LAFONTAINE'S HEIRS v. LAFONTAINE'S HEIRS

[No. 165, October Term, 1953.]

205 Md. 311 (1954)

107 A.2d 653

LAFONTAINE'S HEIRS ET AL. v. LAFONTAINE'S HEIRS ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Labofish, with whom were Leon L. Sclawy and Thomas Elmo Jones on the brief, for the appellants.

John Raymond Fletcher and George A. Wilkinson for the appellees.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.


HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Annie N. LaFontaine, a resident of the District of Columbia, owned some twenty acres of land in Prince George's County. In 1950, the State Roads Commission, having determined that some two acres of the land were needed for highway construction and being unable to agree with Mrs. LaFontaine as to value, proceeded as authorized by the Constitution, Article 3, Sec. 40B, and the statute, Code (1951), Art. 89B, Sec. 9, by...

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