Garitee v. Mayor of Baltimore

This is an action on the case brought by the appellant against the appellees to recover damages for an alleged special and particular injury suffered by the appellant from the acts of the appellees in filling up the Patapsco river in front of his, the appellant’s property bounding on said river, and thereby obstructing access to such property by wáter as formerly used and enjoyed.

There is little or no dispute in regard to the principal facts of the case. It is conceded that the appellant is, and has been since about the year 1868 or 1869, the owner of two several parcels of land fronting on…