HELLER v. PRINCE GEORGE'S CTY.

[No. 199, September Term, 1971.]

264 Md. 410 (1972)

286 A.2d 772

HELLER ET AL. v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Vance for appellants.

Barry S. Cramp, Associate County Attorney, with whom was Walter H. Maloney, Jr., County Attorney, on the brief, for Prince George's County, part of appellees. R. Ronald Sinclair, with whom were Sinclair & Chapdelaine on the brief, for Ray M. Dowe and Alice Dowe, other appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.


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

The Dowes own a seven acre parcel in Prince George's County on the east side of Maryland Route 3 (Crain Highway) about a mile south of Priest Bridge where Route 3 crosses the Patuxent River. Early in 1970, having contracted to sell it, subject to rezoning, to Robert C. Reid, the editor and publisher of the Bowie Blade, they sought to have the property reclassified from R-R (Rural Residential) to I-1 (Light Industrial...

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