Tuxedo Cheverly Volunteer Fire Co. v. Prince George's County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[A]ppellate courts exercise a measure of discretion in considering issues tried but not decided below. ...”
• ‘‘ 'If a contract is ultra vires it is wholly void and ... the municipality cannot be estopped to deny the validity of the contract”
• “well-recognized general principle that a county or municipality can make a contract only in the manner prescribed by the legislature, and that if essential formalities are lacking, the contract is invalid and unenforceable”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).