West. Md. T.R. Co. v. Baltimore City

The appellant owns several lots of ground in the city of Baltimore, which bound on the north side of the main branch of the Patapsco river, together with the riparian rights appurtenant thereto. It constructed what are spoken of in the record as a freight pier and a coal pier. The former is about 840 feet long and 120 feet wide and consists of a wooden platform resting upon piles, with a steel shed, one story high for freight purposes. The latter is 729 feet on one side and 700 on the other, and is a wooden structure which also rests upon piles. They were projected from the bulkhead line into…