Green v. Purnell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. This appeal is taken from an order of the court below, dismissing a petition filed by the appellant for a rule upon tbe Comptroller to show cause why a mandamus ought not to be issued, requiring him to issue his warrant upon tbe Treasurer for payment to the petitioner of the sum of $100, for rent of certain premises by her to the State, for the use of the State engine.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. This appeal is taken from an order of the court below, dismissing a petition filed by the appellant for a rule upon tbe Comptroller to show cause why a mandamus ought not to be issued, requiring him to issue his warrant upon tbe Treasurer for payment to the petitioner of the sum of $100, for rent of certain premises by her to the State, for the use of the State engine. The facts of the ease are fully staled in the opinion of this court, as also in the following opinion of the court below, (Brewer, J.,) delivered upon passing the order…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
The appellant filed a petition in the circuit court for Anné Arundel county, praying for a rule upon the Comptroller of the Treasury to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued, commanding him to grant the petitioner a warrant upon the Treasurer of the State, requiring and authorizing him to pay unto the petitioner the sum of one hundred dollars, “which is in and by the act of the Centeral Assembly of Maryland, passed at January session 18§6, chapter 328, appropriated for the rent of house for fire-engine i”
The rule to show cause was granted, and the Comptroller answered the same.…
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