Legal Opinion

Sleeper v. Littlefield

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 9, 1930PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilson, C. J.

On June 8th or 9th, 1926, Maud Gammans, a resident of Belfast, and an elderly lady, came to the banking rooms of the City National Bank of Belfast and entered the coupon room which is connected with the safety deposit vaults conducted by the *196bank. She called in the cashier of the bank, who found her there with her safety deposit box open on the table furnished for the convenience of the bank’s customers and lying on the table in front of her a package containing a number of sheets of paper of the size ordinarily used by ladies for social correspondence.

She then indicated to the cashier that…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Beckwith v. TalbotSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Barnewall v. MurrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  3. Jenkins v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  4. Newton v. Seaman's Friend SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
  5. Harp v. ParrIllinois Supreme Court · 1897

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Estate of BealeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Buchwald v. BuchwaldCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
  3. First Portland National Bank v. Kaler-Vaill Memorial HomeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1959
  4. Estate of SweetSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
  5. Guilford Trust Company v. Milo Community HospitalSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967

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