Stanton v. Trustees of St. Joseph's College

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On appeal. The plaintiffs are residents of Standish and riparian owners along a small non-navigable brook known as Wes-cott Brook which flows through their land and empties into the Presumpscot River. The defendant trustees operate a private college for women in Standish and their plans for expanding the college’s facilities call for a new dormitory requiring a new sewage disposal plant which would emit an estimated 50,000 gallons of liquid residue per day. Although the defendants own no land bordering upon the brook or in its watershed, they have acquired easements from…