· 10/15/1996
Colquhoun v. Webber
Citations
- 684 A.2d 405
- 1996 Me. LEXIS 215
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a declaratory judgment action cannot be used to create a cause of action that does not otherwise exist.
- holding that adverse possession will support a claim for slander of title
- holding that a slander of title claim requires publication of a false, slanderous statement disparaging claimant's title that was made with malice or in reckless disregard of its falsity and caused actual or special damages
- slander of title requires malicious falsehood
- frivolous recorded quitclaim deed was actionable
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Judges: Wathen, Roberts, Glassman, Clifford, Rudman
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