Lombard Governor Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore

Citations

• 121 Md. 303

Syllabus

<p>Municipal contracts: duty of contractor to exhibit vouchers. Material mem no liens; equity no jurisdiction.</p> <p>Ordinance No. 25, approved April 4, 1898, provided that in the building contracts of the City of Baltimore there shall be a clause requiring the contractor, before delivering the building, etc., to produce and exhibit vouchers showing a settlement by him in full with all persons or corporations who were engaged by him in the construction of the building, etc. A similar provision was inserted in Sanitary Contract No. 51 for the construction of the Baltimore Sewerage System. Held, that neither the ordinance nor the terms of the contract gave material men who had furnished materials for such construction any lien for the materials furnished under the contracts; nor does if give such material men any right to any lien by invoking the interposition of a court of equity. p. 312</p>