Legal Opinion

Piven v. Comcast Corp.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 10, 2006No. 0427 & 2281, September Term, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LAWRENCE F. PODOWSKY, J., Retired, Specially Assigned.

Presented here are two claims of trespass quare clausum fregit which were joined in one action in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. The properties are under separate ownerships. One lies in Baltimore County but the other lies in Baltimore City. We shall apply to each claim the ordinary rule, now codified in Maryland Code (1974, 2002 Repl.Vol.), § 6-203(b)(4) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ), that the venue for a trespass q.c.f. action is the county where the land lies. In doing so, we shall hold that CJ § 6-203(c)…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Livingston v. JeffersonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia · 1811
  2. Lawson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2005
  3. Superior Construction Co. v. ElmoCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954
  4. Federal Land Bank of Baltimore, Inc. v. EshamCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1979
  5. ACandS, Inc. v. GodwinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Piven v. Comcast Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2007

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