Inhabitants of Monmouth v. Plimpton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The same question is presented in each case, and is fully stated in the opinion. in the first action. in the second action. The counsel for plaintiffs cited : Reed v. Reed, 9 Mass. 372 ; Andrews v. Boyd, 5 Maine, 199; Butterfield v. Haslcins, 33 Maine, 395; Gleason v. Fayerweather, 4 Gray, 348 ; Reed v. Proprietors, 8 How.
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On report. The same question is presented in each case, and is fully stated in the opinion. in the first action. in the second action. The counsel for plaintiffs cited : Reed v. Reed, 9 Mass. 372 ; Andrews v. Boyd, 5 Maine, 199; Butterfield v. Haslcins, 33 Maine, 395; Gleason v. Fayerweather, 4 Gray, 348 ; Reed v. Proprietors, 8 How. (N. Y.) 274; Mason v. White, 11 Barb. 173; Harvey v. Mitchell, 31 N. H. 575; Bosworth v. Sturtevant, 2 Cush. 392; Stone v. Stone, 116 Mass. 279; Hoffman v¡ Riehl, 27 Mo. 554; Andrews v. Murphy, 12 Ga. 431; Pike v. Munroe, 36 Maine, 309; Littlefield v. Winslow, 19…
1Opinion of the CourtPostee, J.
This is a complaint for flowage. It is a statutory proceeding. To be entitled to maintain it, the complainant must show that the conditions of the statute have been complied with. The only condition concerning which there is any controversy, and the only question involved in this case, is whether the dam which causes the flowing is erected and maintained on land of the defendants.
It is admitted that defendants own a mill, mill privilege and dam, on tile stream some ways below the one in question, which is a reservoir dam built and maintained by the defendants for the purpose of supplying…
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