Maxwell v. State ex rel. Baldwin
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The petition of the appellee, filed, in this case, alleged, that on the 11th of April, lSYl, an Act was passed hy the General Assembly of Maryland, providing for the general valuation and assessment of property in the State, and among other things provided for in the Act, assessors were required to he appointed hy the Governor for each of the assessment districts of the City of Baltimore and counties of the State, to assess…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The petition of the appellee, filed, in this case, alleged, that on the 11th of April, lSYl, an Act was passed hy the General Assembly of Maryland, providing for the general valuation and assessment of property in the State, and among other things provided for in the Act, assessors were required to he appointed hy the Governor for each of the assessment districts of the City of Baltimore and counties of the State, to assess and make the valuation hy said Act directed ; that in pursuance of the provisions of said Act, the Governor appointed the…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
This is an appeal from a pro forma order of the Superior Court passed by consent, awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus. The ostensible purpose of the proceeding is to compel the appellants, who are assessors for the third assessment district of Baltimore City, to go on and value and assess all the property within their district, which the petition alleges to he liable to assessment under the Act of 1814, chapter 514. The real object of the proceeding is to obtain a judicial exposition of the Act of Assembly in question, and a definition of the powers and duties of the assessors under the…
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