Morris v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellant against the appellees, to January term, 1845. The defendants pleaded the general issue.
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Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellant against the appellees, to January term, 1845. The defendants pleaded the general issue. The cause was submitted to the county court upon the following statement of facts: In this case it is admitted that the President and Directors of the Union Bank of Maryland, the President and Directors of the Mechanics’ Bank of Baltimore, and the President and Directors of the Bank of Baltimore, were chartered previous to the year 1821, and that they duly accepted and complied with the terms and conditions held…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The validity of the tax imposed in this case upon the stock held by the appellant in the banks of Baltimore, chartered previous to the year 1821, is maintained by the opinion delivered at the present term, by this court, in the case of Gordon against the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; and the only question presented for our consideration is, whether, assuming the tax to have been unauthorised and illegal, an action to recover back the sum paid, could, under the circumstances exhibited in the agreed statement of facts, be sustained by the appellant against the Mayor and City Council of…
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