Guest v. Commissioners of Church Hill
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County.
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
The appellant, who is the owner of an improved lot of ground abutting on a public street in the town of Church Hill, sued the appellee for so changing the grade of the streets of the town as to divert its natural drainage and collect from other parts of the town and discharge upon his lot large quantities of water, filth and dirt.
The declaration filed in the case contained four counts! The first and fourth counts averred in substance that formerly only a small quantity of water drained upon and over the appellant’s lot, but the appellee had recently changed the grade of its streets and…
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- Byrnes v. . City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
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