Legal Opinion

Chappell v. Waterworth

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 5, 1894No. 16PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

155 U.S. 102

15 S.Ct. 34

39 L.Ed. 85

CHAPPELL

v.

WATERWORTH.

No. 16.

November 5, 1894.

This was an action of ejectment, brought December 23, 1887, by Thomas C. Chappell against James M. Waterworth, both citizens of Maryland, in the circuit court for the Fifth judicial circuit of the state of Maryland.

The declaration alleged that on January 1, 1878, the plaintiff was in possession of a parcel of land, partly above and partly below high-water mark, extending from Hawkins Point lighthouse, on the west side of the Patapsco river, in Anne Arundel county, in the state of Maryland, to the Brewerton channel…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tennessee v. Union & Planters' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Pepke v. CronanSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Chappell v. WaterworthU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland · 1889
  4. Chappell v. WaterworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

3Cited by86 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Great Northern Railway Co. v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. Pratt v. Paris Gas Light & Coke Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Arkansas v. Kansas & Texas Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  5. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. CodySupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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