Legal Opinion

Dahl v. Comber

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided April 26, 1982PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Following a bench trial in this suit for rent and other damages, the Superior Court (Penobscot County) entered judgment in the amount of $27,110 for plaintiff-landlord Dahl. Defendant-tenant Comber brings this appeal. All of the issues argued by the parties on appeal reduce to the single question whether there was an effective surrender of the lease by the tenant and acceptance of that surrender by the landlord. The justice below resolved that question adversely to defendant-tenant. Finding that decision adequately grounded in the record, we affirm.

Comber and his…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Harmon v. EmersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  2. Grueninger Travel Service of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Inc. v. Lake County Trust Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Conover v. ConoverSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  4. Enoch C. Richards Co. v. LibbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1940
  5. Callahan v. RobertsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1928

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3Cited by3 opinions

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