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  • Dresser v. Dresser

    46 Me. 48 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

    This last proposition has been ably discussed; and the counsel for the complainants has commented at some length upon the case of Blount v. Barrow, 4 Brown, C. C., 75, and subsequent cases in which it has been cited. … In the case of Dole v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Mayo v. Hamlin

    73 Me. 182 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 20, 1882

    Knight v. Mains, 12 Maine, 41; Mann v. Edson, 39 Maine, 25. … Brown v. Williams, 31 Maine, 403. Was the homestead ever redeemed from ■ the levy and the claim under it extinguished?

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  • Keyes v. State

    121 Me. 306 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 15, 1922

    Treat v. Orono, 26 Maine, 216; Packard v. New Limerick, 34 Maine, 266; Arnold v. Augusta, 118 Maine, 399; Lynde v. Melrose, 10 Allen, 49 . … Treat v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Coombs v. Warren

    17 Me. 404 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1840

    Loker v. Rolle, 3 Vesey, 7 ; Muckleston v. Brown, 6 Vesey, 63 ; Baker v. Mellish, 10 Vesey, 553; Gordon v. Simpkinson, 11 Vesey, 510; Jones v. Jones, 3 Meriv. 502 ; 1 Story’s Eq. 87.

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  • State v. Levesque

    281 A.2d 570 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 29, 1971

    In State v. … Bosse described the robber as wearing a three-quarter length dark blue jacket with some “fur or something” on it, with no tie, and as having a dark complexion and dark brown hair.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Bernard v. Mead Publishing Paper Division

    765 A.2d 576 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 24, 2001

    As we noted in Allen v. … The entry is: Decision of the Hearing Officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board vacated. Remanded to the Board for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Benson v. Inhabitants of Newfield

    136 Me. 23 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 17, 1938

    In applying the principle of presumption to the acts of a county superintendent of schools, the court, in Board of Education of City of Emporia et al. v. … In Clapp v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Cotton v. Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad

    98 Me. 511 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 25, 1904

    Second, it may be of rails, timber, boards, iron or wire. But how shall it be put together? How many rails, how many timbers, how many "wires ? Upon these details the statute is silent. … The interpretation given to section 36 by the court in Gould v. Bangor & Piscataquis R. R., 82 Maine, 126, sustains this view.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Canal National Bank v. Noyes

    348 A.2d 232 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 3, 1975

    Fiduciary Trust Co. v. Brown, 152 Me. 360 , 131 A.2d 191 (1957). The most .natural repository of this intent is the trust instrument itself. Bryant v. … Fiduciary Trust Co. v. Brown, 152 Me. 360, 371 , 131 A.2d 191, 197 (1957).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Bumpus v. American Central Insurance

    108 Me. 217 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 12, 1911

    In this mill the logs were sawed, and the boards and dimension lumber were planed, when necessary. … Martin v. Smith, 102 Maine, 27. Here the defendant can be held only if it is "so nominated in the bond.”

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State v. Andrews

    624 A.2d 1235 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 19, 1993

    Dow v. State, 275 A.2d 815, 820-21 (Me.1971); Morgan v. State, 287 A.2d 592, 598 (Me.1972); State v. Blanchard, 409 A.2d 229 , 232 n. 1 (Me.1979). … See State v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State v. Patterson

    68 Me. 473 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Nov 12, 1878

    Hutchison v. Bowker, 5 Mee. & W. 535, 540. Smith v. Faulkner, 12 Gray, 251 , 255. Putnam v. Bond, 100 Mass. 58 . Cunningham v. Washburn, 119 Mass. 224 . Powers v. Cary, 64 Maine, 9, 21. … Primm v. Hazen, 27 Mo. 211 . Heft v. McGill, 3 Pa. St. 257. Reynolds v. Richards, 14 Pa. St. 208. Iasigi v. Brown, 17 How. 183 . Bolckow v. Seymour, 17 C. B. (N. S.) 107. The rule may be subject to other qualification.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Matthews v. Light

    32 Me. 305 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

    Wardell v. Van Rensalaer, 1 Johns. Ch. 344 ; Storrs v. Barker, 6 Johns. Ch. 166 . … Brown v. Veazie, 25 Maine, 359.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Dubie v. Branz

    145 Me. 170 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 4, 1950

    In McPheters v. … Great Northern Manufacturing Co. v. Brown, 113 Me. 51, 53 , 92 A. 993 . Fraud vitiates all contracts into which it enters, verbal or written. Warren v. Kimball, 59 Me. 264, 266 ; Stewart v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Loud v. Poland

    126 Me. 45 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 4, 1927

    Richardson v. Richardson, 80 Maine 585 . Hodgdon v. Clark, 84 Maine 319 . Small v. Thompson, 92 Maine 545 . Haselton v. Shepherd, 99 Maine 495 . A contrary view is expressed in Haines v. … Brown, 114 Maine 320 , in an opinion in which the cases cited above are not discussed and were apparently overlooked. Notwithstanding this later opinion, Richardson v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Johnson v. S.D. Warren Co.

    843 A.2d 1 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 2, 2004

    DISCUSSION [¶ 6] In Page v. Gen. Elec. … The entry is: The decision of the hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Board is vacated. Remanded to the Workers’ Compensation Board for further proceedings consistent with the opinion herein.

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  • Barker v. French

    102 Me. 407 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 15, 1907

    See also Drake v. Hamilton Woolen Co., 99 Mass. 574 . In Brooks v. … In Durham v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Waldo Bros. v. Downing

    131 Me. 410 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 6, 1933

    Parson v. Monmouth, 70 Me., 262; Ross v. Brown, 74. Me., 352. … In Tuckerman v. *414 Hartwell, 3 Me., 155, and Hobart v. Dodge, 10 Me., 595, our Court adopted the reasoning of Jones v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Wellby Super Drug Stores, Inc. v. Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission

    603 A.2d 476 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 25, 1992

    When the Superior Court acting as an appellate court reviews the action of an administrative board, we directly examine the record developed before the board. Gerber Dental Ctr. v. Maine Unemployment Ins. … Thompson v. Maine Unemployment Ins. Comm’n, 490 A.2d 219, 222 (Me. 1985); Moore v. Dep’t of Manpower Affairs, 388 A.2d 516, 519 (Me.1978).

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Sawyer v. Hammatt

    12 Me. 391 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1835

    Argenbright v. Campbell & wife, 3 Hen. & Mumf. 144. F. Allen, and W. P. Fessenden, for the plaintiffs. Rogers, for the defendants. … And the cases of Stowell v. Pike, 2 Greenl. 387, and Pease & al. v. Gibson, 6 Greenl. 81, have been pressed upon our consideration. Those were actions of trespass. This is trover.

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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