Hormes v. Baltimore County

This is an appeal from the decree of the chancellor which sustained demurrers to the appellant’s bill of complaint without leave to amend.

The bill challenged the validity of a lease between the appellee Valley Green, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Valley) as lessor, and the appellee, Baltimore County, Maryland, as lessee. The appellee County had filed an answer to the bill which raised affirmative defenses and it was agreed below that the issues of law raised by that answer would be decided as if raised by demurrer, together with the demurrer which had been filed by Valley.

The opinion of…