Case law

Dyer v. Fredericks

63 Me. 592 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1874

O’Brien v. Gilchrist, 34 Maine, 554; The Lady Franklin, 8 Wall, 325. … The case differs from Bogart v. Brown, 5 Pick., 18 , in this essential particular, that there, the document respecting which the plaintiff had offered the parol testimony was in the possession of the defendant himself.

Collins Granite Co. v. Devereux

72 Me. 422 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 20, 1881

confer a substantial benefit and security upon the laborer, by giving him a lien upon the stone for his wages, for at least thirty days after it is cut and dressed, and as much longer as it remains unsold, and not shipped on board … People v. Sweetsir, 1 Dak. Ter. 308 ; Winterfield v. Strauss, 24 Wisc. 394; Commonwealth v. Griffin, 105 Mass. 185 ; Barker v. Esty, 19 Vermont, 131. Judgment for defendant; and for a return with damages. Appleton, C.

Perkins v. Rowe

122 Me. 199 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1923

Ouelette v. Pluff, 93 Maine, 177. Spofford v. True, 33 Maine, 283. Indeed counsel for the defense do not by their brief so contend. … The owners claim that the manufacture of the logs into boards or other lumber, though within sixty days destroyed the statutory lien. This position is not sound.

Hampden v. City of Bangor

68 Me. 368 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 23, 1878

The board was not furnished on account of the town as supplies nor received by the person, who subsequently became a pauper, as such. … Canaan v. Bloomfield, 3 Maine, 172. Veazie v. Chester, 53 Maine, 29, 30. n Oakham v. Sutton, 13 Met. 192 , the supplies were claimed to have been furnished by an order drawn by Torrey, one of the overseers of the poor.

Webber v. Jones

94 Me. 429 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 11, 1900

Y. 412 ; Bingley v. Bingley, 5 Mass. 535 ; Hatfield v. Sohier, 114 Mass. 48 ; Moore v. Weaver, 16 Gray, 305 ; Haskins v. Tate, 25 Pa. St. 249. *434 II. As to the residuum. … Brown, 86 Maine, 572; Woerner’s Law of Administrators, § 434. This rule excludes Fred A. Jones, or his heirs, from participation in the residuum. But it will let in Helen A.

The Devona

285 F. 173 · District Court, D. Maine · Nov 29, 1922

In State of Maryland, to Use of Dombroska et al., v. Westoll et al. (D. … And the Supreme Court sustained the action of Judge Brown, a master mind in applying admiralty law to the facts in any maritime case.

Inhabitants of Biddeford v. Inhabitants of Saco

7 Me. 270 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1831

Between the years 1800 and 1805, he went to sea as a common sailor, and has never since been heard of; though there was a rumor that he was impressed on board a British armed vessel; but whether there was any foundation for … Hallowell v. Gardiner, 1 Greenl. 93, The plaintiffs are entitled to judgment.

Look v. Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission

502 A.2d 1033 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 16, 1985

In Moore v. … See Grimble v. Brown, 247 La. 376 , 171 So.2d 653 , cert. denied, 382 U.S. 861 , 86 S.Ct. 123 , 15 L.Ed.2d 99 (1965). The entry is: Judgment affirmed. All concurring. 1 .

Tufts v. Grewer

83 Me. 407 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 11, 1891

Thompson v. Alger, 12 Met. 428 . … Brown, 34 Maine, 107, it was held that such an action would not lie although the articles claimed to be sold were manufactured after a peculiar pattern for the special use of the vendee, who refused to accept them when tendered

Buckminster v. Acadia Village Resort, Inc.

565 A.2d 313 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 23, 1989

In Harris v. … See also Pine Gravel, Inc. v.

State v. Osgood

505 A.2d 478 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 24, 1986

See State v. Trafton, 425 A.2d 1320, 1324 (Me.1981); State v. Bazinet, 372 A.2d 1036, 1040 (Me.1977); see also State v. Brown, 410 A.2d 1033, 1037 (Me.1980). … See State v. Winchenbach, 501 A.2d 1282, 1284-85 (Me.1985); State v. Reed, 479 A.2d 1291, 1295 (Me.1984).

Rederii v. Jarka Corporation

26 F. Supp. 304 · District Court, D. Maine · Feb 14, 1939

The Pacific Pine, D.C., 31 F.2d 152 ; Ross v. Jones, 89 U.S. 576 , 22 Wall. 576 , 22 L.Ed. 730 . … A case very much in point is Westchester Lighting Company v. Westchester County Small Estates Corporation, 278 N.Y. 175 , 15 N.E.2d 567 .

Machias Lumber Co. v. Inhabitants of Machias

122 Me. 304 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 7, 1923

Watson, 98 Maine, 379; McCann v. Minot, 107 Maine, 393, and Morton v. Wilson, 115 Maine, 70. … The petitioner like the owner of the starch in New Limerick v. Watson, the owner of the lumber in McCann v. Minot, and the owner of the potatoes in Morton v.

Moulton v. Inhabitants of Raymond

60 Me. 121 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1872

The town then voted ‘ to pay a bounty of $800 to every man that is drafted, and may be accepted by the board to examine drafted men, and that the selectmen and treasurer be authorized to raise the same on the credit of the … This question was very fully and carefully considered in Thompson v. Pittston, 59 Maine, 545, and of the soundness of the conclusions to which this court then arrived, we have no doubt. Plaintiff nonsuit.

Mason v. Carrothers

105 Me. 392 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 28, 1909

This left the entire board of directors, employees of Barcus and Hallam. … St. 43; Burbank v. Dennis, 101 Cal. 90 ; South Joplin Land Co. v. Case, 104 Mo. 572 ; Hayward v. Leeson, 176 Mass. 310 ; Old Dominion Copper Co. v. Bigelow, 188 Mass. 315 , and see Lomita Land & Water Company v.

City of Lewiston v. Androscoggin County

Superior Court of Maine · Nov 21, 2016

V § 5.5.3 (Aug. 14, 2013). … If the Commissioners are being sued in their official capacity, "[s]uits against employees in their official capacities are essentially suits against the government entities for which they work . ... " Brown v.

Inh. of the Town of W. Bath v. Reg'l Sch. Unit 1

Superior Court of Maine · Nov 17, 2014

See Hodgdon v. … Likewise, the decision in Berry v.

Lynn v. Hooper

47 L.R.A. 752 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 31, 1899

Crocker v. McGregor, 76 Maine, 282 ; House v. Metcalf, supra; Brown v. Eastern and Midlands Ry. Co., 22 Q. B. Div. 391. … Vernon, 35 Maine, 100; evergreen tree standing in cart, Davis v. Bangor, 42 Maine, 522; a rock, Card v. Ellsworth, 65 Maine, 547; a cow, Perkins v. Fayette, 68 Maine, 152; a hole, Spaulding v.

Campbell v. Chabot

115 Me. 247 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 28, 1916

Harmon v. Harmon, supra. In Higgins v. Brown, 78 Maine, 473, our court held that mere threats of criminal prosecution, when no warrant had been issued nor proceedings commenced, do not constitute duress. … Again in Hilborn v.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America v. Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services

201 F.R.D. 12 · District Court, D. Maine · Jun 8, 2001

See Gould v. … members on plaintiff's board, “rais[ing] the spectre of subtle conflicts of interest between these parties who *15 may be friendly antagonists”); Haft v.