McMullen v. Dowley

VIOLETTE, Justice.

In May 1978, plaintiffs, McMullen, Bag-ley, Flaherty, Tinney and Grant brought this action against the Dowleys to quiet title to a tract of woodland in Roque Bluffs. The Dowleys answered and counterclaimed, asserting that they and their predecessors had established title through adverse possession under 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 801, 815 or 816 (1980). The case was tried without a jury in Superior Court, Washington County, as a declaratory judgment on the Dowleys’ counterclaim. After trial, the justice issued an opinion dated July 16, 1979, entered judgment for plaintiffs on their suit…