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Statutes > Maine > Title38 > Title38ch5sec0 > Title38sec718Title 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 3: ACTION FOR DAMAGES
§718. --offer of increased compensation
The owner of the mill, dam or canal may within said month offer in writing to the owner of the land injured, an increase of compensation for the future. If the owner of the land does not agree to accept it, but brings a new complaint for the purpose of increasing it, he recovers no costs unless he obtains an increase greater than the offer.
