HEBRON SAV. BK. v. CITY OF SALISBURY

[No. 7, September Term, 1970.]

259 Md. 294 (1970)

269 A.2d 597

HEBRON SAVINGS BANK v. CITY OF SALISBURY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulton P. Jeffers and Hamilton P. Fox, with whom were Hearne, Fox & Bailey on the brief, for appellant.

Richard M. Pollitt, with whom were Walter C. Anderson, City Solicitor, and Pollitt, Hughes & Bahen on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.


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

Hebron Savings Bank (Hebron) sued the City of Salisbury (the city) to recover damages alleged to have been suffered as a result of the demolition by the city, without giving notice to Hebron, of a residence on which it held a mortgage. Judge Travers held that the ordinance under which the city acted is valid and constitutional, and that since the city had acted in a governmental capacity it enjoyed immunity from suit...

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