Taylor v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore: Baltimore Sewerage and the City’s Agenda in the Early Twentieth Century

• Main Author: Mann, Christian
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law 2009
• Subjects: land use; urban development; prostitution; prohibition; progressive movement; garbage removal; nuisance; injunction; zoning; Baltimore; Law; Legal History; Saloon; Back River
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mlh_pubs/16; https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/context/mlh_pubs/article/1015/viewcontent/Taylor_v__Mayor_and_City_Council_of_Baltimore_2009.pdf

Taylor v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore was decided by the Court of Appeals in 1917. Nettie Taylor sued the city in 1914 because of the disagreeable smell coming from the newly constructed Back River Sewage Treatment Plant. She sued for damages done to her hotel property by the odor. Taylor’s...