The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-07-18

RRIIGious NoTICEs. Baltimore circuit
VI. E. Church, quarterly meeting services Maye's
chapel, July 10Th. Quarterly love feast, A. NJ.
Public preaching l09 A. NJ, and 3P. NJ. Sacra-
ment after morning service. Presiding Elder,
Rev. J. France, will oficiate. No night service.
Quarterly conerence--M Monday, July 20, 5
p ~ at Paisonage-full attendance desired.
R. 9. HAsLuP, Pastors
G. 0. Cook. "''O'''
IMPORTANT DECISION. Judge Dobbin, of the
Superior Court of Baltimore city: recently gave
decision which settles ''yexed question" Of
whether certain stocks are taxable IN Baltimore
city or county As the subject is ofconsiderable
importance, We append the decision;
Caroline Donoran rs. FYeaaans Insurance Company.
The bill in this filed to recover from the de
about So 900, alleged be due complainant by
of the defendant having wrongfnlly paid city
1857 shares of stock owned by complainant in
the years 1864 1866 she having been during
those years resident of Baltimore county, and not
chargeable with the payment of city taxes upon said
stock, it being taxable only in Baltimore county, and
much less rate The defense that the complai-
nant removed from the city to the county without Civ
ing notice TO the company of her removal and that de-
PENDANT believed her to be resident OF the city, that
complainant acquiesced in the payment by the company
osad city her stock for three years, without
emonsrance notification to the defendant, and that
complainant is thereby precuded from claiming Of the
company the payment of amount of said taxes, &c
Judge Dobbin, in his opinion. says Mrs Donovan is
in the county but her claim to e relief she seeks rests
upon other grounds - is wv, well founded
in justice. that who md another
laying out money n'sint or title,
and does not give nou forwards in
equity and good conse jim OF title.
lfongue's lessee W I The iuouirv
then Is, did Mrs. Donofa ne first divi-
uehd OF 1861 was declared tt.s----., my paying
away S TO Ssifs she had Lawful Gain, and fshe
had this knowledge and did not protest against such
payment, can she now in equity and good conscience
ask the company to pay again to her the money she has
thus seen, without objection, improperly paid 1t is
not necessary that she should have had actual know
edge because the law imputes knowledge wherever the
facts such that the party might have deduced the
knowledge by the application of the faculties of the
to them Now Mrs. Donovan knew that when
uniform dividend of 81 per share declared and all
taxes paid without discrimination as to the we'll known
inequalities of taxation between the city and the
counties, that the benefit to the stockholders
unequal one, and sufferer by this inequality she
should have protested against it, This she did not do
but stood by and the company, without objection
her part, pay away money to which she had claim,
and which, being thus voluntarily paid never be
reclaimed by it Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Leferman, GILL; 425 Morris vs. Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, Gill, pa Can she equta-
bly, set up such claim, when the Consequence of her 81
encc is an irreparable loss to the company do not
think she can and shall accordingly dismiss the bill,
with costs to the defendant.
Tx CoCNTY SCHOOL BoARD-We last week
stated that " G. Griffith, Esq, has been ousted
rom his position county examiner and that
DIR. Samuel E. Kepler had been elected in his
sIead We have since then gained the following
additional particulars relative to the proceeding:
Mr.. Griffith in his letter to the Board deci-
ming 10 resign. stated that sense OF justice would
not allow him to comply with the request of the
board; TO do so would be to prejudice his own
interests, without, as he conceived benefiing the
board. Neither his qualification for the posi-
sition the Legality OF his election had been
called i'll question. He contended that nothing
in the school law, or. the resolutions heretofore
passed h} the Board, made his election Illegal
and he not that majority Of the Board
desired him TO resign. it was plainly evident
that the commissioner from the sixth district is
not legally entitled to vote he holding two off,
crs at once, in violation OF the constitution of
the State This communication was laid on the
table, and the Board refused to receive Mr..
Grifith's bond by the following vote Yeas
Messrs. Shipley, Cooling, Mccullough, Miller,
Mess.s. Rogers, Shade, Gorsuch Waugh, Wilson
-. resolution resembling the action of the
Board in the election Of Mr. Griffith WIS then
adopted l,y the same vote An election was then
gone into for county examiner Mr. Soper de-
cined to he II candidate. On the first ballot Mr.
Griffith received votes, understood to be com
plimentary,) Mr.. Burton 5, DR.. Kepler 3. On
the second ballot Burton received votes and
kepler 8, and the latter was declared elected
The following committees were appointed On
accounts, Messrs. Brown, Shpey and Slade
on examination of teachers, Messrs Waugh,
Messrs Carmau, Kennedy and Bowen on school
houses, &c, Messrs. Carman, Cooling, McCul-
Tough, Wilson and Kennedy