Spofford v. Bucksport & Bangor Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON REPORT. Petition for oertiorari as follows: “Frederic Spofford, of Bueksport, in the county of Hancock and state of Maine, respectfully represents that the railroad commissioners of said state, under and by virtue of a written petition to them addressed by the Bueksport and Bangor railroad company, did undertake to set out, and did declare and determine, that a large tract of land owned and possessed by petitioner, consisting of eighteen acres or thereabouts, partly…
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ON REPORT. Petition for oertiorari as follows: “Frederic Spofford, of Bueksport, in the county of Hancock and state of Maine, respectfully represents that the railroad commissioners of said state, under and by virtue of a written petition to them addressed by the Bueksport and Bangor railroad company, did undertake to set out, and did declare and determine, that a large tract of land owned and possessed by petitioner, consisting of eighteen acres or thereabouts, partly consisting of flats below high water mark, and partly of upland in said Bucks-port, was necessary for the accommodation of…
1Opinion of the CourtLibbey, J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash the proceedings of the railroad commissioners in condemning a tract of land, owned by the petitioner, situated in Bucksport, to the use of the Bucksport & Bangor railroad company.
The respondent, the railroad company, claims the right to take the land as for public uses by virtue of R. S., c. 51, §§ 2 and 3. Being unable to agree with the petitioner as to the necessity and extent of the real estate to be taken, it applied to the railroad commissioners under section three of that statute by petition, and they took jurisdiction and proceeded…
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- Lewiston, Greene & Monmouth Telephone Co. v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1904
- In Re Bangor Hydro-Electric CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
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