Delmarva Power & Light Co. v. Eberhard

One who must decide the meaning of the term “public easements” in the context of the statute, Code (1957), Art. 81, § 112, which makes a decree in a proceeding to foreclose the right of redemption of property sold for taxes final and conclusive and which vests in the plaintiff “an absolute and indefeasible title in fee simple in the property, free and clear of all * * * encumbrances thereon, except * * * public easements to which the property is subject,” 1 must be reminded of Shakespeare’s thought in Act I, Scene 3, of the Merchant of Venice that “the devil can cite Scripture for his…