Legal Opinion
McRobie v. Mayor and Commissioners of Westernport
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 18, 1971No. [No. 213, September Term, 1970.]PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
We receive this appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Naughton, J.) upon the dismissal of a bill of complaint which sought to void a sale of land by the town of Westernport on the grounds that it was ultra vires and otherwise illegal. The appellant, Russell R. Mc-Robie, a local taxpayer, brought this action against the town’s mayor and commissioners as well as against the Hiram Lodge No. 103, A.F. & A.M., the purchaser.
The seeds of this controversy were sown in March of 1965 when the mayor and commissioners of Westernport (incorporated in 1886) bought property on Main Street,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mayor of Baltimore v. Chesapeake Marine Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
- Hitchins v. Mayor of CumberlandCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
- Montgomery County v. Maryland-Washington Metropolitan DistrictCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
- Larsen v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
- Town Commissioners v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1952
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Mayor of Forest Heights v. FrankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- River Walk Apartments, LLC v. TwiggCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
- Dennis v. Mayor of RockvilleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
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