Legal Opinion
City of Ellsworth v. Doody
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 5, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
The City of Ellsworth (City) appeals from a judgment entered by the Superior Court (Hancock County, Browne, A.R.J.) following a nonjury trial in which the court determined that F. Beecher Doody (the homeowner) and Richard A. Johnson (Doody’s contractor) had not violated provisions of the City’s zoning ordinance in constructing Doody’s cottage adjacent to Branch Lake. The City contends that the court should have given preclusive effect to the Ells-worth Planning Board’s finding that Doody's cottage was constructed within 75 feet of the normal high water mark of the lake, that…
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