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Island Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (H. Milton Wagner, Et Al. V. Mayor And City Council Of Baltimore, 1956), Brandy Reazer, Scott Yager
Island Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (H. Milton Wagner, Et Al. V. Mayor And City Council Of Baltimore, 1956), Brandy Reazer, Scott Yager
Legal History Publications
Court of Appeals of Maryland. H. Milton Wagner, Jr., Amelia W. Sutton, Florence C. Mulligan et al. v. City of Baltimore is an appeals case that started in Anne Arundel County, Maryland in 1916 over an island that was at one point in Maryland state history part of Anne Arundel County. A land patent was issued to John P. Bruns in 1909 and later sold to H. Milton Wager, Sr. The island in question, known as Reed Bird Island, was surveyed in 1908 by the County Surveyor of Anne Arundel County. The land was not found to be covered by …
Calvert Versus Carroll: The Quit-Rent Controversy Between Maryland's Founding Families, Garrett Power
Calvert Versus Carroll: The Quit-Rent Controversy Between Maryland's Founding Families, Garrett Power
Faculty Scholarship
This essay examines the historical background behind the 1826 U.S. Supreme Court case of Cassell v. Carroll. The legal merits in the case concerned arcane questions of feudal property law which the Court avoided and left unanswered. Today the case is of little jurisprudential significance. It is the historical record behind Cassell v. Carroll that tells a story that continues to be of interest and importance today. It provides a window on the economic and social life in provincial Maryland. It tells the tale of two dysfunctional dynasties—the Barons of Baltimore (the Calverts), who lost their faith, their fortune …