Linthicum v. Coan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The plaintiff prayed the Court to instruct the jury as follows : 1. If the jury find from the agreement of counsel, and from the evidence in the cause, that before and at the time of the date of the special warrant mentioned in the patent offered in evidence by plaintiff, the Patapsco River was a navigable river, in which the tide ebbed and flowed, the soil and…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The plaintiff prayed the Court to instruct the jury as follows : 1. If the jury find from the agreement of counsel, and from the evidence in the cause, that before and at the time of the date of the special warrant mentioned in the patent offered in evidence by plaintiff, the Patapsco River was a navigable river, in which the tide ebbed and flowed, the soil and bed of said river belonged to the State, and the State had the right to grant the farm; and if the jury find that the…
1Opinion of the CourtBryan, J.
In the year 1763, Charles Croxell obtained a patent for a tract of land in Baltimore County, which was called Leicestershire. It was bounded for a considerable distance by the Patapsco River. In the year 1831, the title to a portion of this tract became vested by regular mesne conveyances in Hezeldah Linthicum; and in the year 1856, a portion of Hezeldah Linthicum’s portion was duly conveyed to Margaret Coan. This latter portion had the Patapsco River as one of its boundaries. In 1861, Sweetzer Linthicum obtained a patent for a tract of land containing three hundred and seventy-eight acres…
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