Powell v. Wilson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County (Crane, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint. The facts are these : On or about the 6th day of October, 1887, when St. Jerome’s Creek, in St. Mary’s County, was more than one hundred yards wide at its mouth, the appellees located in it a lot of 4 16-100 acres of oyster land, opposite the tract of land bordering upon it, known by the name of “ Bar Neck,” containing one hundred acres, and belonging to the…
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County (Crane, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint. The facts are these : On or about the 6th day of October, 1887, when St. Jerome’s Creek, in St. Mary’s County, was more than one hundred yards wide at its mouth, the appellees located in it a lot of 4 16-100 acres of oyster land, opposite the tract of land bordering upon it, known by the name of “ Bar Neck,” containing one hundred acres, and belonging to the appellants, and between their land and the middle of the stream, for the purpose of bedding or sowing oysters therein, and they…
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
The appellants filed a bill in the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County to vacate and set aside the location of a certain oyster lot, located in the waters of St. Jerome’s Creek, in that county, and to enjoin the appellees from depositing and bedding oysters or other shell-fish therein. The bill alleges that the appellants are the owners of a tract of land lying on St. Jerome’s Creek, called “ Bar Neck,” containing one hundred acres, more or less; that this creek has lately become and is now less than one hundred yards wide at its mouth, and that they are entitled to the exclusive use of the…
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