlaw

    152 Me. 270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 17, 1956

    The defendant by his demurrer admits all facts well pleaded, Brown v. Rhoades, 126 Me. 186, 187 . Pennell v. Cummings, 75 Me. 163 , is a case of indeterminate insanity commitment. … Brown v. Rhoades, 126 Me. 186, 187 . Exceptions sustained. Case remanded.

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  • Smith v. Dickson

    225 A.2d 631 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 19, 1967

    In Pillsbury v. … Pillsbury v. Brown, supra. In 1915 the “old county road” was mentioned as a bound commencing at the river *635 in a deed to the predecessors in title of both plaintiffs and defendant.

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  • Wallace v. Stevens

    64 Me. 225 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1874

    Cushing v. Ayer, 25 Maine, 383; Holden v. Pike, 24 Maine, 427. … Brown v. Simons, 44 N. H., 475.

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  • Dingley v. Gardiner

    73 Me. 63 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 7, 1881

    The same remedy for redress is open in the one case as in the other Whether the plaintiff’s land is overflowed by a dam or by flash boards, the height of the water the same, the damage to his land is the same. Gordon v. … Bates v. Weymouth Iron Co. 8 Cush. 548 ; Nelson v. Butterfield, 21 Maine, 220. "Reservoir dams,” remarks Colt, J., in Norton v.

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  • Keyes v. Second Baptist Church

    99 Me. 308 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 2, 1904

    In Doane v. … The court properly ruled that the defendants were not liable for the falling of the board, Jager v.

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  • Walker v. Carkin

    88 Me. 302 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 10, 1896

    The presiding judge instructed the jury that " an express wagon is commonly known by us all as a four-wheeled vehicle, with a straight body, commonly hung on springs, with a foot-board, a movable seat and a dumping tail-board … Smith v. Chase, 71 Maine, 166. The defendant is a farmer.

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  • Eric v. Warnquist v. State Tax Assessor

    2019 ME 19 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 29, 2019

    See BCN Telecom, Inc. v. … The Assessor denied the petition. [¶9] The Warnquists then appealed to the Board of Tax Appeals (the Board). 36 M.R.S. § 151(2)(F)(1) (2017).

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  • Jacob v. Kippax

    10 A.3d 1159 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 4, 2011

    Irish v. … Arel v.

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  • Elm City Club v. Howes

    92 Me. 211 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 2, 1898

    Upham v. Bradley, 17 Maine, 423; Trustees, Ministerial & School Fund in Dutton v. Kendrick, 12 Maine, 381; Abbott v. Chase, 75 Maine, 83. … Pillsbury v. Brown, 82 Maine, 450. There is no merit in- the defense.

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