Goodwin v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Goodwin v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Opinion of the Court
We think the ruling in this case was correct.
It was decided in Bangor and Piscataquis R. R. Co. v. Chamberlain, 60 Maine, 285, that a land owner, who makes and successfully maintains a claim for damages against a railroad com
And with respect to the amount of cost which a prevailing party is entitled to recover, it was decided in Fitch v. Stevens, 2 Metc., 506, that where there were three trials before as many different juries, the first two verdicts being set aside for irregularities, the party who ultimately prevailed was entitled to recover the cost of all the juries, such costs being necessarily incurred in the prosecution of the cause. That was a complaint for flowage; but we think the same rule should be applied in this class of cases.
Exceptions overruled.
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