Legal Opinion
Arsenault v. Carrier
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 18, 1978PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DELAHANTY, Justice.
In August of 1960, the plaintiff, Donna Arsenault, while pregnant, brought a “bastardy” complaint under the then applicable “bastardy” statutes, 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 251-262, and charged the defendant, Leo Carrier, with being the father of her child, Tony Arsenault. The parties settled that action, and the plaintiff signed an instrument indicating receipt from the defendant of $750.00 “in full settlement Carrier case.” Thereafter, the following docket entry appeared: “Neither party. No further action for same cause, by agreement of counsel.”
The present action commenced in May of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Whitehead v. General Telephone Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1969
- Cianchette v. VerrierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1959
- Stevens v. KelleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- Thut v. GrantSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
- Everett v. EverettCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Hossler Ex Rel. Dows v. BarrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- G.E.B. v. S.R.W.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- State ex rel. Division of Human Services ex rel. Mary C.M. v. Benjamin P.B.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
- Department of Revenue v. JarvenpaaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Settle by and Through Sullivan v. BeasleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
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