Legal Opinion
Merrill Trust Co. v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 21, 1980PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.
On October 20, 1970, the Department of Transportation of the State of Maine (hereinafter referred to as MDOT) on behalf of the State of Maine, pursuant to 23 M.R.S.A. § 153, acquired through eminent domain 9.19 acres of land owned by the plaintiff Merrill Trust Company, trustee under the will of Louis Oakes, together with certain easements in the nature of sloping and drainage rights over portions of the remaining property of the plaintiff. The expropriated land was part of a tract approximately 5,500 acres in size located in the unorganized township of Big…
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