Strout v. Burgess

Decided August 12, 1949. Edward F. Merrill wrote the opinion for the court.

144 Me. 263 · Cited 57 times

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• Reid v. Cromwell · 134 Me. 186
• Rose v. Osborne · 133 Me. 497
• Deslauriers v. Senesac · 163 N.E. 327
• Stone v. Culver · 282 N.W. 142
• Breitenbach v. Schoen · 183 Wis. 589
• Fay v. Smiley · 207 N.W. 369
• Price v. Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co. · 293 N.W. 652
• Direction Der Disconto-Gesellschaft v. United States Steel Corp. · 267 U.S. 22
• Smith v. Brown · 302 Mass. 432
• Finch v. Green · 225 Ill. 304
• Green v. Cannady · 57 S.E. 832
• McDonough v. Portland Savings Bank · 136 Me. 71

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