Brooklyn Apartments, Inc. v. Mayor of Baltimore

This case was advanced at the request of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and had an early hearing, because of the public nature of the questions involved. These questions involve the validity and the construction of Ordinance No. 745 of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, enacted under the authority of Chapter 1, Acts of Assembly Extraordinary Session, 1945. No point is made of the validity or the construction of the enabling act, nor of the power of the City to pass an ordinance of the general nature and character of the one before us. It is contended, however, that the title…