Legal Opinion
Victor Sunshine v. Stephen M. Brett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 18, 2014No. Docket Yor-13-518PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and HJELM, JJ.
Dissent: ALEXANDER and JABAR, JJ.
SILVER, J.
[¶ 1] Stephen M. Brett appeals from a judgment following a jury trial in the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) in favor of local road commissioner Victor Sunshine on Sunshine’s complaint to recover several years’ worth of unpaid assessments for maintenance on a private road. Brett asserts that the road association failed to strictly comply with the requirements of the Private Ways Act, 23 M.R.S.A. §§ 3101-3104 (1998 & Supp. 2004),1 and that it therefore lacks the authority to…
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