Emory v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The opinion of this Court, together with the following opinion of Judge Dobbin of the Superior Court, furnish a sufficient statement of the case : This is an application for a mandamus to compel the respondent, as President of the Monumental Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore, to pay to the State Treasurer the State taxes levied upon the capital stock of‘that Company for the years 1870, 1871 and 1872. The application is…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The opinion of this Court, together with the following opinion of Judge Dobbin of the Superior Court, furnish a sufficient statement of the case : This is an application for a mandamus to compel the respondent, as President of the Monumental Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore, to pay to the State Treasurer the State taxes levied upon the capital stock of‘that Company for the years 1870, 1871 and 1872. The application is resisted upon the following grounds: 1. That John B. Emory was not the President of the Company when these taxes accrued,…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court, directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus be issued, requiring the appellant to pay to the Treasurer of the State certain taxes for the years 1870, 1871 and 1872, levied upon the capital stock of the company.
The taxes claimed are 19 cents on the $100, imposed by the Act of 1868, ch. 371, and of one cent on the $100, laid by the Act of 1870, ch. 422, sec. 18. These taxes, making 19^- cents on the $100, it is alleged were levied by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for each of the years, 1870 and 1871, and are payable to the…
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