Mayor of Baltimore v. Clunet ex rel. Clunet
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Baltimore city. The bill of complaint of the appellees, filed on the 6th day of February 1865, alleged, that hy the Act of 1888, ch. 226, power was conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to provide for laying out, opening, extending, widening, straightening and closing up, in whole or in part, any street, lane, square, alley or alleys, within the bounds of the city, which, in their opinion, the public convenience might…
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Baltimore city. The bill of complaint of the appellees, filed on the 6th day of February 1865, alleged, that hy the Act of 1888, ch. 226, power was conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to provide for laying out, opening, extending, widening, straightening and closing up, in whole or in part, any street, lane, square, alley or alleys, within the bounds of the city, which, in their opinion, the public convenience might require; and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, seeking to provide for the exercise of such power, passed an Ordinance,…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Baltimore city, passed on the 6th day of February 1865, granting an injunction to restrain the appellant, its officers, agents and servants from proceeding to enforce an Ordinance entitled, “An Ordinance to open a street in continuation of Holliday street, from Baltimore ^street to Second street,” and from taking any further steps or proceedings thereunder for the opening of such street, until the matter can be heard and determined in equity.
The complainants are the owners of property on the south side of Baltimore street, and the…
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