Court Opinion

ID: 9650381
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 15:34:19.555961+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:20.968826
License: Public Domain

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge
(concurring in part).
I concur in that part of the opinion holding the City of Baltimore estopped from denying that the line between the property of the City and the chemical company is the line fixed by the Hammond plan. I am further of the opinion that, as to all the property owners that are proper parties to this suit, the City is estopped from denying that the lines fixed by the Hammond plan are the proper lines.
As set out in the opinion the court below had jurisdiction, the parties were properly aligned and each litigant had its day in court.
In my opinion, the facts as detailed and undisputed make a clear case of estoppel against the City as far as disputing the lines fixed by the Hammond plan within the area in question. It is in accord with the effort to improve the administration of justice in the courts that controversies should be decided as speedily as possible. Here all the parties are before the court and there is no contention that any additional facts could be developed in subsequent litigation.
I am, therefore, of the opinion that the decree of the court below should be affirmed.