Legal Opinion
Hennessy v. Fairley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 6, 2002PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDana, J.
[¶ 1] William Fairley appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Marsano, J.) rejecting a referee’s report that Francis Hennessy’s version of a disputed boundary line was correct. For the reasons stated in the opinion, we vacate the judgment of the Superior Court and remand to the Superi- or Court for a remand to the referee for a clarification.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] This case concerns a disputed boundary line on the southwest point of Eagle Island in Penobscot Bay. The Fair-ley family acquired their property in 1929 1 and their deed, identical to others back to 1884,…
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