Sowers v. Vestry of the Church of the Holy Nativity

Pabke, <T.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant, Walter E. Sowers, filed a bill of complaint to prevent the “Vestry of the Church of the Holy Nativity in the City of Baltimore,” a corporation, the appellee, from erecting a church whose building lines would be nearer to the street lines of both Garrison Avenue and Egerton Road than forty feet. A demurrer to the bill of complaint was sustained, and this appeal is taken from the decree dismissing the bill of complaint.

The appellant is the owner of a parcel of land in the angle formed by the east line of Garrison Avenue and the south…