Burns v. Mayor and City Council of Midland

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Allegany County authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Midland, a municipal corporation, to raze a building of the appellants under a town ordinance authorizing the demolition of any structure found by the town to be dangerous to life or health. The appellants contend that the ordinance is unconstitutional because it does not in terms provide for notice to a property owner of the decision of the municipal corporation to demolish a property, or for an opportunity to be heard. They contend also that the court order was erroneous…