Morton v. Franklin Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine July 1, 1873

Morton v. Franklin Co., 62 Me. 455 (Me. 1873)

Appleton, Barrows, Danforth, Dickerson, Walton, Yirgin

Opinion of the Court

Walton, J.

This is a complaint for flowage. It contains no allegation of the defendant’s ownership of the land on which the dam causing the flowage was erected. It was decided in Jones v. Skinner, 61 Maine, 25, that such a complaint is fatally defective.

Exceptions sustained.

Complaint adjudged bad.

Appleton, C. J., Dickerson, Barrows, Danforth and Yirgin, JJ., concurred.

Reference

Full Case Name: Jasper Morton v. The Franklin Company
Cited By: 1 case
Status: Published