Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1858

Palmer v. Tucker

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided July 1, 1858 · Cutting, Davis, Goodenow, Tenney

45 Me. 316

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Eugene Barry & Sons v. Stone (1st Cir. 1925)
Quist v. Sandman (Cal. 1908)
Bennett Bros. Lumber Co. v. Robinson (6th Cir. 1908)
Haughton v. Busch (Mich. 1894)
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Oxford Iron Co. (New Jersey Court of Chancery 1880)

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Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was announced by

May, J.

In view of the facts contained in the petition, as modified and assented to in the agreed statement of facts, the Court, (authorized to draw such inferences as a jury might,) are of opinion that the petitioner had a lien, as is claimed by him, which he has neither abandoned nor waived by any proceeding on his part. In addition to authorities cited by his counsel, see also Danforth v. Pratt, 42 Maine, 50.

Tenney, C. J., Cutting, Goodenow, and Davis, J. J., concurred.

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