Mayor of Baltimore v. Hanson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. Under Ordinance No. 119 of 1814 of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Liberty street, between Lexington and Camden streets, was regraded, repaved and recurbed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. Under Ordinance No. 119 of 1814 of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Liberty street, between Lexington and Camden streets, was regraded, repaved and recurbed. The appellees, who owned property fronting' on Liberty street, between the designated limits, were assessed according to the well established practice in such’ cases, for the expense of the work, and on the 16th of May, 1883, filed their bill to restrain, by injunction, the collection of such assessments, alleging that the Ordinance in question, which was approved November 5th,…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, C. J.
The Ordinance No. 119 of 1874, which provided for the regrading, repaving and recurbing of Liberty street in the City of Baltimore, between Lexington and Camden streets, is conceded to be free from valid objection, if it stood alone. Apart from the resolution of the City Council subsequently passed, in reference to the progress of the work, there could, according to the decisions of this Court, be no valid objection to the local assessments made upon the property along the line of the improvement. Upon the form and terms of the ordinance the legal presumption would be that the improvement was…
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