Mayor of Baltimore v. Radecke

The appellee is tenant and occupant of certain premises situated on McClellan’s alley, in a central business locality in the city of Baltimore, where he and his father before him had carried on the business of carpentering and box-making since the year 1853. In 1866 he applied to the-Mayor and City Council for permission, which was granted, to erect and use on these premises and in the carrying on of his business, a steam engine. The resolution granting, this permit contained a provision, in conformity to a City Ordinance on the subject, that the engine was “to be removed after six months’…