Mayor of Baltimore v. Johns Hopkins Hospital
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. Under Ordinance Ho. 68, of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, approved June 26th, 18*78, authorizing and directing the City Commissioner, to have Pratt street, between Jones’ Falls and Howard street repaved in a specified manner, the City Commissioner proceeded to have the work done.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. Under Ordinance Ho. 68, of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, approved June 26th, 18*78, authorizing and directing the City Commissioner, to have Pratt street, between Jones’ Falls and Howard street repaved in a specified manner, the City Commissioner proceeded to have the work done. When the expense of the work was ascertained, and it became necessary to provide for it, the City Commissioner charged one-third, under the direction contained in the Ordinance, to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and assessed the remaining two-thirds…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Much importance has very properly been attributed to the questions presented by this appeal, and they have been twice argued. They not only involve important legal principles, but property owners in the City of Baltimore, and the city itself, are deeply interested in their *25solution; for it is conceded that the collection or non-collection of taxes to a very large amount, levied under Ordinances of the same character and for like improvements already made, depends upon the decision of this case.
The appeal is from a pro forma decree of the Circuit Court, annulling the assessments upon abutting…
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