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PRINCE GEORGE'S CTY. v. McBRIDE

[No. 11, September Term, 1971.]

263 Md. 235 (1971)

282 A.2d 486

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND ET AL. v. McBRIDE ETC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Durity, Deputy County Attorney, with whom were Walter H. Maloney, Jr., County Attorney, and James B. Berry, Associate County Attorney, on the brief, for appellants.

Joseph F. McBride, with whom were Robert S. Hoyert, Robert A. Diemer, Bill L. Yoho, Roy W. Hooten and Hoyert, Diemer, Yoho, Hooten & McBride on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

Legislative intent has often been the subject of debate and conjecture and here we are presented with the task of elucidating the Maryland Legislature's purpose in passing two acts which affect zoning regulations in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties. This case originated in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County where the court (Taylor, J.) was asked to decide whether two laws, passed within five days of...

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