Harrison v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced on the 1st January 1841, in which the plaintiff, the appellees, averred that the defendant in this action on, &c., at, &c., was indebted to plaintiffs in a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of one thousand dollars, lawful money, for so much money by the plaintiffs before that time paid, laid out and expended for the defendant, as consignee of the ship Ellen Brooks, at his special instance and…
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Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of assumpsit, commenced on the 1st January 1841, in which the plaintiff, the appellees, averred that the defendant in this action on, &c., at, &c., was indebted to plaintiffs in a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of one thousand dollars, lawful money, for so much money by the plaintiffs before that time paid, laid out and expended for the defendant, as consignee of the ship Ellen Brooks, at his special instance and request; and being so indebted, See. The defendant pleaded non-assumpsit, on which plea the issue was made up. At the…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.
By the act of the General Assembly of Maryland, incorporating the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, it is enacted, “that the corporation aforesaid shall have full power and authority to enact and pass all laws and ordinances necessary to preserve the health of the city, prevent and remove nuisances; to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases within the city, and within three miles of the same.” The transfer of this salutary and essential power is given in terms as explicit and comprehensive as could have been used for such a purpose. To accomplish, within the specified territorial…
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