Cotton v. Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad

This is an action brought under R. S. (1883), c. 51, §§ 36 and 37, to recover of the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farming-ton Railroad Company a forfeiture of one hundred dollars for the failure, on the part of said company, after due notice, to repair their fence along the line of said railroad, adjoining the plaintiff’s premises. The case comes up on the following agreed statement of facts: “It is admitted that Sarah W. Cotton was the owner in fee simple of real estate described in the writ, on the sixth day of May, 1902, and for a long time prior thereto, and still is the owner of such real…