Legal Opinion

Perry v. Town of Friendship

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided January 10, 1968PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEBBER, Justice.

Florence P. Hahn, late of Friendship, died in 1957. Her will allowed in 1958, bequeathed and devised her residuary estate “to the Town of Friendship, Maine, to be added to the Community Building Fund and to be used for the erection and maintenance of a Community Building for the Town of Friendship, Maine.” The will further stated: “It is my wish that a plaque of some kind be placed in the building in memory of my late husband, Doctor William H. Hahn.”

Pursuant to an article in a warrant for the annual town meeting held March 17, 1959 “to see if the Town will vote to accept the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. First Universalist Soc. of Bath v. SwettSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1952
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  3. Nolfe v. ByrneTennessee Supreme Court · 1919
  4. In Re Debancourt's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Rohlff v. German Old People's HomeNebraska Supreme Court · 1943

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Magno v. Town of FreeportSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  2. Wallingford v. ButcherSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  3. Winter v. Casco Bank and Trust Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  4. Soper v. St. Regis Paper CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
  5. State v. RandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976

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