Legal Opinion
Blackmer v. Williams
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 8, 1981PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
By his complaint for a declaratory judgment, the plaintiff, Bruce Blackmer, sought to establish in himself and in the general public a prescriptive easement over the property of the defendant Wendall Williams. The plaintiff also sought damages from the defendant on a claim for assault and battery. Williams counter-claimed alleging an assault by the plaintiff.
The Superior Court, Hancock County, found that the plaintiff had acquired a prescriptive easement but ruled against the existence of an easement by prescription in the public. The lower court found against both…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Qualey v. FultonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
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3Cited by34 opinions
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