Legal Opinion
Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Birkett
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 8, 1958No. [No. 296, September Term, 1957.]PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepeo) appealed in one record from final judgments and orders of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in two cases dismissing its petitions to condemn land, for the construction of an electric transmission line to serve the Washington Metropolitan area, on a holding that Pepeo had no right of eminent domain in Maryland. Having reached a conclusion to the contrary, we reversed the judgments and orders appealed from by per curiam order. We now state our reasons for so doing.
Pepeo is a domestic corporation of the District of Columbia and of Virginia that…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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