Stetson v. City of Bangor
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Appeal from the doings of the authorities of the city of Bangor, in laying out so much of York street as is westerly of Exchange street in Bangor, where one dollar was allowed as land damages. The appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court only relates to damages. By the terms of the report if the appeal can be sustained the cause is to stand for trial.
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On report. Appeal from the doings of the authorities of the city of Bangor, in laying out so much of York street as is westerly of Exchange street in Bangor, where one dollar was allowed as land damages. The appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court only relates to damages. By the terms of the report if the appeal can be sustained the cause is to stand for trial. The city claims that there was a dedication of the locus, or part of it, by the original proprietors, and that according to the principles laid down in Stetson v. Bangor, 60 Maine, 313, and in Bartlett v. Bangor, 67 Maine, 460, appellants…
1Opinion of the Court
. Svmonds, J.
The principles on which Stetson v. Bangor, 60 Maine, 313, and Bartlett v. Bangor, 67 Maine, 460, were decided, applied to the facts of this case, establish a dedication to the public of York street in Bangor, as delineated on the original proprietors’ plan, in 1810, sixty feet wide, and extending easterly from the Kenduskeag river, at all stages of the tide, Beyond the point where the appellants claim damages for the *359new location in 1873. The same cases hold that the opening of a public street over land so dedicated authorizes an award of nominal damages only to the land owner.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BlaisdellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Fisk v. CushmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1850
3Cited by1 opinion
- Attorney-General Ex Rel. Pearson v. FolsomSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899