O'NEILL v. WILLIAMS


527 A.2d 322 (1987)

Thomas O'NEILL v. Margaret WILLIAMS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Strong (orally), Strout, Payson, Pellicani, Hokkanen, Strong & Levine, Rockland, for plaintiff.

David R. Weiss (orally), Elizabeth J. Scheffee, Stinson, Lupton & Weiss, Bath, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.


CLIFFORD, Justice.

Margaret Williams appeals the judgment of the Superior Court, Knox County, declaring that Thomas O'Neill had an easement over a narrow strip of land that Williams owns on Vinalhaven Island and which lies between O'Neill's land and a tidal cove locally known as the Basin. We affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

The parties stipulated to the following facts. In 1882, Moses Webster, from whom O'Neill ultimately derives title, conveyed...

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