Ulman v. Mayor of Baltimore

* McSherry, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The motion heretofore filed for a re-argument of this case has been overruled, but in consequence of some suggestions contained in the elaborate and exceedingly able brief, filed in behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, we deem it proper to say a few words relative to' the power of the municipality under existing legislation to proceed with the work of paving its streets *610and collecting the assessments therefor. The decision in this case did not deny the existence of that power, but only had reference to the mode of its exercise.…