Mitchell v. Seipel
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the defendant offered the following prayers: 1. That the Court exclude from the consideration of the jury the paper-writing offered-in evidence hy the plaintiff, purporting to be an agreement between George W. Chandler and George T. Waters, dated 8th June, 1865. 2. That the Court exclude from the consideration of the jury, that portion of the evidence of Francis…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the defendant offered the following prayers: 1. That the Court exclude from the consideration of the jury the paper-writing offered-in evidence hy the plaintiff, purporting to be an agreement between George W. Chandler and George T. Waters, dated 8th June, 1865. 2. That the Court exclude from the consideration of the jury, that portion of the evidence of Francis Seipel, the plaintiff, wherein said Seipel stated that he received the .agreement offered in evidence hy the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This action was brought in December, 1878, by the appellee against the appellant to recover damages for closing and obstructing an alley between two houses then separately owned by the respective parties. The case presents an important and interesting question respecting the law of easements.
The facts necessary to be stated, and about which there is no dispute are these: In the year 1839, Daniel Collins became the owner under a lease for ninety-nine years renewable forever of a lot ground in the City of Baltimore, fronting thirty feet on West street, and extending back eighty feet to Gould…
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