Johns Hopkins University v. Williams

This is a taxpayer’s suit to enjoin the Board of Public Works of Maryland from issuing a State loan of $1,500,-000 under the provisions of Chapter 414 of the Acts of 1951. This act provides that the cash proceeds of the loan, after paying the usual costs and expenses, shall, be paid to the Board of Trustees of the Johns Hopkins University for the construction and equipping of a new building at Homewood for the School of Engineering, of said university, to be used for the general purposes of said School of Engineering, including an industrial research laboratory. It is contended that this act…