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· 1/26/1977

Land Management, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Protection

Citations

  • 368 A.2d 602
  • 1977 Me. LEXIS 432

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding complaint a nullity where filed by the president of a corporation and president represented corporation, over objection, throughout the trial
  • affirming dismissal of 2 complaint on the basis that notwithstanding authorization from the corporation, plaintiff was not authorized to practice law and the complaint was therefore a nullity
  • pleadings filed by a corporation without proper representation are a \nullity\
  • corporation may not be represented in court by a person not licensed to practice law
  • “Since the plaintiff was not represented by counsel licensed to practice law, its complaint was a nullity and was properly dismissed by the [lower court].”

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Judges: Pomeroy, Wernick, Archibald, Delahanty, God-Frey, Dufresne

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