Town of Somerset v. County Council for Montgomery

The zoning reclassification of land in rapidly growing Montgomery County which is challenged in this appeal was supported and opposed with equal vigor and earnestness before the County Council, the Circuit Court and this Court. The applicant for the rezoning prevailed before the Council and the lower court and will prevail here.

Since 1890 The Chevy Chase Land Company has owned a block of land (Block 11) with a frontage of 1,000 feet along the east side of Wisconsin Avenue and a depth of 250 feet to Belmont Street, between Montgomery Street to the south and Oliver Street to the north.

The tract…