INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY v. STATE


248 A.2d 749 (1968)

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY et al. v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen & McKusick, by Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., Portland, for plaintiffs.

Paul G. Creteau, Maine State Highway Commission, Augusta, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, MARDEN and DUFRESNE, JJ.


WEBBER, Justice.

The State Highway Commission condemned approximately 746 acres of plaintiffs' land for highway purposes. The highway as constructed passed through and divided the township owned by plaintiffs and comprising 23,538 acres of timberland. It is not disputed on appeal that the highway is of the non-access type where it abuts land of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs therefore claim the value of the property actually taken plus severance damage as to the rest. Defendant...

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