Legal Opinion

Town Commissioners v. County Commissioners

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided April 4, 1952No. [No. 144, October Term, 1951.]PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.

This injunction suit was brought by the County Commissioners of Queen Anne’s County, a body politic, to *654prohibit the Town Commissioners of Centreville, a municipal corporation, from installing parking meters on the sidewalks of three of the streets around Court House Square in Centreville.

The county’s second amended bill of complaint alleged: (1) that the Justices of the Levy Court of Queen Anne’s County were authorized by Chapter 25 of the Laws of 1789 to acquire approximately two acres of land .in. what is now Centreville on which to build a courthouse and to pay for it from the funds…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Milford Borough v. BurnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. County of Cook v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  3. City of Chicago v. O'BrienIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Mayor of Savannah v. BarnesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  5. State Ex Rel. Audrain County v. City of MexicoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Asphalt Paving Co. v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1967
  2. Mayor of Baltimore v. Chesapeake Marine Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
  3. Mayor of Annapolis v. Anne Arundel CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
  4. McRobie v. Mayor and Commissioners of WesternportCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
  5. Pierce v. CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORECourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959

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