Warmack v. Bradley Club, Inc.

The operation of a helicopter has resulted in wholesale litigation involving the parties to this suit. In March of 1964, the appellee applied to the Montgomery County Board of Appeals for a special exception to operate a private club under Section 104-29 of the county’s zoning ordinance. At the hearing it was revealed that the president of the corporation had used the proposed club’s site as a base of operations for his own helicopter. The appellants, Warmack, Butterfield, Walston and Verdier, neighboring property owners, principally objected to the noise of the craft, and so the Board in…