Five Oaks Corp. v. Gathmann

The appellees, four husbands and their wives, owning and occupying residences in Catonsville, Baltimore County, filed their bill of complaint against the appellant corporation, which, less than a year previously had acquired an existing public swimming pool and restaurant on the Frederick Road, near the property of the appellees. It was alleged that since the appellant began to operate the business, it had caused glaring lights, to cast their beams into the dwelling houses of the appellees, necessitating the drawing down of window blinds, which, in the summer months, interfered with the free…