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- Title: Casey Development Corp. V. Montgomery County
- Author : Court Of Appeals Of Maryland
- Release Date : January 29, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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The appellee, Montgomery County, Maryland, filed a statutory suit in assumpsit under Art. 81, Sec. 204, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951) in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against the appellant, Casey Development Corporation, for taxes claimed to be due by the appellant for improvements on real estate for three-fourths of the taxable year, July 1, 1953, to June 30, 1954. The appellant filed three pleas: (1) the general issue; (2) that the plaintiff had not levied the tax alleged to be due, against the property of the defendant; and (3) the purported authority for said tax is in violation of Art. 15 of the Declaration of Rights of Maryland. The plaintiff filed a motion for a summary judgment upon the certificate of the Director of Finance for Montgomery County, the authority charged with the collection of the tax, and an affidavit of the Supervisor of Assessments for said County. The certificate of the Director of Finance contained all of the requirements of Art. 81, Sec. 209, of the Code (1951), and the affidavit of the Supervisor of Assessments disclosed that notice of the proposed assessment of improvements on land owned by the appellant, had been given to the taxpayer, it had been protested and a hearing had been held on this protest. The result of the hearing was an assessment of the improvements in the amount of $61,000. Written notice of this conclusion was given to the