HALL v. NORTON


549 A.2d 372 (1988)

Norman HALL, et al. v. Omar P. NORTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Downing, (orally), Hardy, Wolf & Downing, P.A., Lewiston, for plaintiffs.

Phillip E. Johnson (orally), Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and HORNBY, JJ.


CLIFFORD, Justice.

Plaintiffs, Norman and Ida Hall, appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, (Kennebec County; Alexander, J.), dismissing their case with prejudice. Because the dismissal of their complaint without prejudice, filed by the plaintiffs under M.R. Civ.P. 41(a), was effective prior to the trial court's subsequent dismissal of the action with prejudice under M.R.Civ.P. 41(b), we vacate the judgment.

The Halls, husband and wife, brought...

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