Legal Opinion
Pierce v. Secretary of United States Department of Health, Education & Welfare
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 3, 1969PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBBER, Justice.
Pursuant to 4 M.R.S.A., Sec. 57 as amended and M.R.C.P., Rule 76B questions have been certified to the Law Court by the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine.
The material facts have been settled in the District Court and are not in dispute. The plaintiff married a wage-earner, one William Pierce now deceased, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine on November 26, 1908. They were legally divorced on May 3, 1926. The plaintiff continued to reside in Boothbay Harbor and her former husband left the state. Shortly thereafter, the latter returned to Maine and he and the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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