Washington County Railroad v. Canadian Colored Cotton Mills Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Writ of entry brought to recover certain land and flowage rights upon the St. Croix River in Calais. Plea, the general issue.
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On report. Writ of entry brought to recover certain land and flowage rights upon the St. Croix River in Calais. Plea, the general issue. The declaration in the plaintiff’s writ is as follows : "In a plea of land, wherein said plaintiff demands of said defendant certain real estate with its appurtenances in said Calais, to wit: the following described real estate situated in said Calais at Salmon Falls, so called, viz : all that part of shore lots numbers One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10) according to B. R. Jones survey and plan of said…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Writ of entry to recover so much of lots one to ten inclusive according to the B. R. Jones survey and plan of Calais •as lies between the St. Croix river and a line drawn eight feet from the shore rail of the plaintiff company-; also certain flowage rights. The plea is the general issue. The case comes up on report. The following facts appear. In 1852, the Calais & Baring R. R. Co. was the owner of a railroad in Calais and Baring, and of said lots 1, 5, 6, 9 and 10 and of an undivided half of lots 3, 7 and 8. In that year, by corporate vote, the directors of the Calais & Baring R. R. Co. were…
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