Legal Opinion
Wells v. Price
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 14, 1944No. [No. 32, April Term, 1944.]PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
In these proceedings the State’s Attorney of Baltimore City, in his official capacity, is seeking the aid of a court of equity to restrain the Warden of the Baltimore City jail from releasing prisoners in conformity with the State-wide law, rather than with the local law, pertaining to the maximum period of confinement for the nonpayment of fines and costs. The former is Chapter 479 of the Acts of 1943, codified as Section 4, Article 38 of the Annotated Code of Maryland 1943 Supp., prescribing three mónths as the maximum period, and the latter is Section 533 of the City Charter (1938 Ed.),…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- McDougall v. Huntingdon & Broad Top R. & C. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Murphy v. YatesCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- Moore v. McAllisterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
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