Mayor of Baltimore v. Frick
Court of Appeals of Maryland
These were six appeals in one record from the Baltimore City Court. The Street Commissioners of said city in their proceedings for opening Bayard street from Columbia avenue to Ohio avenue, treated the bed of Bayard street as having been dedicated to public use by a lease hereafter referred to from James Carroll to Porter and Davis.
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These were six appeals in one record from the Baltimore City Court. The Street Commissioners of said city in their proceedings for opening Bayard street from Columbia avenue to Ohio avenue, treated the bed of Bayard street as having been dedicated to public use by a lease hereafter referred to from James Carroll to Porter and Davis. Five appeals from their action were taken by property owners to the Court below, where the cases were consolidated and tried before the Court without a jury. All the property involved was formerly owned by James Carroll, and was called Mount Clare. In March, 1872,…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The questions here presented arise upon the appeals of certain land owners from the action of the Baltimore City Court in awarding damages and benefits in the matter of the opening of Bayard street in that city.
No objection has been made to the inquisition by reason of the amounts of damages awarded or benefits ascertained. On the contrary, it is conceded that both are properly estimated and set forth in the inquisition, unless it should be ascertained that the land to be taken had already been dedicated to public use, in which case, of course, the land owners could claim -no damages. In…
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