Lawson v. Price
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. ' Defendant’s First Exception. — The plaintiff offered in evidence to prove his title to the race in question, sundry deeds, and then proved by Levi Price, the plaintiff, that he owned the distillery mentioned in the nar.; that the race runs through the land of the defendant nearly the whole length of the race, and is from two to four feet wide at bottom, and from five to six feet wide at top, and is about 600 feet long ;…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. ' Defendant’s First Exception. — The plaintiff offered in evidence to prove his title to the race in question, sundry deeds, and then proved by Levi Price, the plaintiff, that he owned the distillery mentioned in the nar.; that the race runs through the land of the defendant nearly the whole length of the race, and is from two to four feet wide at bottom, and from five to six feet wide at top, and is about 600 feet long ; that it has no dam except a few logs put across the stream to turn the water in the race; that prior to January, 1872,…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
This is an action on the case, brought by the appellee against the appellant, for obstructing the race leading to his distillery.
There was a demurrer to the declaration, which was overruled, except as to the first count; but the appellant makes no question on the demurrer, and we shall take no further notice of it.
In the course of the trial a great number of exceptions were taken by both sides, many of which are but repetitions, raising the same question over and over again; and of the appellant’s exceptions, the sixth and tenth are abandoned by him; and for the same reason assigned for…
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