Legal Opinion

Cole v. Peterson Realty, Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 15, 1981PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NICHOLS, Justice.

Confronted here, as we are, with a question as to our jurisdiction to consider the issues raised by the parties before us, we dismiss the appeal for lack of an appealable judgment on the grounds that the judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County), although denominated “final” pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 54(b), was improvidently certified. 1

Seeking a place of residence in the greater Portland area, the Plaintiffs, Wilbur V. Cole and Jacqueline Y. Cole, on May 29, 1979, executed a written offer for the purchase of certain Scarborough real estate owned at that time by John…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. MacKeySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Liberty Mutual Insurance v. WetzelSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Mendez v. West Flagler Family Association, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1974

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  4. Clockedile v. State Department of TransportationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. Voss v. Lincoln Mall Management Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1988

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