Volz v. State Roads Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment—an inquisition absolute —in a condemnation proceeding in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, in which the State Roads Commission of Maryland (the commission) was the condemner and Charles J. Volz and others (the property owners) were the condemnees. The commission undertook to acquire the property in question pursuant to the terms of Chapter 59 of the Acts of 1956 (since amended in a manner not here pertinent), which is now codified as Code (1957), Art. 89B, Sections 10-20, inclusive. Its provisions are hereinafter usually referred to simply by the Code…