Myers v. City of Hagerstown

This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court for Washington County sustaining a demurrer to and dismissing a bill of complaint filed by neighboring property owners against the proposed use of a sixty-two acre farm, owned by the City of Hagerstown and located about six miles from the City limits, for the dumping and disposal of garbage. It may be noted that the bill does not challenge the authority of the City to own, or use for its public purposes, the farm in question. Nor does the bill allege that such use has been commenced by the City, but merely that the City intends to use the farm…