Whitman v. Forney

The appellants, constituting the State Roads Commission, filed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to enjoin the appellees from obstructing and continuing to obstruct the flow of storm water from Light Street Road, a State highway, which is part of the Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard, through the terra cotta drain pipe and drainage ditch across the appellees’ property, and to require the appellees to restore to its original condition this terra cotta pipe under their dwelling house.

It appears from the evidence that Light Street Road was a county road prior to its…