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SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the following be enacted as an
additional section to Article twenty-six of the
Code of Public General Laws, relating to Corpo-
rations, to wit:
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Section
added.
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If any person is or shall be aggrieved by any com-
pany incorporated by the Laws of this State with
authority to transport or carry persons or proper-
ty for hire by reason of any thing done or omitted
to be done by the said company, in violation or
contravention of its duty in regard to the trans-
portation or carriage of property or persons as
aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for such per-
son to apply by petition in a summary way to the
Circuit Court for the county, or Superior Court for
the city of Baltimore, where said company shall
have an office for the transaction of business, for
relief against the said alleged grievance, and
thereupon the said court shall appoint a short day
for hearing the matter of the said petition, of
which the said company shall have notice, and on
the hearing of the parties, or in case the said
company shall fail to appear and show cause
against the said application, on examination of
the said petition and the evidence which shall or
may be produced by the petitioner in support
thereof, and the said court shall and may pass
such order for relieving the said petitioner or
otherwise as to justice shall appertain, and the
said court shall have full power to enforce obedi-
ence to the said order by writ of injunction or at-
tachment or other process, which would be appli-
cable in the enforcement of the said order in the
event that the same had been passed by the said
court in the exercise of its general equity jurisdic-
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Persons ag-
grieved may
petition courts
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