Pfefferling v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City (Sharp, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint. The bill prayed among other things that the comptroller of the city and the clerk of Lafayette market may be enjoined and required to issue to the plaintiff a license for the stall referred to, from May 1, 1897, to May 1, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The appellant filed a bill in the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City for an injunction to restrain the appel*476lees, the mayor and city council of Baltimore and certain of its officers, from interfering with his possession and control of a certain market stall which is particularly described in the proceedings. The defendant, Brown, answered, but the city demurred. However the sole question involved is whether the ordinance 'No. 129 of said city relating to the regulation of markets is a valid and constitutional exercise of legislative power.
It appears that the defendant, Brown, was duly…
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