Duval v. Becker

The facts out of which the questions now before us arise, are as follows: In 1877 Dodson and wife executed to H. A. Thompson a mortgage upon a lot of ground then situated in Baltimore County, but now lying within the limits of Baltimore City, which lot we will designate Lot A. The only means of access to this lot was over a private right of way across what is now the Duval lot, which adjoins Lot A on the east. This right of way, whose centre line was clearly defined by courses and distances, was specifically included, by accurate description, in the above named mortgage. The mortgage was…