Price v. Lawson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — Stated in the opinion of the Court. Second Exception. — The plaintiff’s counsel asked the plaintiff as a witness: “'What building was there when you first knew the property?” the counsel stating that they offered' to prove that it was an old distillery building in connection with the same offer as in the preceding exception.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — Stated in the opinion of the Court. Second Exception. — The plaintiff’s counsel asked the plaintiff as a witness: “'What building was there when you first knew the property?” the counsel stating that they offered' to prove that it was an old distillery building in connection with the same offer as in the preceding exception. The defendant objected and the Court (McSherry, C. J. and Lynch, A. J) sustained the objection. The plaintiff excepted. Third Exception. — The…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The plaintiff is the owner of a distillery for the manufacture of whiskey, and the water necessary for its use is supplied by a race, and the race is supplied with water from a natural stream, called the “Trout Branch.” The race was dug along a hill side, the east bank of which is the solid ground of the hill side. The west bank was made with dirt thrown from the trough in making the race, and in consequence of which it is much higher than the eastern bank.
The defendant is the owner of the land on both sides, of the race. Prior to 1813, the distillery, the race, and the lands on both sides of…
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