OVERTON v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

[No. 200, September Term, 1960.]

225 Md. 212 (1961)

170 A.2d 172

OVERTON ET AL. v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.S. Garber and James F. Vance, with whom were William C. Overton, Jr., Earl W. Williamson and Thomas A. Delaney on the brief, for appellants.

Russell W. Shipley, with whom were Robert B. Mathias and Lionell M. Lockhart on the brief, for Board of County Commissioners of Prince George's County, one of the appellees.

Marion E. West, with whom were West & Venables on the brief, for Helen K. Townshend, Samuel S. Bevard et al., the other appellees.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, MARBURY and SYBERT, JJ.


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

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County affirming an order of the County Commissioners of Prince George's County, acting as the District Council for the Maryland-Washington Regional District of that County, rezoning two contiguous tracts of land in Oxon Hill from R-R (Rural-Residential) to R-18 (Multiple Family, Low Density Residential). This action was recommended by the Planning...

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