Legal Opinion
Town of Carthage v. Friends of Maine's Mountains
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 8, 2016No. Docket Fra-14-469PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.
[¶ 1] This appeal arises from a complaint filed by the Town of Carthage in 2010 seeking to quiet title to two 160-acre parcels of undeveloped land.' The Town based its claim of ownership of the land on its uninterrupted possession of the land for over a hundred years. Friends of Maine’s Mountains (FOMM) filed an answer and counterclaim, claiming to have recently acquired an interest in the parcels through a descendent of the parcels’ last known owner.
[¶ 2] After hearing arguments, the Superior Court (Franklin County, Murphy, J.) granted a summary judgment for the Town and entered a…
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