Legal Opinion
Montgomery County v. Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 22, 1953No. [No. 104, October Term, 1952.]PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSobeloff, C. J.
This controversy is chiefly between two governmental bodies. Montgomery County seeks to recover a piece of land which it conveyed in 1944 to the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, on the ground that the transfer was unauthorized, ultra vires and void.
The property, known as the “Armory Lot,” is in Silver Spring. The County Commissioners of Montgomery County purchased it in 1931 for $75,000.00, with a portion of the proceeds from a bond issue authorized by Chapter 330 of the Acts of the General Assembly of that year. The enabling act provided that the borrowed money “shall be…
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- Gessner v. Del-Air CorporationSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
- County Commissioners v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1879
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