Legal Opinion
Oxford County Agricultural Society v. School Administrative District No. 17
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 21, 1965PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWebber, J.
On appeal. The defendant School Administrative District No. 17, a quasi-municipal corporation charged with the responsibility of providing public school education, seeks to take property of the plaintiff Oxford County Agricultural Society by eminent domain. The District requires the property for the location of a new high school. It has general statutory authority to take by eminent domain for its lawful purposes but it has never been given specific legislative authority to take the property of this plaintiff.
The first issue is whether or not the Society’s property is devoted to public uses…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Riley v. Charleston Union Station Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- President of Middlebury College v. Central Power Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1928
- Hoyt v. Northern Maine Fair Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1922
- Cousens v. Inhabitants of School-district No. 4Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1877
- School Administrative District No. 17 v. OrreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1964
3Cited by7 opinions
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