Commissioners of Cambridge v. Eastern Shore Public Service Co.

On the former appeal in this case we sustained against a demurrer, the bill of complaint for a declaratory decree that defendant is without a franchise to serve the citizens of Cambridge with electricity. Commissioners of Cambridge v. Eastern Shore Public Service Company, 192 Md. 333, 64 A. 2d 151. After remand of the case plaintiff filed a petition “that a jury be impanelled as provided in Section 9 of Article 31A of Flack’s 1939 Code for the purpose of determining the following issue of fact:1. Does the defendant hold a franchise to operate its business within the corporate limits of…