Cahill v. Mayor of Baltimore

The owner of property on the southwesterly shore of the northwestern branch of the Patapsco River, part of the harbor of Baltimore City, appeals from a dismissal, on demurrer, of his petition for the writ of mandamus to compel the city officials to issue him a permit to fill in and build a wharf out from one portion of that property. The pierhead line established under city ordinances now in force coincides with the present shore line at the site, and the appellant claims a right to wharf out beyond it.

The petitioner’s whole lot, or the only property of his which need now be considered,…