State v. Mullen’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““Prior to the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, the latter State, in making grants or sales . . ., had generally pursued the policy of making reservations of lands for public uses from the lands granted. The beneficiaries of these public uses were not ordinarily in esse at the time of the grant. Massachusetts retained the legal title for the use of the beneficiaries when they should come into existence. After the separation, as held in State v. Cutler, 16 Maine, 349, this state by virtue of its sovereignty became entitled to the care and possession of these reserved lands [in the place of Massachusetts] . . . the State [of Maine] became trustee . . . (p. 335, 94 A. p. 843) (emphasis supplied)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Opinion of the Justices of Supreme Judicial Court