Swann v. Mayor of Cumberland
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Allegany county court. Upon the petition of the appellants, a certiorari was issued from said court, directed to the mayor and councilmen of the town of Cumberland, commanding them to return a certain warrant issued by them, directed to the bailiff of said town, and levied upon the property of the petitioners, and all the papers and proceedings relating thereto.
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Appeal from Allegany county court. Upon the petition of the appellants, a certiorari was issued from said court, directed to the mayor and councilmen of the town of Cumberland, commanding them to return a certain warrant issued by them, directed to the bailiff of said town, and levied upon the property of the petitioners, and all the papers and proceedings relating thereto. The return of this writ sets forth the 9th section of the act of 1815, ch. 136, entitled, “an act to provide for the appointment of commissioners for the regulation and improvement of the town of Cumberland, in Allegany…
1Opinion of the CourtChambers, J.
The return to the certiorari, to which alone we must look for the facts on which the questions depend, which are involved in this case, sets out the act of Assembly of 1815, ch. 136, the petition and proceedings before the mayor and council, the ordinance professing to execute the authority given by the act of Assembly, and the warrant in nature of an execution against the appellants.
The act of 1815, ch. 136, authorises the mayor and council to improve the streets, or parts thereof, on application of the owners of two-thirds of the property thereon, and to collect from each owner, by a…
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