HARFORD COUNTY v. SCHULTZ

[No. 139, September Term, 1976.]

280 Md. 77 (1977)

371 A.2d 428

HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND v. JAMES H. SCHULTZ ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice W. Baldwin, Jr., Deputy County Attorney, with whom were John E. Kelly, County Attorney, and Robert A. Kreamer, Assistant County Attorney, on the brief, for appellant.

No brief filed on behalf of appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ.


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

The issue presented here by appellant, Harford County, Maryland (the County), and which was considered in the lower court concerns the validity of a proposed amendment to its County charter. Ex mero motu we raise the issue of jurisdiction. Since we find a lack of jurisdiction, we shall vacate the decree of the trial court and remand the case to it for a dismissal of the proceeding.

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