Legal Opinion
McLay v. Maryland Assemblies, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 6, 1973No. [No. 329, September Term, 1972.]PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSingley, J.
At the root of this controversy is the question whether a nonconforming use had been discontinued or abandoned. The court below concluded that it had been neither discontinued nor abandoned, and under the law applicable to the case, we agree.
Maryland Assemblies, Inc. (Assemblies) owns a tract of some 75 acres of land in Cecil County, where it has been engaged in the manufacture and assembly of ammunition components since 1957. On 30 June 1962, the land on which Assemblies operated was classified A-R (agricultural-residential) by the Cecil County Zoning Ordinance (1962) (the Ordinance). In…
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