PRESSMAN v. D'ALESANDRO

[No. 225, October Term, 1955.]

211 Md. 50 (1956)

125 A.2d 35

PRESSMAN v. D'ALESANDRO, MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITY, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing, filed September 10, 1956.

Denied October 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyman A. Pressman for appellant.

Thomas N. Biddison, City Solicitor of Baltimore, with whom were Edwin Harlan, Deputy City Solicitor, and Hugo A. Ricciuti, Assistant City Solicitor, on the brief, for appellees.

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


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

This declaratory judgment proceeding was brought in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City by Hyman A. Pressman, a citizen and taxpayer of Baltimore, to invalidate two ordinances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, which increase the salaries of Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., Comptroller R. Walter Graham, Jr., and members of the City Council.

These officials were elected on May 3, 1955, for terms of...

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