Legal Opinion

Harwood v. Marshall

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1857PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeals from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. This was an application, by the appellee, for a rule upon the appellant to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him to surrender to the petitioner the office "of State Librarian, and is the fourth time the case has been brought to this court. The facts and proceedings in the case, and the previous adjudications threon, are reported in 5 Md.

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Appeals from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. This was an application, by the appellee, for a rule upon the appellant to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him to surrender to the petitioner the office "of State Librarian, and is the fourth time the case has been brought to this court. The facts and proceedings in the case, and the previous adjudications threon, are reported in 5 Md. Rep., 423 ; 7 Do., 466, and 9 Do., 83. In the last case the order of the court below granting a peremptory mandamus was reversed, and the cause sent back upon a procedendo, under…

1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.

The original application made by the appellee, for a rule to be laid on the appellant, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him to surrender to the petitioner the office of State Librarian, was made on the 11th day of April'1856; and the proceedings which were thereupon had . are fully stated in the case, between the same parties, in 9 Md. Rep., 83. In that case the judgment of the circuit court, awarding the peremptory writ of mandamus, was reversed for the reasons therein stated, and the cause was sent back on procedendo.

The procedendo being filed in the circuit court…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Harwood v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1856

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Fisher v. City of CharlestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Hess Construction Co. v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1996
  3. Ipes v. Board of Fire CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
  4. State ex rel. Conran v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
  5. Mayor of Baltimore v. LibowitzCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930

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