2010 Maine Code
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS
14 §7053. No costs to plaintiff where 40 years' possession
Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
Subchapter 7: COSTS
§7053. No costs to plaintiff where 40 years' possession
In all real and mixed actions in which the defendant proves that he and those under whom he claims have been in the open, notorious, adverse and exclusive possession of the demanded premises, claiming in fee simple, for 40 years preceding the commencement of the action, and the jury so finds, the plaintiff recovers no costs.
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