Mayor of Balto. v. Reynolds
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City: This was au action brought by the appellees against the appellants on a special contract under seal, to recover certain profits which the ajjpellees claim that they would have made upon said contract if they had not been stopped in its performance, and the contract itself set aside by the appellants; and also to recover damages for injury alleged to have been sustained by the appellees in their character as builders, from the…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City: This was au action brought by the appellees against the appellants on a special contract under seal, to recover certain profits which the ajjpellees claim that they would have made upon said contract if they had not been stopped in its performance, and the contract itself set aside by the appellants; and also to recover damages for injury alleged to have been sustained by the appellees in their character as builders, from the conduct of the appellants. So much of the pleadings and evidence as is essential to a proper understanding of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBowtb, C. J.
The appellees sued the appellants, on a special contract •under seal, entitled, “Articles of Agreement, made and concluded this 11th of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and fifty-six, between Joseph P. Shannon, City Commissioner, acting for and in behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, of the first part, and Henry R. Reynolds and Josiah Reynolds, trading and doing business under the name and firm of H. R. and J. Reynolds, of the second part.” .
The nar., after reciting the Resolution, the Articles of Agreement, etc., avers that, after the making and…
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