Mayor of Hagerstown v. Witmer

The appellees filed a bill against the appellants to restrain and enjoin them “ from doing or performing any act or acts contemplated to be by them done or performed ” by an ordinance entitled ‘ ‘ An ordinance regulating the running at large, catching, impounding and killing dogs within the corporate limits of Hagerstown.” The object of the proceeding is to test the validity of the ordinance, and, therefore, we need not stop to discuss any technical objections that might be urged to the form of the bill or other pleadings, especially as the only point suggested has been remedied by an…