Bennett v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Elliott, J.) 1. The clause in the City Charter of Baltimore City which it is claimed has been violated by the city in the advertisement for bids or proposals for the grading, paving and curbing of Carroll street, is a part of section 14, and is as follows: “ Unless otherwise provided for in this Article, proposals for the same (public work, &c.), shall be first advertised for in two or more daily newspapers published in…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Elliott, J.) 1. The clause in the City Charter of Baltimore City which it is claimed has been violated by the city in the advertisement for bids or proposals for the grading, paving and curbing of Carroll street, is a part of section 14, and is as follows: “ Unless otherwise provided for in this Article, proposals for the same (public work, &c.), shall be first advertised for in two or more daily newspapers published in Baltimore City, for not less than ten nor more than twenty days.” The contention of the appellant is that the words in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Schmucker, ].,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City sustaining a demurrer to and dismissing a bill filed by the appellants as taxpayers and owners of lots abutting on Carroll street in that city to restrain the city from performing a contract which it had made with Patrick Reddington for paving the street.
The substantial ground of the bill was that the contract with Reddington was void because the advertisement for proposals for the paving to which it related had not been published in conformity with the provisions of sec. 14…
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