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250 years later, justices still gather in Dresden
10.13.2011
Published by The Kennebec Journal
A wooden, three-story courthouse where cases were argued and justice meted out in pre-Revolutionary times was used for its original purpose again Wednesday as the Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in two cases on appeal.
As might have happened in the courthouse's earlier years, the cases concerned a disputed easement that provides ocean access in Cumberland.
Justice Donald Alexander, one of three of the three supreme court justices who sat at the Pownalborough Court House during the court's previous visit in 2003, said he was pleased to come back.
"We thought it would be a good thing for the 250th anniversary," Alexander said, "Remember when they started, the greeting was, 'God save the king!' "
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