Case law

Starrett v. Inhabitants of Thomaston

129 Me. 132 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 19, 1930

The latter board denied liability; the former awarded him $300. … Hayford v.

Sarah Frye Home v. Soc'y of the Sisters of Charity

Superior Court of Maine · Aug 3, 2001

Frye Home for Aged Women) is a non-profit corporation with a principal place of business in Auburn, that operates and maintains a boarding home for the elderly. It was originally located in Lewiston. … See In re Brown, 131 B.R. 900 (Bkrtcy.D.Me. 1991). The burden of establishing a trust lies on the party alleging it. See Cazillis v. Ingraham, 110 A. 359 (Me. 1920).

Clancey v. Cumberland County Power & Light Co.

128 Me. 274 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 12, 1929

Shaw v. Bolton, supra; Sturtevant v. Ouellette, 126 Me., 558. Failure to look or listen may be strong evidence of negligence. Shaw v. Bolton, supra; Sturtevant v. Ouellette, supra. … Brown v. Railroad Company, 127 Me., 387, 393. Exception overruled.

State v. Eastern Steamship Lines Inc.

124 Me. 76 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 7, 1924

State v. Stafford, 67 Maine, 125. State v. Frazier, 79 Maine, 95. … employees not to handle intoxicants, distributed circulars containing extracts from the Federal Prohibition Act; admonished its officials and servants to obey the law; stationed a watchman to prevent unauthorized persons from boarding

The Steam Dredge No. 1

122 F. 679 · District Court, D. Maine · Apr 4, 1903

In Ward v. … In Conley v.

Libby v. Woodman Potato Co.

135 Me. 305 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 21, 1937

Brown v. Reed, 81 Me., 158, 163, 16 A., 504 . … Philbrick v. Kendall, 111 Me., 198, 203, 88 A., 540 . On this record, however, damages are limited to the failure of the crop planted with the ten-ton lot of fertilizer.

Porter v. Town of Falmouth

Superior Court of Maine · Sep 27, 2021

The court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Board. Tarason v. Town of South Berwick, 2005 ME 30, 16, 868 A.2d 230. … Kurlanski v.

Moser v. Town of Phippsburg

553 A.2d 1249 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 31, 1989

Delta Chemicals, Inc. v. Town of Searsport, 438 A.2d 483, 484 (Me.1981); Shawmut Inn v. Town of Kennebunkport, 428 A.2d 384, 393 (Me.1981); Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. … Chadbourne & Co. v.

City of Lewiston v. Tri-State Rubbish, Inc.

671 A.2d 955 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 16, 1996

Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 651 A.2d 358, 360 (Me.1994); Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. v. Board of Environmental Protection, 595 A.2d 438 (Me.1991). … Portland, Saco & Portsmouth R.R. v.

Larrabee v. Rideout

45 Me. 193 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1858

Brown v. Bulkely & al., 11 Cush. 169 . A discontinuance of a suit is similar to a nonsuit. It happens by reason of the plaintiff’s fault, lapse or neglect. … Price v. Parker, 1 Salk. 178; Greene v. Monmouth, 7 Mass. 467 ; Haskell v. Whitney, 12 Mass. 47 and Rand’s notes; Bridge v. Sumner, 1 Pick. 371 ; 2 Johns. 181, 191 ; 3 Greenl. Ev. § 263.

Mason v. Town of New Gloucester

Superior Court of Maine · Jul 19, 2021

Beal v. Town ofStockton Springs, 2017 ME 6, ,i 13, 153 A3d 768. The Plaintiffs bear the burden of persuasion on appeal because they seek to vacate the Planning Board's decision. Fitanides v. … Oeste v. Town ofCamden, 534 A.2d 683,684 (Me. 1987). A planning board cannot make a zoning determination when the ordinance vests that authority in the CEO. Noyes v.

