Dashiell v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellee to recover from the appellant a paving tax, assessed on certain lots belonging to him, fronting on McCulloh street, between Wilson street and North Avenue. The case was tried before the Court, without the intervention of a jury. The verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed. The case is further stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
In this case an action of assumpsit was brought to recover a paving tax assessed on certain lots belonging to *619the appellant fronting on McCulloh street, between "Wilson street and North Avenue. The exceptions taken to the rulings of the Court below, present numerous questions which this appeal makes it our duty to decide.
1st. Can the action be maintained? The paving was done and the tax assessed upon the owners of the adjacent lots, in the years 1870 and 1871, after the Act of 1870, ch. 282, and the City Ordinance, No. 78, of 1870, had been passed. The suit is by the Mayor and City Council of…
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