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PRINCE GEO'S CTY. v. CHILLUM-ADELPHI VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT., INC.

[No. 215, September Term, 1974.]

275 Md. 374 (1975)

340 A.2d 265

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND v. CHILLUM-ADELPHI VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC., ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

William L. Kaplan, with whom were Kaplan, Smith, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake on the brief, for appellees.

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

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

As every resident of this State who lives outside of the urban areas of the State knows, volunteer firemen perform an important and necessary service. Without them property in such areas would be unprotected from the ravages of fire and in extinguishing fires people would be reduced to use of the archaic methods of a bygone era.

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