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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 6701 (2026)

Recovery of estates by real action

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Any estate in fee simple, in fee tail, for life or for any term of years may be recovered by a real action.  
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2022 · leading case: Mark W. Ogden v. Joedy Labonville, 2020 ME 133 (Me. 2020).
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Mark W. Ogden v. Joedy Labonville, 2020 ME 133 (Me. 2020). · cites it 3× “See 14 M.R.S. § 6701. The Labonvilles filed a counterclaim against Barnes seeking to obtain a money judgment for betterments they had allegedly made on the land.”
Chickering v. Yates, 420 A.2d 1219 (Me. 1980). · cites it 2× “See 14 M.R.S.A. § 6701; M.R.Civ.P. 80A. To that extent the very relief that plaintiff here sought had already been accomplished.”
Strout v. Gammon, 629 A.2d 43 (Me. 1993). · cites it 2× “2 Following a breakdown of settlement discussions between the parties, the Strouts filed a three-count amended complaint containing: (1) Count I: a real action at law, see 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 6701 et seq. (1980 & Supp.”
Lewien v. Cohen, 432 A.2d 800 (Me. 1981). “” Appellant contends that the Superi- or Court erred in dismissing Count I of her amended complaint because, although the complaint did not cite a particular statute, it did allege facts sufficient to state a cause of action under 14 M.R.S.A. § 6701 (1980). 3 In response,…”
Farrands v. Melanson, 438 A.2d 910 (Me. 1981). · cites it 2× “At common law the predecessor of the real actions which are now brought under 14 M.R.S.A. § 6701 and M.R.Civ.P. 80A was a writ of entry.”
Hathaway v. Rancourt, 409 A.2d 209 (Me. 1979). “Pursuant to 14 M.R.S.A. § 6701, plaintiff George E. Hathaway brought a civil action in the Superior Court (Waldo County) seeking to establish his title to a strip of land situated in Winterport, Maine, against defendants Clayton L.”
Raymond, Psonak v. Roberts, 1999 ME 171 (Me. 1999). “See 14 M.R.S.A. § 6701 (1980); see also Lewien v.”
Strout v. Gammon, 659 A.2d 284 (Me. 1995). “Following a breakdown of settlement discussions between the parties, the Strouts filed a three-count amended complaint containing: (1) Count I: a real action at law, see 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 6701 et seq. (1980 & Supp.”
Sheriff v. Gardner (D. Me. 2022). · cites it 2× “In seeking dismissal of any quiet title claim that can be discerned from the Amended Complaint, Defendants assert that Plaintiffs fail to state a claim under 14 M.”
Bouffard v. The Inh. of the Town of Waterboro (Me. Super. Ct 2014). “The 2 final count is brought as a real action pursuant to 14 M.R.S. §§6701 - et seq. The case has been tried without a jury and has been briefed.”
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