Clark v. Maine Shore Line Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions, by appellants, upon facts agreed. Said railroad company, July 7tli, A. D. 1886, filed and entered in the county commissioners’ court of Hancock county, at the July term thereof, tlieir petition for assessment of damages in the premises.
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On exceptions, by appellants, upon facts agreed. Said railroad company, July 7tli, A. D. 1886, filed and entered in the county commissioners’ court of Hancock county, at the July term thereof, tlieir petition for assessment of damages in the premises. Proper proceedings were bad before said commissioners, tlie appellants being present, and said commissioners, on tbe 27th day of January, A. D. 1887, at tlieir regular January term, 1887, made tlieir report of tlieir estimate of damages received by said appellants. And it was admitted tliat the record shows said report as recorded on tbat date.…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
This is an appeal from assessment of damages by the county commissioners for land taken for the location of the road of the Maine Shore Line Railroad Company.
The only question is whether the apjjeal was seasonably taken in accordance with R. S., c. 51, § 23.
July 7, 1886, the defendant corporation petitioned the county commissioners to assess damages for taking the appellants’ land. After due proceedings had, their report was made and recorded on the 27th day of January, 1887, being their regular January session, of their estimate of damages received by the appellants.
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