Legal Opinion

Amodeo v. Francis

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 7, 1996PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUDMAN, Justice.

M. Philip Amodeo, personal representative of the estate of Roscoe Hatch, Jr., appeals from the judgment entered after a non-jury trial in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Marsano, J.) declaring that no implied easement exists across the Swan’s Island property of Sidney R. Francis, Jr. and his sister Emilie Francis Cushman to provide access from the nearest public road to shore property owned by the Hatch estate. Amodeo argues that the estate’s property is landlocked and that an implied easement was created when the parcel now owned by the estate originally was separated and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pongonis v. PongonisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992
  2. Morrell v. RiceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
  3. Frederick v. Consolidated Waste Services, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  4. Jost v. RestaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  5. Bowers v. AndrewsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989

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3Cited by12 opinions

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