MILSTAR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION v. WATERVILLE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY and City of Waterville. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. February 4, 1976. Appeal from the Superior Court, Kennebec County. Page 539 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Page 540 Weeks, Hutchins, Frye Welch […]
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DISTRICT COURT FOR DISTRICT IX v. WILLIAMS, 268 A.2d 812 (Me. 1970)
DISTRICT COURT FOR DISTRICT IX of the State of Maine v. Ruth WILLIAMS and State Employees Appeals Board. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. August 20, 1970. Appeal from the Superior Court, Cumberland County. John W. Benoit, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff. George A. Wathen, Augusta, Sumner J. Goffin, Portland, for defendants. Before WILLIAMSON, […]
FIRST NATIONAL BANK v. DeWOLFE ET ALS., 134 Me. 487 (1936)
188 A. 283 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, TRUSTEE vs. GRACE I. DeWOLFE ET ALS. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Androscoggin. Opinion, November 24, 1936. EQUITY. WILLS. RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES. REMAINDERS. CONDITIONS SUBSEQUENT. EXECUTORY DEVISES. The rule against perpetuities is usually stated as prohibiting the creation of future interests or estates, which, by possibility, may not become […]
STATE v. VAHLSING, INC., 149 Me. 38 (1953)
98 A.2d 559 STATE OF MAINE v. F.H. VAHLSING, INC. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Aroostook. Opinion, June 26, 1953. Taxation. Potato Tax. THAXTER, J. This case is a suit to collect the tax amounting to $6,993.48 due the State of Maine for potatoes sold or shipped by the defendant for the period beginning July […]
STATE OF MAINE v. WILLIAM J. MACKESY ET AL., 135 Me. 488 (1938)
200 A. 511 STATE OF MAINE vs. WILLIAM J. MACKESY ET AL. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Androscoggin. Opinion, June 30, 1938. EXCEPTIONS. CRIMINAL LAW. Exceptions, as to merits of which members of the Law Court are evenly divided in opinion, must be overruled. On exceptions. Respondents were convicted of criminal conspiracy in the Superior […]
NIEHOFF v. SAHAGIAN, 149 Me. 410 (1954)
103 A.2d 222 WILLIAM H. NIEHOFF v. HERMAN D. SAHAGIAN Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Kennebec. Opinion, January 14, 1954. Libel and Slander. See Niehoff v. Sahagian, supra p. 396. ON EXCEPTIONS. This is an action of slander before the Law Court upon exception to the sustaining of general demurrers to each count of the […]
STATE v. SMITH, 149 Me. 333 (1953)
102 A.2d 342 STATE OF MAINE v. DEANE E. SMITH Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Cumberland. Opinion, November 21, 1953. Motor Vehicles. Operating Under the Influence. It is well settled that when the evidence is insufficient in law to support a verdict the refusal of the court to so instruct the jury is good ground […]
TIMBERLANDS, INC. v. MAINE STATE HIGHWAY COM’N, 284 A.2d 894 (Me. 1971)
TIMBERLANDS, INC. v. MAINE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. December 27, 1971. Page 895 McLean, Southard, Hunt Lipman by Frank E. Southard, Jr., Augusta, for plaintiff. Ronald M. Roy, Winslow, for defendant. Before DUFRESNE, C.J., and WEBBER, WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK and ARCHIBALD, JJ. DUFRESNE, Chief Justice. On May 29, 1968 the Maine […]
STATE v. FADDOUL, 132 Me. 151 (1933)
168 A. 97 STATE OF MAINE vs. JOHN FADDOUL. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Oxford. Opinion, August 16, 1933. CRIMINAL LAW. INDICTMENT. The rule is well recognized that in the description in the indictment of a statutory offense, every element constituting the crime must be set forth with reasonable precision. The failure to include any […]
DALTON v. SMITH, 123 Me. 565 (1924)
123 A. 925 HARRY DALTON vs. NORMAN SMITH. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Cumberland County. Decided February 26, 1924. Action of replevin of two wagons. The defendant pleaded title in himself. The verdict was in favor of the plaintiff and the case is before the Page 566 Law Court on defendant’s exception to the refusal […]
POST v. TRUST COMPANY, 130 Me. 313 (1931)
155 A. 555 ANNA LOUISE POST vs. FIRST AUBURN TRUST COMPANY. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Androscoggin. Opinion June 29, 1931. GUARDIAN AND WARD. The power of a guardian over the personal estate of his ward is coextensive with that of an executor of a will. In the management of the ward’s estate it is […]