State Roads Commission v. O'Boyle

The State Roads Commission asks us to construe the law and the Maryland rules to permit it to maintain a condemnation case filed in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County thirty-one days after the Commission filed its notice of dissatisfaction with the award of the Board of Property Review.1

We agree with Judge Parker that the case must be dismissed as filed late. This Court, in State Roads Commission v. Orleans, 239 Md. 368, 372-73, pointed out that:

“Under Sec. 18 of Art. 89B [now Rule U 27], as originally enacted, either the Commission or the property owner could ‘appeal’ within thirty…