Matthaei v. Housing Authority

A resident and taxpayer of Baltimore City, an intervening party in a suit in equity in virtual representation of all such taxpayers, contends that a particular project of the Housing Authority of Baltimore, for erection of houses on vacant land in the outskirts of the city, transgresses statutory limits of the authority, or, if it does not, statutes and an ordinance of the city sanctioning it are unconstitutional; and an injunction against it has been sought. A demurrer by the respondent authority and the city to an amended bill of complaint has been sustained, and the appeal is from that…