City of Ellsworth v. McAlpine

ROBERTS, Justice.

Without opposition from the defendant, we are asked to determine whether 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452 (Pamph.1990) authorized the District Court (Ellsworth, Staples, J.) to award reasonable attorney fees incurred in a disclosure proceeding initiated by the City of Ellsworth for collection of a civil penalty imposed for maintaining an illegal automobile junkyard in violation of an Ells-worth ordinance. Because we conclude that statutory authority was present, we vacate and remand for consideration of the award of attorney fees.

In July, 1989 the court entered a judgment against…