Hitchins v. Mayor of Cumberland

This friendly suit by a taxpayer was brought under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, Code (1951), Art. 31 A, to test the validity of a proposed bond issue of the City of Cumberland. On February 25, 1957, the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland passed Ordinance No. 2049, authorizing the City to issue and sell $500,000.00 of “Cumberland Urban Development Bonds of 1957”. The parties agree that the Ordinance was passed in pursuance of the authority contained in Section 81(e) of the City Charter, as amended by Charter Amendment Resolution No. 4, effective September 28, 1955, and that this…