PRESSMAN v. CITY OF BALTIMORE

[No. 183, October Term, 1951.]

200 Md. 107 (1952)

88 A.2d 471

PRESSMAN v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, ETC., ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 8, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Hyman A. Pressman, in proper person, for appellant.

Argued by Thomas N. Biddison, City Solicitor of Baltimore City, with whom were Edwin Harlan, Deputy City Solicitor and Daniel B. Leonard, Assistant City Solicitor, on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and MARKELL, JJ.


MARBURY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a taxpayer's suit to enjoin the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and some of its officers, from spending $125,000, part of the proceeds of a loan, for street signs and block number plates. The defendants demurred, the Circuit Court of Baltimore City sustained the demurrer without leave to amend, and dismissed the bill. From this action, the complainant appealed.

By Chapter 132 of the Acts of 1951...

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