Ward v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

On May 19, 1971 Thomas Ward filed a “Bill Of Complaint To Enforce A Trust” against the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the City) created by the City’s acceptance of a devise of real estate made to it under the Will of J. Wilson Leakin. By the terms of Leakin’s Will, the property devised to the City was to be sold and the proceeds “invested” by the City “in a public park.” Ward alleged in his Bill that the City, as trustee, acquired the park property which it named Leakin Park; that thereafter, by Ordinance No. 1058 approved June 26, 1967, the City proposed “to cancel the trust imposed…