Legal Opinion
Pittman v. Housing Authority
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 8, 1942No. [No. 27, January Term, 1942.]PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
The question raised by this case is whether the Housing Authority of Baltimore City is exempt from the State Recordation Tax Acts. Acts of 1937, Sp. Sess., Ch. 11, Sec. 4; Acts of 1939, Ch. 277, Sec. 6; Code, 1939, Art. 81, Secs. 220, 221.
M. Luther Pittman, Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, appellant, refused to record a deed dated July 15, 1941, conveying real estate to the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, without payment of $1.50 for the recordation tax. The Housing Authority thereupon filed a petition in the Baltimore City Court for mandamus to compel him to record the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Providence Bank v. BillingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Gregg Dyeing Co. v. QuerySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Dornan v. Philadelphia Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Pittman v. Home Owners' Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Matter of N.Y. City H. Authority v. MullerNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Maguire v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- State Department of Assessments & Taxation v. the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
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