Legal Opinion
Montgomery County v. Merlands Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 17, 1953No. [No. 150, October Term, 1952.]PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
On the representation of Montgomery County that the matter was one where “special circumstances render it desirable and in the public interest” that we hear the case, we required by certiorari to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County under the authority of Section 5, (V) of Article 25A of the Code (1951 Ed.) that the case be certified to us for review and determination. That Court had reversed the County Board of Appeals of Montgomery County, in its denial of a request to allow the use of certain land in a Residential A area as a private club.
The property involved is a tract of some…
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