Ghingher v. Mayor of Baltimore

The bank commissioner appeals in this case from an order for the issue of a writ of mandamus requiring release to the city of money received in tax collections by three banking institutions which are in custody and control under the Emergency Banking Act, discussed in opinions filed shortly preceding this one. Acts 1933, ch. 46. The collections had been made in cash, and in compliance with the terms of an agreement between the official city collector and the institutions, under authority of a city ordinance, the institutions had transmitted their cashier’s checks to the city in payment; and…