Baltimore & Drum Point Railroad v. Pumphrey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, in Equity. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Section 54 of Article 8 of the Constitution of Maryland referred to in the opinion provides that “No county of this State shall conti-act any debt or obligation in the construction of any railroad, canal, or other work of internal improvement, nor give or loan its credit to or in aid of any association or corporation, unless authorized by an Act of the General…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, in Equity. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Section 54 of Article 8 of the Constitution of Maryland referred to in the opinion provides that “No county of this State shall conti-act any debt or obligation in the construction of any railroad, canal, or other work of internal improvement, nor give or loan its credit to or in aid of any association or corporation, unless authorized by an Act of the General Assembly, which shall be published for two months before the next election for members of the House of Delegates, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
The hill in this case was filed by a considerable number of the taxpayers of Anne Arundel County, for the purpose of having declared inoperative and without continued effect, the Act of the General Assembly of 1872, ch. 245,- and the confirmatory Act of 1874, ch. 225; and also to have declared nugatory and void all the proceedings under those Acts taken by the board of County Oominissioners of that county, for the purpose of effecting a subscription to the capital stock of the Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad Company, for and on behalf of the county, to the extent of $200,000. The railroad…
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