Opinion

Cushing v. State

  • 434 A.2d 486
  • 1981 Me. LEXIS 957
Court
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Filed
Aug 24, 1981
Status
Published
Author
Godfrey
On the bench
Wernick, Godfrey, Nichols, Roberts
Cited by
20 cases

“The fact that the record consists of documentary evidence does not entitle the parties to a trial de novo on appellate review.”

How later courts described this case

  • “The fact that the record consists of documentary evidence does not entitle the parties to a trial de novo on appellate review.”
  • right to cut and take timber is a profit, not a mere easement

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

WERNICK and GODFREY, JJ.,

concurring.

NICHOLS, J., dissenting.

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