Dumont v. Speers

MARDEN, Justice.

On appeal. Under the provisions of 12 M.R.S.A. § 2201 1 appellants addressed a petition to the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries & Game (Commissioner), seeking the installation of a fishway in the dam across the Kennebec River at Augusta serving the Bates Manufacturing Company. The Commissioner assigned the matter for hearing on February 10, 1967. It may be concluded that the Commissioner made no immediate decision on the petition, and by pleading entitled “Complaint in Review of the Administrative Action” dated August 21, 1967, appellants sought, in the nature of a Petition…