Burns v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This suit was instituted by the appellee against the appellant. Errors in pleading were mutually waived and the case was submitted on the following agreement: “It is agreed that the sum of $101.55 is sought to be recovered in this action, and is claimed by the plaintiff to he due to it by defendant, as and for taxes assessed against him on account of the regrading, repaving and recurbing, of Light street, between Pratt and…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This suit was instituted by the appellee against the appellant. Errors in pleading were mutually waived and the case was submitted on the following agreement: “It is agreed that the sum of $101.55 is sought to be recovered in this action, and is claimed by the plaintiff to he due to it by defendant, as and for taxes assessed against him on account of the regrading, repaving and recurbing, of Light street, between Pratt and Lee streets, under the Ordinance of July 16th, being City Ordinance, No. 19, of that year. It is agreed that the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The Act of 1874, ch. 218, has made important changes in the-laws relating to streets in the City of Baltimore, and in the powers conferred upon the city authorities respecting them. Without citing the language of the Act in full, we shall state briefly what these changes are, so far as they apply to the present case, reversing the order in which they appear in the statute.
1st. The Mayor and City Council are vested with power to provide by “ generad ordinance,” for the grading, pav*201ing, curbing, or for the regrading, repaving and recurbing of any street or part of a street in that city, “…
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