Prince George's County v. Board of Trustees

The appellant, Prince George’s County, and the appellee, Board of Trustees of Prince George’s Community College, here meet to litigate a disagreement over which of them is the proper party to control the expenditure of capital improvement funds voluntarily appropriated by the county for the benefit of the college. Unlike Pr. George’s Co. v. Bd. of Trustees, 269 Md. 9, 304 A. 2d 228 (1973), involving a similar dispute, there exists in this case an actual controversy between the parties which is justiciable under The Declaratory Judgment Act (Maryland Code (1957, 1971 Repl. Vol.), Art. 31A).

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