Philip Wagner, Inc. v. Leser

BOND, J.—

Upon the averments of the bill of complaint and of the petition of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company, trustee, an additional party plaintiff, it appears that the plaintiffs are owners of various pieces of real property in Baltimore City which abut upon streets paved at some time in the past, with smooth surfaces; and they pray that an injunction be issued to restrain the enforcement of the Act of Assembly of 1912, Chapter 688, which lays a special tax or assessment upon properties so situated. The assessment is attacked as in contravention of Article 15 of the Declaration of Rights…