City of Frostburg v. Jenkins

This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court for Allegany County, restraining the appellants from holding a special election for the purpose of obtaining authority to issue municipal bonds and devote the proceeds to acquiring a site and contributing to the cost of constructing a building to be *12used by a privately owned manufacturing company. On a bill for declaratory decree filed March 28, 1957, by taxpayers and voters of Frostburg, the Chancellor-held that the enabling act and City ordinance were invalid and unconstitutional, on the ground that they authorized the use of public funds…