Maine Statutes
§ 38 §703 — Defenses
Maine § 38 §703
JurisdictionMaine
Title 38WATERS AND NAVIGATION
Ch. 5GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVERS AND STREAMS
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 38, § 38 §703 (2026).
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The owner or occupant of such mill or canal may answer that the plaintiff has no right, title or estate in the lands alleged to be injured; or that the owner or occupant has a right to maintain such dam, and flow the lands, or divert the water for an agreed price, or without any compensation; or any other matter that may show that the plaintiff cannot maintain the action; but the owner or occupant may not answer that the land described is not injured by such dam or canal.
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Legislative History
RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §248 (COR).
Nearby Sections
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§ 38 §7
Relation to other laws§ 38 §7-A
Waiting lists; nonresident moorings§ 38 §701
Complaint§ 38 §702
--service§ 38 §703
Defenses§ 38 §704
Trial; costs§ 38 §706
Assessment in gross§ 38 §707
Payment in gross; bar§ 38 §708
Commissioners' report for jury§ 38 §709
Acceptance of commissioners' report§ 38 §710
Verdict or report bars future action§ 38 §711
Yearly damages§ 38 §712
--security for§ 38 §713
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Bluebook (online)
Maine § 38 §703, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/38%20%C2%A7703.