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Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Chapter 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVERS AND STREAMS

Subchapter 1: MILLS AND DAMS

Article 1: ERECTION AND FLOWAGE RIGHTS

Subarticle 2: RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES

§655. --damages for flowing or diversion; limitations

Any person whose lands are damaged by being flowed by a milldam, or by the diversion of the water by such canal, may obtain compensation for the injury, by complaint to the Superior Court in the county where any part of the lands are; but no compensation shall be awarded for damages sustained more than 3 years before the institution of the complaint.

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Statutes > Maine > Title38 > Title38ch5sec0 > Title38sec655

Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Chapter 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVERS AND STREAMS

Subchapter 1: MILLS AND DAMS

Article 1: ERECTION AND FLOWAGE RIGHTS

Subarticle 2: RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES

§655. --damages for flowing or diversion; limitations

Any person whose lands are damaged by being flowed by a milldam, or by the diversion of the water by such canal, may obtain compensation for the injury, by complaint to the Superior Court in the county where any part of the lands are; but no compensation shall be awarded for damages sustained more than 3 years before the institution of the complaint.


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Statutes > Maine > Title38 > Title38ch5sec0 > Title38sec655

Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Chapter 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVERS AND STREAMS

Subchapter 1: MILLS AND DAMS

Article 1: ERECTION AND FLOWAGE RIGHTS

Subarticle 2: RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES

§655. --damages for flowing or diversion; limitations

Any person whose lands are damaged by being flowed by a milldam, or by the diversion of the water by such canal, may obtain compensation for the injury, by complaint to the Superior Court in the county where any part of the lands are; but no compensation shall be awarded for damages sustained more than 3 years before the institution of the complaint.


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