LaROQUE v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

[No. 134, September Term, 1963.]

233 Md. 329 (1964)

196 A.2d 902

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

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Byron Sorrell, with whom was Darrow Glaser on the brief, for appellants.

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

Harry L. Durity for the remaining appellees, Aloysius Hall, et al.

The cause was argued before HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT, MARBURY and SYBERT, JJ.


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

After the trial court denied appellants' petition for a writ of mandamus to require the Board of County Commissioners to issue them a permit to operate an automobile and motorcycle raceway for drag racing, they appealed.

The parties agree upon the following facts:

Appellants, owners of a 30 acre tract of land located approximately one-half mile south of U.S...

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