§721. Common law remedy limited
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.
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION
Chapter 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVERS AND STREAMS
Article 1: ERECTION AND FLOWAGE RIGHTS
Subarticle 3: ACTION FOR DAMAGES
38 §705. Appointment of commissioners; appraisal of damages
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 §713. Action for unpaid damages; lien
38 §714. Execution sale of land and mill
38 §718. --offer of increased compensation
38 §719. --offer to accept less compensation
38 §720. Tenants may make offers
38 §721. Common law remedy limited
38 §722. Double damages if restrictions violated
38 §723. Agreement of parties binding, if recorded
38 §724. Judgment no bar to new complaint
38 §726. No abatement by death
38 §727. If complaint abates, rights preserved by new complaint