Mayor of Baltimore v. Maryland Trust Co.

On the 27th of January, 1913, the Maryland Trust Company appealed from the action of the Commissioners for Opening Streets in the matter of condemning' and opening the 'Fallsway, and alleged in its petition that the benefits assessed against it in reference to its lot, designated as lot No. 1162, in the return of said Commissioners, was excessive, and that the Commissioners for Opening Streets had no authority to make any assessments in the matter (1) because under the Act of 1910, Chapter 110, (p. 639), all expenses in connection with the acquiring of land for said highway were to he paid…