Legal Opinion
Pressman v. Barnes
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 24, 1956No. [No. 140, October Term, 1955.]PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City by Hyman A. Pressman, a citizen and taxpayer of Baltimore, against Henry A. Barnes, Director of Traffic, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to invalidate (1) portions of Ordinance 786, approved July 14, 1953, creating the office of Director of Traffic, and (2) an administrative regulation promulgated by the Director of Traffic prescribing speed limits.
Under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, Code 1951, art. 31A, sec. 2, any person whose rights, status or other relations are affected by a statute or municipal…
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