Dugan v. Mayor of Baltimore

SHARP, J.—

The bill in this case was filed by the plaintiff as one of the heirs-at-law of Cumberland Dugan, deceased, and as a resident in and taxpayer of the State of Maryland against the city of Baltimore and the “Burnt District Commission” to obtain an injunction restraining the defendants from entering into any agreement with the State of Maryland to purchase a lot of ground on Dugan’s AYharf.

The hill alleges that the lot referred to was formerly owned by Cumberland Dugan, the ancestor of the plaintiff; that in 1826 the State acquired title to the property by condemnation for the purpose…