Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 5513 (2026)

Application

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Application for such writ by any person shall be made to any Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or Superior Court, regardless whether or not the Supreme Judicial Court or Superior Court is in session. It shall be made returnable before such justice to whom application is made. If the writ is denied and an appeal taken to the law court, the person restrained may be admitted to bail within the discretion of the justice rendering judgment thereon, pending such appeal.  
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1971–1995 · leading case: Yoder v. Cnty. of Cumberland, 278 A.2d 379 (Me. 1971).
Yoder v. Cnty. of Cumberland, 278 A.2d 379 (Me. 1971). “It was brought, pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5513 et seq., before a single Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court sitting in the Superior Cóurt.”
Snyder ex rel. Snyder v. Talbot, 652 A.2d 100 (Me. 1995). · cites it 3× “§§ 5510, 5511 (1980), 1 and denying Snyder’s petition, pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 5513 (1980). 2 We affirm the judgment.”
Lindsey v. Cnty. of Cumberland, 278 A.2d 391 (Me. 1971). “The petition appears to have been brought pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 5513 et seq. 2 . The presiding Justice considered as a strong analogy to guide him in the present situation our prior practice in equity in which, after a bill in equity had been taken pro confesso for want of…”
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