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481 A.2d 1313

DiMillo v. Longfellow Cruise Line

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided October 5, 1984

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1984-10-05

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently July 1994

5 state decisions

Relies on Rubin v. Josephson

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Decided 1984-10-05

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¶1MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

¶2The defendant, Longfellow Cruise Line, a tenant under a written lease, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) denying its appeal from an order of the District Court, Portland, which issued a writ of possession on the complaint of the plaintiff, Antonio DiMillo, for forcible entry and detainer.

¶3The present case is controlled by our decision in Rubin v. Josephson, 478 A.2d 665 (Me.1984) in which we held that 14 M.R.S.A. § 6002(1) is limited in scope to termination of tenancies at will.

¶4Accordingly, the entry is:

¶5Judgment reversed.

¶6Remanded to the Superior Court with directions to remand to the District Court for entry of judgment denying the writ of possession.

All concurring.
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