McWILLIAMS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Elk Paper Manufacturing Company (the Company) was established in 1843. For the succeeding 123 years it made paper on a 27 acre tract which straddles Little Elk Creek and lies within the quadrangle formed by the villages of Childs, Leeds, Cherry Hill and Singerly. The area is about three miles north of Elkton.
Captain John Smith first explored the rivers of Cecil County in 1608; 354 years later, on 30...
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