MacHt v. Hecht Co.

The Hecht Company, a Maryland corporation, operates two large department stores in Baltimore City, one of which is located at the northeast corner of Charles and Baltimore Streets, and another on the southeast corner of Charles and Fayette Streets. The rear of each store building abuts on Wilkes Lane, a fifteen foot highway or alley running east and west parallel to Baltimore Street on the south and Fayette Street on the north, for a distance of 125 feet on the south side of Wilkes Lane and 140 feet on the north side. In 1928, under authority of a city ordinance, the stores were joined by a…