Legal Opinion

Cleaves v. Braman

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 11, 1907PublishedCited by 7 opinions

On exceptions and motion by defendants. Four actions on the case for obstructing the plaintiff’s right of way. Dwight Braman, the defendant in the first above entitled action, is the real defendant in all the other actions, the acts com-plainéd of in those actions having been committed under his direction and by his orders. By agreement the four actions were tried together.

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On exceptions and motion by defendants. Four actions on the case for obstructing the plaintiff’s right of way. Dwight Braman, the defendant in the first above entitled action, is the real defendant in all the other actions, the acts com-plainéd of in those actions having been committed under his direction and by his orders. By agreement the four actions were tried together. At the time these actions were brought, the plaintiff owned certain lots of land comprising his hotel lot, and also as appurtenant to these lots and his hotel lot, ££a right of way for all purposes of a way over a piece of…

1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.

These are actions on the case for obstructing the plaintiff’s right of way. Dwight .Braman the defendant in the action first named is the real defendant in all the other actions, the acts complained of in those cases having been committed under his direction. By agreement the four cases were tried together.

Some years prior to the commencement of these actions, the plaintiff had acquired title to certain lots of land at Sullivan Harbor, Maine, lying north of the county road, comprising what was known as the Hotel Bristol Lot or the Hotel Cleaves Lot, and also as appurtenant to these lots "A…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Peirson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
  2. Elmer v. FessendenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  3. O'Brien v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  4. George v. CoxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Saltonstall v. CummingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  2. MILL POND CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION v. ManalioSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
  3. Alabama Power Co. v. RaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  4. Ware v. Public Service Co. of New HampshireSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  5. Darlene F. Edwards v. Cynthia S. BlackmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2015

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