Brown v. Dickey
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. .Action on the case to recover damages for the obstruction of an alleged easement claimed by the plaintiffs. Plea, the general issue. After the evidence had been taken out at the trial the case was reported to the Law Court for decision, damages to be assessed at $10.00 if judgment was for the plaintiffs. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPeabody, J.
This is an action on the case brought by the plaintiffs to recover damages by reason of the erection by the defendant of a building on the lot of land in Northport, Maine, fifteen feet in width and sixty feet in length, adjacent to and northerly of a lot of land and dwelling house thereon, possessed by the plaintiffs* in which lot the plaintiffs allege they have an easement for its free and unobstructed use in connection with their house and lot "for the purpose of light, air, view, passing over the same, preventing the erection of other buildings within fifteen feet at least of their house…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cook v. StearnsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
- Fox v. Union Sugar RefineryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Cole v. HadleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Towne v. ButterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
3Cited by14 opinions
- Inhabitants of the Town of Warren v. NorwoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1941
- LeMay v. AndersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Reed v. AC McLoon & CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Frederick v. Consolidated Waste Services, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
- Bowers v. AndrewsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
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