MELVIN v. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

[No. 166, October Term, 1951.]

199 Md. 402 (1952)

86 A.2d 902

MELVIN v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chipman W. Cunningham, with whom were McWilliams, Evans & Melvin on the brief, for the appellant.

Noah A. Hillman, with whom was Marvin I. Anderson on the brief, for the appellee.

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


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County dismissing a taxpayer's bill to enjoin the issuance and sale of $600,000 of county bonds, as authorized by Chapter 593, Acts of 1951. It is contended that the proposed action is in violation of Section 54, Article III of the Maryland Constitution.

The Act in question, among other things, authorized the County Commissioners to issue and...

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