Commissioners of Easton v. Covey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Talhot County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was submitted on brief, to Alvey, 0. J., Miller, Robinson, Irving, Bryan, Eowler, McSherry, and Brisooe, J. The powers conferred on the Commissioners are extensive, but are confined within well defined limits; and power to pass ordinances, or otherwise ££to regulate the erection of new buildings in the town of Easton ” is not among them.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Talhot County. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. The cause was submitted on brief, to Alvey, 0. J., Miller, Robinson, Irving, Bryan, Eowler, McSherry, and Brisooe, J. The powers conferred on the Commissioners are extensive, but are confined within well defined limits; and power to pass ordinances, or otherwise ££to regulate the erection of new buildings in the town of Easton ” is not among them. They are given very extensive powers of taxation. Power to abate nuisances, to preserve the peace, to widen and improve the streets; and they have power…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Covey, the appellee, applied to the Commissioners of Easton under an ordinance passed by them, for a permit to erect a frame stable on his lot on Harrison street in that town, in addition to the livery stable which he then had thereon, and tendered the sum of one dollar which the ordinance prescribed for every permit granted. The Commissioners refused to grant the permit. He then applied to the Circuit Court for a mandamus to compel *266them to so do.' The Commissioners in their answer say in substance, that under the ordinance referred to, no person has the right to erect any building in that…
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