Winslow v. Reed

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Winslow v. Reed, 89 Me. 67 (Me. 1896)
35 A. 1017; 1896 Me. LEXIS 71
Foster, Haskell, House, Peters, Walton, White, Wiswell

Winslow v. Reed

Opinion of the Court

Walton, J.

Exceptions to a compulsory nonsuit. The presiding justice seems to have assumed that when land is bounded on a private way, the same rule applies as when land is bounded on a highway, and that land so bounded extends to the center of the way. This was erroneous.

It is undoubtedly true that when land is bounded on a highway, it extends to the center of the way; but it is equally well settled in this State, whatever the rule may be elsewhere, that when land is bounded on a private way, it extends only to the side line of the way. Bangor House v. Brown, 33 Maine, 309; Ames v. Hilton, 70 Maine, 36.

Hxeeptions sustained.

Reference

Full Case Name
James A. Winslow v. Isaac B. Reed
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published