Gordon v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of assumpsit brought to January term, 1845, by the appellant against the appellee.
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Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of assumpsit brought to January term, 1845, by the appellant against the appellee. The case was submitted upon the following statement of facts: It is admitted in the above case, that the President and Directors of the Union Bank of Maryland, were chartered prior to the year 1821, and that they duly accepted and have complied with the terms and conditions held out to them in and by the State, in an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed in said year, chapter 131. It is admitted that the said William K. Gordon, Executor of Samuel…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
In this case the tax in controversy was imposed by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed on the first of April, 1841; and it has been contended on the part of the appellant, that this act, so far as it subjected the stock of the Union Bank of Maryland to valuation, assessment, and taxation, was unconstitutional and void; on the ground that it impaired the obligation of the contract created between the State and the Bank, by the act of Assembly of 1821, ch. 131.
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