Board of License Commissioners v. Pizza Hut of Maryland, Inc.

ROSALYN B. BELL, Judge.

Appellant, the Board of License Commissioners of Carroll County (Board), filed suit in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, seeking a declaratory judgment, pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, Md.Cts. & Jud.Proc.Code Ann. §§ 3-401 through 3-415 (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol.), that all of the Pizza Hut restaurants located in Carroll County are “chain stores” within the meaning of Md.Code Ann. Art. 2B, § 41(a-l) (1959, 1990 Repl.Vol., 1992 Cum.Supp.).1 The complaint requested further that the *293court declare, under the statute, that the liquor licenses of…