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MACY v. HEVERIN

No. 306, September Term, 1979.

44 Md. App. 358 (1979)

408 A.2d 1067

JOHN K. MACY v. FRANK HEVERIN ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard C. Parker, II, with whom were Miller, Wheeler, Thompson & Thompson on the brief, for appellant.

David A. Vorhis, with whom were W. Newton Jackson, III and Webb, Burnett & Duvall on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MORTON and LOWE, JJ.

GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court. LOWE, J., filed a concurring opinion at page 365 infra.

This is yet another appeal invoking the antediluvian dogma of sovereign immunity.1 Our founding fathers apparently had a higher regard for property than they did for human life. This conclusion is permitted by observing that the Constitution of the United States proscribes the State's taking of property from its citizens without...

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