Battisto v. Perkins

This appeal is from judgments for the defendants ordered by the trial court in directing a verdict for the defendant Perkins at the close of the plaintiffs’ case, and for the other defendants at the close of the whole case. The action was brought by the owners of eight lots improved by dwellings in Queens Chapel Manor Subdivision, Prince George’s County. The appellees are the owners of a tract of land containing some 28 acres located about 1400 feet from the appellants’ lots and upon a higher level. Prior to the spring of 1952 the tract was unimproved and covered with trees and vegetation…