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PR. GEORGE'S CTY. v. COLLINGTON CROSSROADS, INC.

[No. 137, September Term, 1974.]

275 Md. 171 (1975)

339 A.2d 278

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND v. COLLINGTON CROSSROADS, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed July 7, 1975.

Denied August 1, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael O. Connaughton and Ellis J. Koch, Associate County Attorneys, with whom was Joseph S. Casula, County Attorney, on the brief, for appellant.

Toby Prince Brigham, with whom were John A. Buchanan and Sasscer, Clagett, Channing & Bucher on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE and O'DONNELL, JJ.

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

In this case, the right of Prince George's County to take by eminent domain land belonging to the appellee, Collington Crossroads, Inc., is at issue. The sole question presented to this Court is whether the purpose of the condemnation, namely the development of a multi-industry "employment center," or "industrial park," constitutes the requisite "public use" so as to justify the County's exercise of the eminent domain...

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