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  • Carville v. Lane

    116 Me. 332 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 3, 1917

    In Gleason v. … Brown v. Broach, 52 Miss. 536, 538 . Obtaining the satisfaction of one’s debt due to another, by false pretenses j no money passing has been held not indictable; Jamison v. State, 37 Ark. 445 ; 40 Am. Rep. 103 .

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  • Staples v. King

    433 A.2d 407 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 10, 1981

    Wright v. Holmes, 100 Me. 508, 513 , 62 A. 507, 509 (1905). An example of such an illusory transfer is found in Brown v. Crafts, 98 Me. 40 , 56 A. 213 (1903). … We have not had occasion to apply the holding in Brown v. Crafts to a situation in which the transfer being challenged was an inter vivos trust.

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  • Durham v. McCready

    129 Me. 279 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 17, 1930

    A similar situation arose in Gould v. Murch, 70 Me., 288. In that case, Mr. Justice Libbey, speaking for the Court and relying upon Thompson v. Gould, 20 Pick., 134 ; Gould v. Thompson, 4 Met., 224 ; and Wells v. … Osborn, 120 Pac., 755 ; Lachance v. Brown, 183 Pac., 216 , by Oregon in Powell et al v. S. & G. R. R., 8 Pac., 544 ; Elmore et al v. Stephens-Russell Co., 171 Pac., 763 , and by New Hampshire in Wilson v. Clarke, 60 N.

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  • Millinocket School Committee v. Millinocket Teachers Ass'n

    390 A.2d 1106 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 1, 1978

    . # 5 v. M. S. A. D. # 5 Teach. Ass’n, Me., 324 A.2d 308 (1974). In Murray v. … Waterville Board of Education, Me., 390 A .2d 516, 519 (1978), we construed the term “sick leave” in 20 M.R.S. § 1951 to include “as a mandatory benefit to which teachers are entitled as a matter of right, a temporary medical

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  • Flower v. Nordsee, Inc.

    657 F. Supp. 235 · District Court, D. Maine · Mar 24, 1987

    Although a seaman may not recover maintenance if parents or relatives support him during the recovery period, e.g., Nichols v. Barwick, 792 F.2d 1520, 1523-24 (11th Cir. 1986) (citing Springborn v. … See Robinson v. Pocohontas, Inc., 477 F.2d 1048, 1051-52 (1st Cir.1973).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Maine Farmer Publishing Co. v. Rowe

    108 Me. 194 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 6, 1911

    Moody v. Brown, 34 Maine, 107. Judgment for the defendant.

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  • State v. Stack

    441 A.2d 673 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 16, 1982

    State v. Brown, Me., 321 A.2d 478, 482 (1974). However, “in determining the guilt of an accused, the jury should not consider or be influenced by the punishment that that defendant would receive if he were convicted.” … State v. Brown, supra at 485. The trial justice’s ruling did not deny the defendants their constitutional right of confrontation. V.

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  • Manning v. Sherman

    110 Me. 332 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 1913

    Foren v. Rodick, 90 Maine, 276. This measure of duty the defendant fully met. … See also Clapp v. LaGrill, 103 Tenn., 164 , 52 S. W., 134 ; Mahoney v. Libbey, 123 Mass., 20 . In Handyside v. Powers, 145 Mass., 123 , the plaintiff was injured by falling down an elevator well.

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  • Butts v. Fitzgerald

    151 Me. 505 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 28, 1956

    In the case of Bridgham v. … Trask v. Trask, Admr., 78 Me. 103 ; Burleigh v. Prentiss, et al., 95 Me. 192 ; Brown, et al. v. Strickland, 32 Me. 174 , at page 175: “A demandant in a real action must prove his title.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Online Transp., Inc. v. Forest Mansur

    Superior Court of Maine · Oct 14, 2010

    'f/ Cl v iJ ONLINE TRANSPORT, INC., Plaintiff v. … Spickler v. Dube, 644 A.2d 465, 468 n.6 (Me. 1994); Land Management, Inc. v. Dept. of Envtl. Prot., 368 A.2d 602, 603 (Me. 1977).

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  • United States v. Two Thousand Four Hundred & Nineteen Sheepskins

    28 F. Cas. 315 · District Court, D. Maine · Apr 15, 1880

    S. v. Thirty-Nine Trunks [Case No. 15,885], 1876, Mr. … S. v.

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  • Spenlinhauer v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

    534 F. Supp. 2d 162 · District Court, D. Maine · Feb 19, 2008

    See, e.g., Waters v. … such courts”); Snapper Inc. v.

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  • Adam P. Paul v. Town of Liberty

    151 A.3d 924 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 1, 2016

    Montgomery v. … See Colby v. York Cty.

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  • Dorman v. City Council

    81 Me. 411 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 19, 1889

    In Preble v. … In Cassidy v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Roberts v. Skolfield

    20 F. Cas. 932 · District Court, D. Maine · Sep 15, 1858

    Elwell v. Martin [Case No. 4, 425]; Pratt v. Thomas [Id. 11,377]. But another objection is made, which goes to the whole libel, and requires a more detailed and deliberate consideration. … Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. [22 U. S.] 194.

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  • Brooks v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (In Re Brooks)

    340 B.R. 648 · United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · Apr 10, 2006

    Judge Brown ordered the confirmation hearing reopened, to allow the debtor an opportunity to reformulate his lien release language. … Jennings v. Town of Greene (In re Jennings), 304 B.R. 8, 11 (Bankr.D.Me.2004); see Diamond v. Premier Capital, Inc.

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  • Buzzell v. City of Belfast

    131 Me. 185 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 27, 1932

    Goodrich v. Waterville, 88 Me., 39, 41; Michaud v. St. Francis, 127 Me., 255, 257. … Blackington v. Rockland, 66 Me., 332. But this in no wise affects the case in hand.

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  • Kennedy v. Wright

    34 Me. 351 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1852

    The case of Chesley v. Brown, 2 Fairf. 143, is referred to as deciding, that the amount to be recovered should have been fixed by the Court.

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  • Littlefield v. Smith

    74 Me. 387 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 15, 1883

    The submission is of a claim against Smith, the respondent, for past and future damage, the future to be an " annual sum,” and also whether he " shall be allowed flash boards upon said dam as heretofore used.” … It is undoubtedly good law, as held in Duren v.

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  • State v. Morse

    563 A.2d 1107 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 18, 1989

    The Superior Court (Somerset County, Browne, J.) concluded that probable cause did not exist and granted the defendant’s motion to suppress. The State has appealed. … State v. Stone, 294 A.2d 683 , 691 & n. 12 (Me.1972).

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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