Lonaconing Midland & Frostburg Ry. Co. v. Consolidation Coal Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Stake-, J.)
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
Two questions are presented for our consideration by this appeal. The first is whether a certain road has been so dedicated to public use and accepted by the public as to constitute it a public highway. The second is whether the construction and use of an electric railway upon a portion of the bed of that road imposed a new easement thereon not contemplated in its dedication to public use.
The decree appealed from was passed by the Circuit Court for Allegany County and it made permanent an injunction restraining the appellant from constructing or operating its railway on a portion of a road…
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