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HAZZARD v. DODGE

454 A.2d 838 (1983)

Peter HAZZARD and Diane Hazzard v. Thomas W. DODGE and Harriet L. Hope.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drummond & Drummond, Horace W. Horton, James B. Barns (orally), Portland, for plaintiffs.

Goranites & Libby, Gary W. Libby (orally), Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER and VIOLETTE, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In this appeal we are called upon for the first time to define the circumstances under which a defendant's claim of title in a forcible entry and detainer action is "frivolous" so that the case remains in the District Court for trial, rather than being removed to the Superior Court.1 In this action for forcible entry and detainer of personal property brought pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 6012 (1981), the District...

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