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Maine Revised Statutes Title 38. Waters and Navigation § 721. Common law remedy limited

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

No action shall be sustained at common law for the recovery of damages occasioned by the overflowing of lands or for the diversion of the water as before mentioned, except in the cases provided in this chapter, to enforce the payment of damages after they have been ascertained by process of complaint.

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