Mayor of Baltimore v. Ercolano

The appellees, now or recently holding licenses of stalls in Belair Market in Baltimore, appealed to the Baltimore City Court from awards of one dollar for damages from condemnation and removal of each of their stalls in the widening of Ensor Street to improve an approach to the Bath Street viaduct across the valley of Jones Falls. The awards were increased on the appeals, and the city’s appeals to this court present, principally, questions whether the appellees have rights or interests for which substantial compensation might be awarded, and, if so, what is the measure of the substantial…