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31 Me. 522 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850
Brown might not have been known to the complainant. A conviction hero would bar another complaint for the same offence. The liquor was sold for a medical purpose.
Cited 5 timesPublished908 A.2d 640 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 26, 2006
BACKGROUND [¶ 2] Brown and Habrle married in 1988. Brown filed for divorce in 2001. … McKeen & Assocs. v. Dep’t of Transp., 1997 ME 73, ¶ 4 , 692 A.2d 924, 925 . A court’s interpretation of the Rules of Civil Procedure, however, is reviewed de novo. Mondello v. Gen. Elec.
Cited 5 timesPublished25 Me. 505 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 15, 1846
Justice Putnam, in Brown v. … And the case of Cowder & al. v. Reynolds, 12 Serg. & R. 281, supports it.
Cited 7 timesPublished16 Me. 257 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 15, 1839
The objection is now too late, as was decided, in Rowe v. Godfrey, ante, p. 128, to which we refer. Exceptions overruled.
Cited 4 timesPublished479 A.2d 1317 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 16, 1984
State v. McKenney, 459 A.2d 1093, 1096 (Me.1983); State v. Van Sickle, 434 A.2d 31, 34 (Me.1981). … State v. Cote, 462 A.2d 487, 489 (Me.1983); State v. Earley, 454 A.2d 341, 343 (Me.1983).
Cited 10 timesPublished495 A.2d 324 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 8, 1985
Brown prior to the visit to explain that she would arrive in about ten minutes with a cake that she had purchased for Mrs. Brown. … As the plaintiff was getting out of her car in the Browns’ driveway, she noticed the Browns’ dog, Kelly, on a chain by the garage door.
Cited 13 timesPublished532 A.2d 692 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 28, 1987
Brown, an insured of North East Insurance Company. Mr. Brown’s liability policy issued by North East set maximum limits of $20,000 for “each person” and $40,000 for “each accident.” … Durepo v. Fishman, 533 A.2d 264, 264 (Me.1987) (quoting Norwest v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hosp., 293 Or. 543, 548 , 652 P.2d 318, 321 (1982)) (loss of parental consortium). See also Sawyer v.
Cited 19 timesPublished134 Me. 88 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 28, 1935
Levant v. Co. Com., 67 Me., 429; White v. Co. Com., 70 Me., 317. … Frankfort v. Co. Com., 40 Me., 391; Nobleboro v. Co. Com., 68 Me., 551; Devlin v. Dalton, 171 Mass., 338, 341 ; People, ex rel, Trustees v. Board Supervisors, 131 N. Y., 468 ; 4 Encyc: Pl. & Pr., 39; 5 R. C.
Cited 7 timesPublished86 Me. 342 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 31, 1894
Nichols v. Patten, 18 Maine, 238 ; Weston v. Dorr, 25 Maine, 176; Wentworth v. Sawyer, 76 Maine, 434. … This court has already held in that case, (Starbird v. Brown, 84 Maine, 238,) that the action should be dismissed for this reason. The writ upon which the attachment was made was not voidable merely but void.
Cited 2 timesPublished85 Me. 294 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 27, 1893
Sproul v. Foye, 55 Maine, 164. … Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 439 ; Nickerson v. Crawford, 16 Maine, 245 ; Montgomery v. Reed, 69 Maine, 510.
Cited 10 timesPublished53 Me. 496 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1866
Cummings v. Chandler, 26 Maine, 376; Com. v. Kimball, 21 Pick., 376 ; Leighton v. Walker, 9 N. H., 59. Where a penalty is changed by a subsequent act, the statute imposing the original penalty is impliedly repealed. … Nichols v. Squire, 5 Pick., 168 , Plaintiff nonsuit. Kent, Walton, Dickerson, Barrows and Danforth, JJ., concurred.
Cited 2 timesPublished143 Me. 221 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 13, 1948
Pelletier v. Langlois, et al., 130 Me. 486, 490 ; 157 Atl. 577 . … Booth Brothers & Hurricane Island Granite Company v. Smith, 115 Me. 89, 93 ; 97 Atl. 826 . Exception 5. To the exclusion of evidence that one Mr.
Cited 9 timesPublished129 Me. 169 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 19, 1930
Lavalley v. State (Wis.), 205 N. W., 412 . The giving of each ride, whether with ulterior motive, in mere courtesy or civility, or in thoughtless indiscretion, was improper conduct. Bean v. … Bradbury v. Cony, 62 Maine, 223, 225. Too much care and precaution cannot be used to keep jury trials pure. Knight v. Inhabitants of Freeport, 13 Mass., 218 , 220; Drake v. Newton, 23 N. J. L., 111. Appeal sustained.
Cited 6 timesPublished288 A.2d 713 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Mar 15, 1972
Domenico v. Kaherl, 1964, 160 Me. 182 , 200 A.2d 844 ; Bergeron v. Allard, 1957, 152 Me. 297 , 128 A.2d 848 . … Jenness v. Park, 1950, 145 Me. 402 , 76 A.2d 321 ; Barlow v. Lowery, 1948, 143 Me. 214, 220 , 59 A.2d 702, 706 ; Fossett v. Durant, supra.
Cited 8 timesPublished81 Me. 56 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Dec 10, 1888
Alley v. Caspari, 80 Maine, 234, and cases there cited. The instrument is clearly a lease, — not merely an agreement for a lease. … Sweetser v. McKenney, 65 Maine, 225.
Cited 4 timesPublished49 Me. 421 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1860
Ste vens v. Beals, 10 Cush., 291 . It would not have been; pretended that he was liable thereon as indorser.
Cited 3 timesPublished63 Me. 51 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1873
Brown v. Ford, 52 Maine, 479. The answer to the above question must depend upon the meaning to be given to the words “due notice.” … In Clark v.
Cited 2 timesPublished131 Me. 53 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 15, 1932
Sylvester v. Gray, 118 Me., 74; Raymond v. Eldred, 127 Me., 11. … Bragdon v. Kellogg, 118 Me., 42; American Insurance Co. v. Witham et als, 124 Me., 240.
Cited 7 timesPublished
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