Acting Director, Department of Forests & Parks v. Walker

The State of Maryland, acting through the Department of Forests and Parks, under the authority of Maryland Code (1957, 1970 Repl. Vol.) Art. 66C, § 372, filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County on April 20, 1972, to condemn land of the appellees “for the purposes of establishing, expanding and completing the State Park known as Gunpowder State Park and other public purposes ....” 1 The “other public purposes” apparently included an armory for the Maryland National Guard. On November 28, 1973, a Baltimore County jury returned an inquisition in favor of the appellees in the…