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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 14: COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL
Chapter 725: REAL ACTIONS
14 §6958. Defendant may have betterments

Universal Citation:
14 ME Rev Stat § 6958 (2012 through 125th Legis)
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Part 7: PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS

Subchapter 6: RENTS, PROFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS

§6958. Defendant may have betterments

The defendant shall have the benefit of this chapter as to the increased value of premises when the cause, including all real actions brought by a reversioner or remainderman, or his assigns, after the termination of a tenancy in dower, or any other life estate, against the assignee or grantee of the tenant of the life estate, or against his heirs or legal representatives, is determined in favor of the plaintiff.

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