Legal Opinion
Bell v. Town of Wells
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 30, 1989PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*169McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
In their quiet title action initiated in 1984 against the Town of Wells, the State Bureau of Public Lands, and various individuals,1 Edward B. Bell and other owners of land bounded by the sea at Moody Beach in Wells2 sought a judicial declaration and injunction limiting the use the public may make of the beach. After a four-week bench trial, the Superior Court (York County; Brodrick, J.) on October 1, 1987, entered judgments in plaintiffs’ favor declaring the state of the legal title to Moody Beach. In doing so, the court reviewed and applied the rules of property law…
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3Cited by35 opinions
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