Utilities, Inc. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

Maryland Code (1957, 1997 Repl.Vol.), Art. 29, § 3-107(a), provides that, in a condemnation action brought by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (“the Commission”) against a privately owned water or sewage system, the jury shall deduct from the compensation award any contribution that lot owners or home buyers have made toward the construction of the private utility. These contributions, known as “contributions in aid of construction,” are a special kind of capital contributed by the developer of a new residential subdivision and passed through to the home buyer. 1

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