Farrington v. Maine State Highway Commission

On appeal from judgment and from the denial of a motion by the State for a new trial on the usual grounds addressed to the Presiding Justice. This is a complaint for damages occasioned by the taking of land from plaintiffs for highway purposes and involves the usual elements of the actual taking of a certain area (.78 approximately acre), the rendering of a second portion inacces sible (.10 approximately acre) and the imposition on the plaintiffs’ remaining land of two drainage easements.

The jury was given the benefit of testimony of the owners, an appraiser (whose qualifications were…