Opinion ID: 2337474
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Heading: form of petition in u-#2607

Text: The four petitions carried Commission docket numbers U-#2607, U-#2647, U-#2648 and U-#2649. In U-#2607 (Dickinson case) the intervenor seasonably filed motion to dismiss on the ground that the petition did not conform with the Rules of Practice and Procedure promulgated by the Commission. We view the insufficiencies complained of, as did the Commission, as matters of form and not of substance. It is apparent that neither the defendant nor the appellant had any difficulty in comprehending the issues and preparing to meet them and there is no indication of any prejudice to any party. Under these circumstances it was not error as a matter of law to deny the motion to dismiss. Cf. Newell v. North Anson Reel Co. (1965), 161 Me. 461, 214 A.2d 97.