REED v. McKELDIN

[No. 30, October Term, 1955 (Adv.)]

207 Md. 553 (1955)

115 A.2d 281

REED v. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin G. Allen, with whom were Piper and Marbury on the brief, for appellant.

C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, and Harrison L. Winter, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


DELAPLAINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court

This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City by William L. Reed, a citizen and taxpayer of Baltimore, against Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor of the State of Maryland, to determine whether the Governor has the constitutional power to appoint two additional Associate Judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, as provided by Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1955, prior to the election in November, 1956...

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