MAYOR OF OCEAN CITY v. TABER

[No. 95, September Term, 1976.]

279 Md. 115 (1977)

367 A.2d 1233

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND v. THOMAS T. TABER, JR. ET. AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale R. Cathell for appellant.

Fulton P. Jeffers, with whom were Hearne & Bailey, P.A. on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.


ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal concerns the ownership of an improved lot of ground at the northwest corner of Atlantic Avenue and Caroline Street in Ocean City, Maryland, which was occupied and used by the United States of America as a Life Saving Station for almost a hundred years. At the hub of the controversy is whether the United States acquired title in fee simple absolute through adverse possession or lost all its right, title, interest...

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