Legal Opinion

Capitol Bank & Trust Co. v. City of Waterville

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 13, 1975PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.

Capitol Bank & Trust Company (the Bank), pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement entered into with the defendant City of Waterville (the City), deposited with the defendant Federal Trust Company the sum of $15,701.42 to guarantee the payment of certain taxes for the years 1968, 1969, and 1970 which the City claimed one Phil J. Gullifer, doing business as Phil’s Auto Sales, owed it on his stock in trade consisting of mobile homes. Thereafter, the Bank instituted an action wherein it sought a judicial determination of the rights of the parties by way of declaratory…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Inhabitants of the Town of Warren v. NorwoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1941
  2. Burr v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  3. Peterson v. MoultonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1958
  4. Inhabitants of East Livermore v. Livermore Falls Trust & Banking Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1907
  5. Inhabitants of Milo v. Milo Water Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1932

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. BCN Telecom, Inc. v. State Tax AssessorSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016
  2. City of Augusta v. AllenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  3. First National Bank of Boston v. City of LewistonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
  4. BCN Telecom, Inc. v. AssessorSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016
  5. Community Telecommunications Corp. v. State Tax AssessorSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996

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