Legal Opinion
Smith v. Shiebeck
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 3, 1942No. [No. 4, January Term, 1942.]PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
The bill of complaint of Joseph F. Shiebeck and wife alleges that they own a farm in Baltimore County; that a road, laid out partly on the land now owned by them and bounding partly on property recently acquired by James Smith and wife, defendants, has been a public road by general, unobstructed and continuous use for more than twenty years; that the defendants, claiming they own the road, have wrongfully erected a fence along its east side, thereby depriving the complainants of its use; and that, since this road is their only convenient means of access from their farm to the nearest county…
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- Harlan v. Town of Bel AirCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
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- Moore v. McAllisterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
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