County Commissioners v. Mayor of Westminster
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County. (In Equity.) ('Thomas, C. J., Forsythe, Jr., J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court*
1Opinion of the CourtStockbridge, J.
The City of Westminster was created a municipal corporation prior to the year 1860. It was the County Seat of Carroll County and remained a part of that county, but the municipal corporation was given certain special, separate and distinct powers which, -with the several amendments to them, were included as a poidion of the local laws of Carroll County when those laws were codified in 1888, and they appear in the Code of that year in sections 214 to 254 of Article YII of the Public Local Laws. Among the powers given to the municipal corporation was the control over the streets, roads and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- County Commissioners v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
- Wells v. City of WestonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1856
- City of St. Charles v. NolleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- County Commissioners v. Commissioners of LaurelCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1879
- Board of Supervisors v. City of SpringfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Griffin v. Anne Arundel CountyCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Legum v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
- Reinhardt v. Anne Arundel CountyCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976