Legal Opinion

Ford Motor Credit Co. v. MacHias Ford, Mercury, Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 20, 1986PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

On May 28, 1985 Machias Ford Mercury, Inc. appealed a District Court, Machias, judgment in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company in its forcible entry and detainer action for possession of three motor vehicles, 14 M.R.S.A. § 6012 (1980). With the notice of appeal Machias Ford filed a document entitled “Recognition”, executed only by Machias Ford and purporting to bind it in the sum of $10,075 conditioned upon payment to Ford Motor Credit of any damages and costs occasioned by the appeal. On October 17, 1985 the Superior Court, Washington County, dismissed the appeal for…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Read v. CuttsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1831

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Capul v. Fleet Bank of MaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
  2. Home Group v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1989
  3. In re Forfeiture of $8,141 of United States CurrencyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. Fleet Bank of Maine v. GriffinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
  5. Ford Motor Credit Co. v. RamsdellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986

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