Williams v. Baker
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This was an action of trespass guare clausum fregit, submitted to the Court below, (Dobbin, J.,) upon a case stated. The facts are stated in the opinion of this Court. Judgment upon the case stated being for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed. .
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The appellee is the owner of a leasehold interest for a term of ninety-nine years renewable forever, in a lot of ground situated in the city of Baltimore, and lying” on a branch of the Patapsco, known as Spring Gardens. Upon this lot there was at the date of the lease a wharf, extending to the Port Warden’s line, which formed its southern boundary.
In 1858 the Messrs. Boyd and the appellee’s firm, who then owned the entire leasehold interest in said lot, were authorized by an ordinance of the city of Baltimore, to extend the Port Warden’s line two hundred and thirty feet further out into the…
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- Giraud's Lessee v. HughesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1829
- Harrison v. SterettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1774
- Mayor of Baltimore v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1845
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