Legal Opinion

Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. Gordon

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 20, 1918PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. (Stump, J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the CourtStockbridge, J.

When Harry Dorsey Gough died in 1808 he was seized in fee, among other property, of a lot on the west side of Front street, in Baltimore City, having a front of 140 feet, and extending back westerly an approximate depth of 150 feet to Jones Falls. This lot lay just to the south of Billingsgate street, as it was then called, now known as Low street.

Proceedings for a partition of Mr. Gough’s real estate were begun in the High Court of Chancery in 181J, and the return of the Commissioners was filed about eighteen months later. By it there was allotted to James Carroll, Jr., a portion of the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Moale v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
  2. Thomas v. FordCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1885
  3. McCormick v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877
  4. City of Pella v. ScholteSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  5. Tinges v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1879

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Harlan v. Town of Bel AirCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
  2. Beach v. North Chesapeake Beach Land & Improvement Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
  3. Louis Sachs & Sons v. WardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1943
  4. Brady v. FarleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
  5. Blank v. Park Lane Center, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1956

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