County Commissioners v. Wise
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion, of the Court. First, Second, Third and Fourth Exceptions, are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion, of the Court. First, Second, Third and Fourth Exceptions, are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the Court. Fifth Exception. — The plaintiffs offered the three following prayers: 1. If the jury find that the bridge above Millford mills was carried away by a flood on the 3rd day of August, 1885, and in passing down the stream carried away plaintiffs' dam, then plaintiffs are entitled to recover such sum as will compensate them for the injury sustained and loss suffered; provided the jury also find that the location,…
1Opinion of the Court
McSherry, J.,
delivered the'opinion of the Court.
On the eleventh day of February, 1885, Sarah A. Wise became the owner of a saw mill and a grist mill, located on Deer Creek in Harford County. Prior to her purchase of the property the County Commissioners changed the bed of a public road, which formerly crossed the stream below the breast of the mill-dam, and located it some short distance above the dam. They constructed at the same time an iron bridge across the creek connecting with this.new road. On the third of August, 1885, a destructive freshet demolished the bridge. The mill-dam was…
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