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· 6/13/1972

Prince George's County v. Beard

Citations

  • 291 A.2d 636
  • 266 Md. 83
  • 1972 Md. LEXIS 720

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that a legislative body cannot merely declare a public use without a judicial determination
  • refusing “to hold on such a record that a public use has been established” to avoid creating the impression “that a public body may condemn private property for any purpose which suits its convenience ... without restraint”

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Judges: Smith

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