Legal Opinion
Edwards
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 28, 1945PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSturgis, C. J.
Appeal from decree of Judge of Supreme Court of Probate disallowing items in the account of a trustee and remanding the case to the Probate Court of origin for further proceedings. Motion to dismiss filed.
The Supreme Judicial Court sitting as a Law Court can hear and determine only those matters authorized by statute and brought to it through the statutory course of procedure. Simpson v. Simpson, 119 Me., 14, 15, 109 A., 254. And jurisdiction over a cause not legally before it does not exist and cannot be conferred by consent of the parties. Hatch v. Allen, 27 Me., 85; Davis, ex parte, 41…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cotting v. Estate of TiltonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1919
- Simpson v. SimpsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1920
- Tuck v. BeanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
- Milliken v. MoreySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1893
- Mather v. CunninghamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
3Cited by8 opinions
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
- Green v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
- In re Allowance of Last Will of ReedSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- Public Utilities Commission v. GallopSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1948
- Carroll v. CarrollSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
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