Rieman v. Baltimore Belt Railroad
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellant, Joseph H. Rieman, for the purpose óf endeavoring to oust the Belt Railroad Company from a portion of the bed of South Howard street, which it is now occupying with its tunnel. The appellant is the owner in fee of a lot of ground situated on the southeast corner of German and Howard streets, in the city of Baltimore.
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellant, Joseph H. Rieman, for the purpose óf endeavoring to oust the Belt Railroad Company from a portion of the bed of South Howard street, which it is now occupying with its tunnel. The appellant is the owner in fee of a lot of ground situated on the southeast corner of German and Howard streets, in the city of Baltimore. Howard street runs north and south, and German street runs east and west. The Rieman lot fronts twenty-five feet on German street and runs southerly along Howard street from German, of…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
This is an action of ejectment. The plaintiff owns a lot on the southeast corner of Howard and German streets, in the city of Baltimore, fronting twenty-five feet on the south side of German street, with an even depth of eighty feet. The defendant was duly authorized by the Legislature and the Mayor, &c., of Baltimore, to construct a tunnel under the bed of Howard street, and as constructed in front of the plaintiff’s lot, the tunnel in no way obstructs traffic, its lowest point being sixty and its highest point, or top, fifteen feet below the surface of the street. It also ap*75pears that at…
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