Cityco Realty Co. v. Mayor of Annapolis

The City of Annapolis is situated on a peninsula, the-shores of which are washed by the waters of College Creek, on the north, by the Severn river and Spa Creek on the east, and by Spa Creek on the south. The terrain is moderately elevated and slopes irregularly from the State House, near the center of the city, to these waters, which are all estuaries or tidal rivers.

Spa Creek runs from its source south of Annapolis in a northeasterly direction about one and one-fourth miles to itsjunetion with the Severn river, at which point it flows between Eastport and Annapolis.

For many years, certainly…