Kilpatrick v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a pro forma judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City for the appellee in an action of ejectment brought by.the appellants.
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Appeal from a pro forma judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City for the appellee in an action of ejectment brought by.the appellants. The agreed statement of facts showed that the land described in the declaration in this cause is at present a portion or part of Perkins’ Spring Square, formerly called Perkins’ Spring property, which land, described in the said declaration, is now and and has been ever since the 14th January, 1873, used by the city of Baltimore in connection with the property leased by it on the said 14th January, 1873, as per Exhibit B, as one of the public squares…
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought by the appellant to recover from the appellee a strip of land running through Perkins’ Spring property in the city of Baltimore. The case was heard below upon an agreed statement of facts, and from the pro forma judgment thereupon rendered, this appeal is taken.
On the 16th day of October, 1872, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore passed a resolution authorizing and directing the City Comptroller to lease “for public use” all that portion of the Perkins Spring property located within the bounds of Ogston, George and Chatsworth streets, (except a…
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