Legal Opinion

Mount Desert Yacht Yard, Inc. v. Phillips

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 21, 1975PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARCHIBALD, Justice.

This appeal from the denial of a motion for a new trial raises a procedural issue casting doubt on the jurisdiction of the Law Court to entertain and decide the appeal.

Mount Desert Yacht Yard, Inc., commenced a civil action in the District .Court by writ of attachment against the defendant for the purpose of recovering an account due for labor and materials expended in repairing the defendant’s boat, Arabella. Defendant removed the case from the District Court to the Superior Court and counterclaimed, seeking damages for allegedly negligent execution of a storage contract,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Frank v. Assessors of SkowheganSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
  3. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
  4. Collett v. BitherSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
  5. Throumoulos v. First National BankSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Concord General Mutual Insurance v. Home Indemnity Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
  2. Thompson v. WilletteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
  3. Inhabitants of Town of Sabattus v. BilodeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  4. Izzo v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
  5. Tibbetts v. CarpenterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978

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