Austin v. Inhabitants of St. Albans

This case is before the Law Court from the Superior Court in Somerset County on plaintiff’s exceptions to a directed verdict. The evidence is necessarily a part of the case, whether made so by the bill or not, where a verdict is directed. Brown v. Sanborn, 131 Me. 53; 158 A. 855; Bradford v. Davis, 143 Me. 124; 56 Atl. (2nd) 68.

The statute, on which this action depends, is R. S., 1944, Chap. 84, Sec. 156 as amended by Chap. 219 of the Public Laws of 1945, which provides that “the municipal officers of a town may, at the expense of the town, construct ditches, drains and culverts to carry…