MERRILL TRUST CO. v. STATE


417 A.2d 435 (1980)

MERRILL TRUST COMPANY, trustee under the will of Louis Oakes, Deceased, v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaton, Peabody, Bradford & Veague, by Daniel G. McKay (orally), Arnold L. Veague, Bangor, for plaintiff.

Thomas G. Reeves (orally), Lester A. Olson, Legal Services Div., Dept. of Transp., Augusta, for defendant.

Before GODFREY, NICHOLS and GLASSMAN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A. R. J.


DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

On October 20, 1970, the Department of Transportation of the State of Maine (hereinafter referred to as MDOT) on behalf of the State of Maine, pursuant to 23 M.R.S.A. § 153, acquired through eminent domain 9.19 acres of land owned by the plaintiff Merrill Trust Company, trustee under the will of Louis Oakes, together with certain easements in the nature of sloping and drainage rights over portions of the remaining property of...

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