38 M.R.S. § 707
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38 §707. Payment in gross; bar
Official statutory text
If the damages in gross are paid within the time fixed, the judgment is a bar to any further complaint so long as the dam and flashboards remain at the same height, but if thereafter either is raised, a new complaint may be made by the owner of the lands flowed for any additional damages caused thereby, and the proceedings in said new complaint shall be as hereinbefore prescribed.
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