Garmong v. Henderson

112 Me. 383 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 3, 1914

Bean v. Ayer, 67 Maine, 282; Brown v. Starbird, 98 Maine, 292. The pleader attempted to aver a promise to marry and a breach, but failed. The language of the Court in Bean v. Ayers, supra, is peculiarly apposite. … Hook v. George, 108 Mass., 324 ; Graham v. Martin, 64 Ind., 567 ; Burks v. Shain, 2 Bibb., 341; Clement v. Moore, 11 Ala., 35 ; 5 Cyc., 1008; 3 Ency. Pl. & Pr., page 688.

Inhabitants of Wilton v. Inhabitants of Falmouth

15 Me. 479 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1839

It is not unusual for persons, with or without families, removing into a town, to be received at board, as the inmates of other families, and there to remain for years, although their right to do so, depends upon the pleasure … Greene v. Windham, 13 Maine R. 225.

State v. Stevens

510 A.2d 1070 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 23, 1986

. § 3151 (1964); State v. Rundlett, 391 A.2d 815, 817 (Me.1978). In addition, the court pointed to the comment to section 253, gross sexual misconduct, which refers to the victims of rape as female. … Anderson v. Cape Elizabeth School Board, 472 A.2d 419, 421 (Me.1984).

Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court

401 A.2d 135 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 30, 1979

The precise question here presented was addressed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 , 97 S.Ct. 1782 , 52 L.Ed.2d 261 (1977). … See Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, supra; Railway-Clerks v. Allen, 373 U.S. 113 , 97 S.Ct. 1782 , 52 L.Ed.2d 261 (1963).

Masse v. Wing

129 Me. 33 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 7, 1930

To prove that plaintiff was standing on the left running-board of the automobile, removing freezing mist from the windshield, w'hen the truck struck him, and carried him for a distance of seventy-five feet, plaintiff gave … Ferron v. King, 210 Mass., 75 . Discretion does not appear to have been exercised wrongly. An excepting party, to have his exceptions sustained, must show himself aggrieved. Davis v. Alexander, 99 Me., 10.

Town of Lee v. Town of Lincoln

351 A.2d 554 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 6, 1976

Up until 1933 the academy was a private, nonstock corporation governed by a' board of trustees. … Bowditch v. Attorney General, 241 Mass. 168 , 134 N.E. 796 (1922) ; Pennsylvania Co. for Banking & Trusts v. Board of Governors of London Hospital et al., 79 R.I. 74 , 83 A.2d 881 (1951).

Heller v. United States

683 F. Supp. 5 · District Court, D. Maine · Mar 10, 1988

Campbell, 778 F.2d 764, 766-67 (11th Cir.1985); George v. Black, 732 F.2d 108, 110 (8th Cir.1984); Brown v. Perini, 718 F.2d 784, 788 (6th Cir.1983); United States v. Russell, 686 F.2d 35, 38-39 (D.C. Cir.1982). … Hill v. Lockhart, 731 F.2d 568, at 570 (8th Cir.1984), aff 'd, 474 U.S. 52 , 106 S.Ct. 366 , 88 L.Ed.2d 203 (1985); Brown v. Perini, 718 F.2d at 788 .

Wagner v. Congress Square Hotel Co.

115 Me. 190 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 18, 1916

Shaw v. Berry, 31 Maine, 478; Norcross v. Norcross, 53 Maine, 163. … Milliken v. Randall, 89 Maine, 200; Foster v. Essex Bank, 17 Mass., 479 ; Brown v. Waterman, 10 Cush., 117 ; Lichtenhein v. B. & P. R. Co., 11 Cush., 70 ; Maynard v. Buck, 100 Mass., 40 .

South Bay Meadow Dam Co. v. Gray

30 Me. 547 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1849

Trott v. Warren, 2 Fairf. 227; Penobscot Boom Corporation v. Lamson, 16 Maine, 224; State v. Carr, 5 N. H. 367; Ameriscoggin Bridge v. Bragg, 11 N. H. 102; Middlesex Husbandmen v. Davis, 3 Metc. 133 . … The Queen v. Corporation of Durham, 10 Mod. 146; People v. Runkel, 9 Johns. 147 ; McCall v. Byram, 6 Conn. 428 .