Inhabitants of Wells v. County Commissioners
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. The opinion states the case and material facts. The case of King v. Lewiston, 70 Maine, 406, is the leading authority relating to the powers of the commissioners in laying out highways under the provisions of chapter eighteen.
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On exceptions. The opinion states the case and material facts. The case of King v. Lewiston, 70 Maine, 406, is the leading authority relating to the powers of the commissioners in laying out highways under the provisions of chapter eighteen. It is cited with approval in Acton v.' County Commissioners, 77 Maine, 128. In the case of King v. Lewiston, the commissioners, of Androscoggin Co., laid out a county way entirely within the limits of the city of Lewiston, but leading from one county road to another, and across a third. The court held that the commissioners possessed the authority because…
1Opinion of the CourtVirgin, J.
Sometime prior to 1885, a town road or way was made from the county road, near C. H. Littlefield’s store, to Ogunquit river. The legislature of that year enacted a special act which provided : " A highway may be laid out, constructed and maintained in the manner provided in R. S., c. 18, across the tide waters of Ogunquit river, in the town of Wells ; but not below the southerly line of the road leading from the county *527road, near C. H. Littlefield’s store, to said river.” Spec. L. 1885, c. 497.
After this special act took effect, certain inhabitants of York and of Wells duly petitioned the…
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