Board of County Commissioners v. Baden Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

Lest our opinion become unduly prolix it behooves us to be somewhat eclectic in our recital of the facts and circumstances attending this dispute over the distribution of fire tax funds in Prince George’s County. The parties, none of whom are strangers to us, have been able to resolve all facets of their present differences except one, i.e., whether the appellant (the County) is entitled to withhold $136,000 (actually $135,833.33) from funds found to be the due the appellees (the firemen).

In 1967 the firemen discovered that the County had been collecting the taxes authorized by the provisions…