Mayor of Baltimore v. Canton Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for the defendant (appellee) for costs, in a suit for certain “minor privilege charges.”

Defendant owns two piers, each built into the navigable waters of the Patapsco in front of land which, since 1918 or earlier, has been within the Baltimore City limits. In 1922 and 1930, respectively, defendant made application for consent of the Harbor Engineer to extensions of these piers within the pierhead line. Permits for the extensions were granted by the Board of Estimates, “subject to inspection and minor privilege charges.” The applications were…