State ex rel. Baltimore, Canton & Point Breeze Railway Co. v. Latrobe

The Baltimore, Canton and Point Breeze Railway Company is a body corporate, and by ordinance number 50 of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, approved April the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, it was authorized to lay its tracks upon and along certain designated streets of Baltimore City. By the 12th section of the ordinance, the work was required to be commenced within six months from the approval of the ordinance, and to be completed within twelve months thereafter, “otherwise,” so the section declares, “the rights and privileges herein granted shall be null and void.” A…