Legal Opinion
Harford County v. Town of Bel Air
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 14, 1998No. 114, Sept. Term, 1995PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
We issued a writ of certiorari in this case primarily to address Harford County’s argument that, under the doctrine of governmental immunity, “the County could abrogate its obligations under a contract entered into in performance of a governmental function if dictated by the public good.” (Har-ford County’s brief at 17). We shall reject this argument, along -with several other contentions advanced by Harford County in an effort to justify the County’s breach of a contract with the Town of Bel Air.
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In 1954, Harford County and the Town of Bel Air entered into an agreement…
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