Desch v. Knox

On September 30, 1966, the appellant John E. Desch filed suit for injunctive relief and damages against the appellee Ruth Stratton Knox in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County claiming that Mrs. Knox had taken possession of a fifteen foot strip of land owned by Desch along the rear portion of his property. After holding a hearing the lower court decided that a right-of-way granted to Baltimore County by one of the appellant’s predecessors in title precluded granting any relief to Desch and barred Mrs. Knox from asserting title by adverse possession.

The appellant’s evidence showed that in…