LEET v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY

[No. 138, September Term, 1971.]

264 Md. 606 (1972)

287 A.2d 491

LEET v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed March 24, 1972.

Denied April 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Leet, in proper person.

William J. Chen, Jr., Assistant County Attorney, with whom were Richard S. McKernon, Acting County Attorney, Alfred H. Carter, Deputy County Attorney, and Stephen J. Orens, Assistant County Attorney, on the brief, for appellee.

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


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

In this appeal we are presented with the question of whether Montgomery County (appellee) may legally require a property owner (appellant) to remove at his own expense, pursuant to the terms of local ordinances, abandoned automobiles dumped on his property by trespassers, against his will and without his knowledge.

Harry M. Leet (Leet), the appellant, owns two dairy farms in Montgomery County, one containing 162...

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