JOHNSON v. WHITTEN


384 A.2d 698 (1978)

Kittridge A. JOHNSON and Bernice B. Johnson v. Alvin R. WHITTEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

April 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Libhart, Ferris & Dearborn by Joel A. Dearborn (orally), Ellsworth, for plaintiffs.

Robinson, Hunt & Kriger by Sarah M. Allison (orally), Stephen Staples, M. Roberts Hunt, Portland, for defendant.

Before POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

On February 14, 1973, plaintiffs Kittridge A. Johnson and Bernice B. Johnson brought a civil action in the Superior Court (Hancock County) against defendant Alvin R. Whitten, claiming that defendant should respond to them in damages for having caused flooding of their land. The case was tried before a jury in December, 1976. At the conclusion of the evidence defendant moved for a directed verdict in his...

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