Baltimore Belt Railroad v. Lee

Bryan J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Mrs. Eliza Lee filed a hill in equity, against the Baltimore Belt Railroad Company and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. The hill alleged that the complainant was the owner in fee of a, lot of ground in the City of Baltimore, and that the Belt Railroad Company had taken possession of it, and was using it for purposes connected with the tunnel which it was constructing, and that it had assumed to grant to the Mayor and City Council a license to use the lot, or a portion of it, for purposes connected with the building of a bridge over Jones’…