Legal Opinion
Dorsey v. Petrott
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 5, 1940No. [No. 6, April Term, 1940.]PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParke, J.
The appeal in this case is from an order of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County dismissing the petition of the appellants for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of State to refuse to proceed with the reference of chapter 353 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1939, to a vote of the electorate under the provisions of the Referendum Amendment, article XVI of the Constitution. All the procedural formalities for the submission of the Act have been complied with, and the sole question on the demurrer to the petition, and on this appeal, is whether chapter 353 is a…
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