CUSHING v. COHEN


420 A.2d 919 (1980)

Charles R. CUSHING et al. v. Richard S. COHEN et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Gerald M. Amero (orally), Portland, Linwood Hand, Houlton, for plaintiffs.

Lund, Wilk, Scott & Goodall, Martin L. Wilk (orally), Kay R. H. Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendants.

Before WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

Early in 1973 the Department of the Attorney General issued the so-called "Schepps" Report on the Public Lots. This Report made the point that the rights to cut timber on some of the public lots of this state, that were granted during the period 1850-75 by an agent of the state pursuant to legislative directives,1 may not have encompassed all the timber and all subsequent growth but, rather, may have been confined to...

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