§6659. Action by abutters of discontinued road or way
Any person or persons claiming an estate of freehold in a discontinued road or way, or in a portion thereof, or an interest in common and undivided therein, may maintain an action as provided in sections 6651 to 6654, or as provided in sections 6655 to 6657 in regard to said discontinued road or way, or portion thereof, without the need or necessity of showing 4 years of possession next prior to the filing of the complaint, provided that the claim of said person or persons to the discontinued road or way, or portion thereof, is based upon fee simple ownership of the land immediately adjoining said discontinued road or way. [PL 1971, c. 577 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 577 (NEW).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 723: PROCEEDINGS TO QUIET TITLE
14 §6652. Petition to remove easement
14 §6653. Complaint; grantee as party
14 §6654. Appearance of interested parties
14 §6655. Description of unknown persons
14 §6656. Service on missing defendant; agent; expenses
14 §6657. Proceedings in court
14 §6658. Action by owners of wild land
14 §6659. Action by abutters of discontinued road or way
14 §6662. Extinguishment of mineral rights
14 §6663. Claim of prescriptive easement over abandoned way (REPEALED)