JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. v. WILLIAMS

[No. 139, October Term, 1951.]

199 Md. 382 (1952)

86 A.2d 892

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ET AL. v. WILLIAMS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry N. Baetjer and Arthur W. Machen, Jr., with whom were Venable, Baetjer & Howard on the brief, for Johns Hopkins University, appellant.

Hall Hammond, Attorney General, with whom was Robert M. Thomas, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for Board of Public Works of the State of Maryland, appellant.

Harrison L. Winter, with whom were Seymour O'Brien and Miles, Walsh, O'Brien & Morris on the brief, for the appellee.

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 Board of Public Works of Maryland from issuing a State loan of $1,500,000 under the provisions of Chapter 414 of the Acts of 1951. This act provides that the cash proceeds of the loan, after paying the usual costs and expenses, shall be paid to the Board of Trustees of the Johns Hopkins University for the construction and equipping of a new building at Homewood for the School...

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