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COUNTY COMM'RS v. BROWN

[No. 229, September Term, 1968.]

253 Md. 632 (1969)

253 A.2d 883

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, ET AL. v. BROWN, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed June 4, 1969.

Denied June 23, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Lochte, with whom were Lionell M. Lockhart, Harry L. Durity, James J. Lombardi, Martin Hertz, James F. Sharkey, Barry S. Cramp and Emil A. Nichols on the brief, for appellant Board of County Commissioners for Prince George's County.

John K. Keane, Jr., with whom was Edward P. Camus on the brief, for appellant Bowie Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Inc.

James F. Vance and William J. Avrutis for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, FINAN, SINGLEY and SMITH, JJ.

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

The members of Bowie Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Inc. (the Department), determined that Prometheus should not be wholly unbound in their community,1 decided to build a new firehouse. As a site, they selected a two and one-half acre tract on Chestnut Avenue in Old Bowie some 1800 feet distant from their present firehouse, and purchased it for $45,000. On the new location,...

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