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CHILLUM-ADELPHI VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC. v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

[No. 658, September Term, 1966.]

247 Md. 373 (1967)

231 A.2d 60

CHILLUM-ADELPHI VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC., ET AL. v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD., ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for reargument filed July 10, 1967.

Denied July 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl G. Feissner, with whom were Alpern & Feissner and William L. Kaplan on the brief, for appellants.

Lionell M. Lockhart, with whom were Harry L. Durity, James J. Lombardi, Martin Hertz and James F. Sharkey on the brief, for Board of County Commissioners for Prince George's County, part of appellees; L. Harold Sothoron for Brentwood Volunteer Fire Dept., City of Brentwood, another appellee; Paul M. Nussbaum on the brief for City of Mt. Rainier, The Volunteer Fire Department of Mt. Rainier, other appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and MARBURY, OPPENHEIMER, BARNES and McWILLIAMS, JJ.

BARNES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we are asked to determine the relative duties and areas of authority of certain volunteer fire companies in Prince George's County.

The Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. (Chillum Fire Department) was incorporated in 1951 "to protect the properties and lives" in the Chillum-Adelphi area by "extinguishing and suppressing fires." Believing these purposes were being frustrated by the actions...

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