Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Gould
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The leasehold interest in the land mentioned in the opinion as conveyed to J. Alexander Preston, was, subsequently, and before the institution of the suit, acquired by the appellant. The case was tried before the Court below upon an agreed statement of facts.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The leasehold interest in the land mentioned in the opinion as conveyed to J. Alexander Preston, was, subsequently, and before the institution of the suit, acquired by the appellant. The case was tried before the Court below upon an agreed statement of facts. Exception. — The plaintiff offered the following prayer: The plaintiff prays the Court to declare as the law of this case, that upon the facts contained in the agreed statement of facts filed in this case, the plaintiff is entitled to recover the land…
1Opinion of the CourtIrving, J.
This was an ejectment brought by the appellee against the appellant for the recovery of a strip of land, being the one-half of the bed of “Henry street,” between “ Winder street” and “Wells street,” as those streets are laid down on “Poppleton’s plat” of the City of Baltimore. “Henry street,” however, was never actually opened by the city as a street, or used as such, and had been in fact closed by order of the City Council and rejected as a street before the institution of this suit. The land on both sides of Henry street, as laid dowm on Poppleton’s plat, (where the land sued for lies,)…
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