WAGNER v. CITY OF BALTIMORE

[No. 195, October Term, 1955.]

210 Md. 615 (1956)

124 A.2d 815

WAGNER ET AL. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Marbury and Frank T. Gray, with whom were Piper & Marbury on the brief, for the appellants.

John R. Cicero, Assistant City Solicitor of Baltimore, with whom were Thomas N. Biddison, City Solicitor, Edwin Harlan, Deputy City Solicitor, and Lloyd G. McAllister, Assistant City Solicitor, on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


BRUNE, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a controversy between the City of Baltimore (the "City") and the successors in interest of the late Harry M. Wagner over the validity of a patent for land described as an island in the Patapsco River in Anne Arundel County. This patent was issued on September 10th, 1909, to one John P. Bruns. He and others, who claimed an equitable interest in the island, joined in a deed dated September 23rd, 1910, by which...

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