Madison v. Harbor Board
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
John H, Madison, the appellant, filed a petition in the Superior Court of Baltimore City for a writ of mandamus to compel the Harbor Board of that city to award to him a certain contract for dredging, and to forbid it from doing any thing in pursuance of a contract alleged to have been erroneously awarded to the Baltimore Dredging Company.
Much was said, and so'me authorities were cited, in reference to a case where public officers are guilty of fraud in the exercise of their public functions. But this is not such case. No fraud is imputed to the members of the Harbor Board, and the charge, in…
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