Hamilton v. Carroll
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Charles County (Briscoe, C. J., Brooke and Crane, JJ.), sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint in this case and dismissing the same.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Charles County (Briscoe, C. J., Brooke and Crane, JJ.), sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint in this case and dismissing the same. The prayer of the bill was that the “ County Commissioners of Charles County, their agents and servants, may, by writ of injunction issued out of this Court, be restained and enjoined from issuing any of the bonds described in section 6 of chapter 546 of the Acts of 1894, to any person or persons, corporation or corporations, committee or committees whatsoever, or from acting under or in any manner carrying…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
By the Act of 1894, chapter 546, the question whether *334the county seat for Charles County should be located at “ Chapel Point” or La Plata was submitted to the voters of that county. At the special election held in pursuance of this Act, the majority of the votes cast, as ascertained by the return judges, were cast in favor of La Plata as the county seat. The Act further authorized the County Commissioners to issue county bonds not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose of building court-house and ail at the new county seat.
This bill is filed by certain tax-payers of said county to…
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