INHABITANTS, TOWN OF BOOTHBAY v. NATIONAL ADV. CO.


347 A.2d 419 (1975)

INHABITANTS OF the TOWN OF BOOTHBAY and State of Maine v. NATIONAL ADVERTISING COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

November 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Locke, Campbell & Chapman, by Frank G. Chapman, Lester A. Olson, Dept. of Transp., Augusta, for plaintiffs.

Marden, Dubord, Bernier & Chandler, by Albert L. Bernier, Waterville, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and DELAHANTY, JJ.


DELAHANTY, Justice.

The Town of Boothbay brought an action to enjoin defendant National Advertising Company from maintaining a billboard within the Town in violation of a Town ordinance. The Superior Court (Lincoln County) granted a permanent injunction and in so doing upheld the validity of the ordinance in question. The defendant appeals, and we deny the appeal.

The record on appeal presents a tale of two ordinances. In March, 1970, the Town of Boothbay...

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