Owings v. Worthington
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this cause, was filed on the 20th March 1837, by JYoah Worthington, alleging that in the month of January 1836, Caleb D. Owings and others, by virtue of the act of 1834, ch. 253, made their application to the commissioners of Baltimore county to obtain a right of way from their farm, through the lands of the complainant; that commissioners were appointed to lay out said private way, who discharged said duty, returned their…
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this cause, was filed on the 20th March 1837, by JYoah Worthington, alleging that in the month of January 1836, Caleb D. Owings and others, by virtue of the act of 1834, ch. 253, made their application to the commissioners of Baltimore county to obtain a right of way from their farm, through the lands of the complainant; that commissioners were appointed to lay out said private way, who discharged said duty, returned their proceedings, and a right of way was accordingly granted to said applicants; that an appeal was taken therefrom by…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, Judge
The application in this case.is for a private road or way to the Patapsco Falls, to pass over the same in order to reach the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, which is the nearest convenient public road to the farm of the petitioner. The applicants also state, that after they cross the said falls, they have obtained the permission of all those who own the lands in Anne Arundel county, through which it is proposed to carry said private road, that the same may be made to the said rail road free of any compensation for such permission; The powers vested in the levy court or commissioners by the act…
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