Legal Opinion
Grant v. Warren Bros. Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 24, 1979PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
In plaintiffs’ action premised on defendant’s violation of 14 M.R.S.A. § 7552 1 the jury, responding to questions included in a special verdict form, determined that the plaintiffs: (1) did “own the parcel of land in dispute”; (2) the value of “trees, topsoil and gravel” taken therefrom by the defendant was $18,620; (3) the acts of the defendant in so doing were “committed willfully, or knowingly”; (4) but the plaintiffs were not “entitled to punitive damages.”
Acting pursuant to Section 7552, the Superior Court justice awarded the plaintiffs double damages but granted the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Simms v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
- Zamore v. WhittenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Bennie Imogene Dunn v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- George Eric Rosden v. A. LeutholdCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Richard D. Wagner, as Trustee for M. Clune Co., Inc., and Donald L. Adams, as Trustee for George Geary Haughton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Guilford Industries Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1988
- Cyr v. MichaudSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Tozier v. TozierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Bonk v. McPhersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
- Longley v. KnappSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
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