TOWN OF SEDGWICK v. BUTLER


722 A.2d 357 (1998)

1998 ME 280

TOWN OF SEDGWICK v. Russell H. BUTLER et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Patterson, Ellsworth, for plaintiff.

Frank B. Walker, Ellsworth, for defendants.

Before CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.


DANA, J.

[¶ 1] Russell Butler appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Marsano, J.) declaring that the Town of Sedgwick is the owner in fee simple of a parcel known as the Town landing. Butler contends that the Town did not acquire the parcel in fee simple and has abandoned all rights it may have had in the land pursuant to 23 M.R.S.A. § 3028 (1992) and the common law doctrine of abandonment. We affirm the judgment.<...

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