Johnson v. Long

Thomas M. Purnell and Mary E. Purnell, his wife, lived in Snow Hill, Maryland, where Thomas M. Purnell owned and managed the Hotel Purnell, located at Washington and Green Streets in that town.

Washington Street, running in a northerly direction, intersects Green Street, which runs from southwest to northeast, and intersects Pearl Street, running parallel with Washington Street, and about 131 feet southwesterly therefrom. The hotel fronts on Washington Street, and between the rear of the hotel property and Pearl Street there is a lot fronting 65 feet and 10 inches on Green Street, and binding…