Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 6012 – Appeals; notice and proceedings
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 6012
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Railroad: includes every commercial, interurban and other railway and each and every branch and extension thereof by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights-of-way, subways, tunnels, stations, depots, union depots, ferries, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures and equipment and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property of every kind used in connection therewith, owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 5001
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
Any person, aggrieved by the decision or judgment of the county commissioners in relation to damages for land taken for railroad purposes, may appeal to the Superior Court to be held in the county where the land is situated, within 30 days after the report of the commissioners is made, which court shall determine the damages by a committee of reference if the parties so agree or by a verdict of its jury and shall render judgment and issue execution for the damages recovered, with costs to the party prevailing in the appeal. No committee or jury shall alter the requirements in the report of the commissioners. The appellants shall, when the appeal is taken, include in the complaint a statement setting forth substantially the facts of the case and shall give written notice of appeal with a copy of the complaint to the opposite party. An appeal may be taken to the Law Court as in other actions. [PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW).