DeLauder v. County Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County (Watters, J.) The plaintiffs’ fifth prayer, which was rejected, was that “ if the jury shall find in favor of the plaintiffs under the instruction given, then they may allow such amount as they may believe will compensate the plaintiffs for the injury done them by and in consequence of the wrongful acts complained of and the loss thereby caused them from the time of the doing of such acts by the defendant to the time of the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County (Watters, J.) The plaintiffs’ fifth prayer, which was rejected, was that “ if the jury shall find in favor of the plaintiffs under the instruction given, then they may allow such amount as they may believe will compensate the plaintiffs for the injury done them by and in consequence of the wrongful acts complained of and the loss thereby caused them from the time of the doing of such acts by the defendant to the time of the trial of this case, except such damages as the plaintiffs could have prevented by reasonable expense and trouble to avoid…
1Opinion of the CourtPearce, J.
Mrs. DeLauder, one of the appellants in this case, is the owner of a farm situated partly in Baltimore County and partly in Harford County, the two portions being separated by a stream called the Little Gunpowder Falls, and by a public road running through the Baltimore County part of the farm and parallel with the stream. Between this public road and the stream there is.a narrow strip of land belonging to the Cotton Duck Company, over which Mrs. DeLauder has a private right of Way twenty or twenty-five feet in width, used by her for communication between the Baltimore County part and the…
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