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FRIES v. CARPENTER

567 A.2d 437 (1989)

William FRIES, II, et al. v. Edward CARPENTER et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Mittel, Mittel & Hefferan, Portland, John W. Allured (orally), David B. Gold, A Professional Law Corp., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

John Kelly, Leland Chisholm, Kelly, Remmel & Zimmerman, Portland, Timothy Carr (orally), Carr & Mussman, San Francisco, Cal., Peter Murray, Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, Marvin Frankel (orally), Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, New York City, for defendants.

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

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The plaintiffs, William Fries, II, and John Lippitt, appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Alexander, J.) granting the motions of the defendants (several corporations and their directors and officers) to dismiss the plaintiffs' complaint for insufficiency of service of process under M.R.Civ.P. 12(b). Because Dalot v. Smith, 551 A.2d 448 (Me. 1988), is dispositive of the propriety...

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