Lord v. Chadbourne
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report from Nisi Prius, Shepley, C. J., presiding. This was an action of trespass on the case. The plaintiff introduced in evidence, a warrant dated December 29, 1851, issued by Frederic Green, Esq., Judge of the Municipal Court of Saco, on complaint of Cotton Bradbury, Charles Hill, and Seth Scammon, for a search of the shop occupied by the said Rufus M. Lord, with the return thereon of M. D. Kimball, deputy sheriff.
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On Report from Nisi Prius, Shepley, C. J., presiding. This was an action of trespass on the case. The plaintiff introduced in evidence, a warrant dated December 29, 1851, issued by Frederic Green, Esq., Judge of the Municipal Court of Saco, on complaint of Cotton Bradbury, Charles Hill, and Seth Scammon, for a search of the shop occupied by the said Rufus M. Lord, with the return thereon of M. D. Kimball, deputy sheriff. Also, a copy of a judgment of the Supreme Judicial Court, at the September term, 1852, in the case, State of Maine v. Spi?ituous Liquors and Rufus M. Lord. Also, a writ of…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, J.
It is well settled, that the common law will afford no aid to a party whose claims can be successfully enforced only by a violation of its principles, or in direct contravention of a statutory enactment. It has, accordingly, been held, that no action could be maintained upon a bond or contract executed upon the Sabbath. Pattee v. Greeley, 13 Met. 284: Lyon v. Strong, 6 Verm. 219. So, the price of spirituous liquors, sold contrary to law, cannot be recovered. Dixie v. Abbott, 7 Cush. 610; Ladd v. Dillingham, 34 Maine, 316. Nor is an action maintainable upon a note given for goods bought to be…
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