Weber v. Zimmerman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city: Motion to supersede and quash a peremptory writ of mandamus issued from this Court on the 29th of October 1864. The circumstances under which this motion comes before the Court at this time, are thus stated by Baiitol, J., in delivering the opinion of the Court: “After this appeal was heard at the June Term, this Court affirmed the ruling' of the Superior Court set forth in the bills of exceptions, and ordered the writ to be…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city: Motion to supersede and quash a peremptory writ of mandamus issued from this Court on the 29th of October 1864. The circumstances under which this motion comes before the Court at this time, are thus stated by Baiitol, J., in delivering the opinion of the Court: “After this appeal was heard at the June Term, this Court affirmed the ruling' of the Superior Court set forth in the bills of exceptions, and ordered the writ to be issued in the peremptory form. It was issued on the 29th day of October 1864, and made returnable to the December Term.…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
In the opinion in this cause, delivered by this Court at the June Term, we did not enter fully into a statement of the changes of the law in cases of mandamus, wrought by the Act of 1858, ch. 285, now embodied in the Gode, Art. 59 ; nor is it necessary now to do so. The chief purpose of that Act was to avoid the delays attendant upon the proceeding at common law, and to make the remedy more speedy and effectual. To accomplish that object, the Legislature has abolished the alternative writ, requiring the defendant, in his answer to the rule ,to shew cause, issued *53upon the petition, to state…
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